Who's That President?
This President, the 16th, is famous for his "Emancipation Proclamation" and guiding the United States through the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
San Juan
Saint John
What are Breck's core values?
Compassion, Excellence, Inclusivity, and Respect
What is the capital of Wisconsin
Madison
This planet is the closest to the Sun and is known for having extreme temperatures.
Mercury
This 3rd President of the United States oversaw the purchase of the Louisiana Territory and sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new land.
Thomas Jefferson
La Paz
Peace
Breck School is named after this man, an Episcopalian Reverend and early pioneer to Minnesota.
Rev. James Lloyd Breck
This nickname for Wisconsin refers to the state's most famous export.
America's Dairyland
This was the first artificial satellite to be launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.
Sputnik
This 34th President was first a famous General who held the title "Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces". He is also well known for his campaign slogan, "We Like Ike".
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Asuncion
Ascension
This person was Breck's first Head of School, and his picture hangs near the school store in the Middle School area to this day.
Bishop Henry Whipple
This "Starr" quarterback brought the Green Bay Packers to victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl
Bart Starr
This is the term used for a large explosion of energy from a star, often occurring at the end of a star’s life.
Supernova
This man, a political protege of President Andrew Jackson, was both the 8th President and the 8th Vice President of the United States. He is famous for being the only U.S. President who did not have English as their first language, preferring to speak his native Pennsylvania Dutch.
Martin Van Buren
Ciudad Real
Royal City
Breck School moved from Como to Golden Valley in this year, the same year MTV began airing in the US, and the space shuttle Columbia was launched
1981
This city, Wisconsin's sixth largest, is home to the uniquely named baseball team, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, as well as the Fleet Farm company headquarters.
Appleton, Wisconsin
This planet has the most moons in our solar system, with over 80 confirmed moons orbiting it, including the largest moon, Ganymede.
Jupiter
This President, the 5th, is most known for leading the U.S. into its first period of real prosperity, the so-called "Era of Good Feelings". He is also the only President with a foreign nation's Capital named after him, that nation being Liberia
James Monroe
Buenos Aires
Good/Fair Winds/Air
Breck School was originally founded in this year in Wilder, Minnesota, just over 20 years after the end of the Civil War
1886
This famous Wisconsin-born architect constructed the state's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, Taliesin.
Frank Lloyd Wright
This future Ohio Senator is far more famous for being the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn