Editing Appleton, Wisconsin (section)

==Education==
[[Image:Main Hall at Lawrence University.jpg|thumb|right|[[Main Hall, Lawrence University]]]]
Appleton is served by the [[Appleton Area School District]], which has three high schools, four middle schools, seventeen elementary schools, and sixteen charter schools. The district's main public high schools are [[Appleton East High School|Appleton East]], [[Appleton North High School|Appleton North]], and [[Appleton West High School|Appleton West]].

Appleton has two parochial high schools: [[Roman Catholic]] [[Xavier High School, Appleton, Wisconsin|Xavier High School]] and [[Fox Valley Lutheran High School]]. Appleton also has charter high schools, including: Fox Cities Leadership Academy, Renaissance Academy, Appleton Technical Academy, and Tesla Engineering.

Appleton is home to [[Lawrence University]], a private [[liberal arts]] college, and [[Fox Valley Technical College]]. [[Globe University]], [[Concordia University Wisconsin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cuw.edu/admissions/locations-landing.html|title=Concordia's Locations|website=Visit Concordia|publisher=Concordia University|access-date=April 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416050744/https://www.cuw.edu/admissions/locations-landing.html|archive-date=April 16, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Rasmussen College]] have branch campuses in the city. Located in nearby [[Menasha, Wisconsin|Menasha]], is the [[University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley]], which is set to close on June 30th 2025. University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley is a two-year campus of the [[University of Wisconsin System]]. Art is important and taught in local school districts.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Our School - Renaissance School for the Arts|url=https://rsa.aasd.k12.wi.us/our-school }}</ref>

In recent years, Appleton has emerged as a center for innovation in technology education, particularly in the area of K–12 technology education: the student-driven [[Appleton Youth Education Initiative]] has partnered with Microsoft Philanthropies, Plexus Corp., Miron Construction, [[Schneider National]], and Stellar Blue Technologies to organize the Appleton Tech Clinic and HackAppleton, a popular annual hackathon that draws students from all over Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://northnoct.com/10389/features/changemakers/the-appleton-youth-education-initiative-the-past-present-and-future/|title=The Appleton Youth Education Initiative: Past, Present, and Future; |publisher=northnoct.com
 |date=January 1, 2022 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ayeinitiative.org/initiatives|title=INITIATIVES; |publisher=ayeinitiative.org
 |date=April 26, 2022 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hackappleton.org/stories.html|title=AYEI 3rd Annual HackAppleton Shifts Virtual to Empower Students to Address the Impacts of COVID-19; |publisher=hackappleton.org
 |date=June 14, 2020 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://northnoct.com/8382/news/microsoft-sponsors-appleton-youth-education-initiative-to-organize-third-annual-hackappleton-coding-competition/|title=Microsoft Sponsors Appleton Youth Education Initiative to Organize third annual "HackAppleton" Coding Competition; |publisher=northnoct.com
 |date=March 6, 2020 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kimberly.k12.wi.us/kimberly-high/news/1660431/khs-hackappleton|title=KHS HackAppleton Teams took Second and Third Place; |publisher=kimberly.k12.wi.us
 |date=May 28, 2019 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newdigitalalliance.org/2019/05/stellar-blue-helps-hackappleton/ |title=Stellar Blue Technologies Helps HACKAppleton; |publisher=newdigitalalliance.org
 |date=May 5, 2019 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2018/03/21/hack-appleton-competition-planned-april-8/445182002/ |title='Hack Appleton' competition planned for April 8'; |publisher=postcrescent.com |date=March 21, 2018 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>

The city and surrounding area are served by the Appleton Public Library, which was chartered by the city in 1897 and as of 2010 has a collection of over 600,000 items.<ref name="timeline"/> The library offers free wifi as well as printing and faxing for a small fee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Computers & Tech {{!}} Appleton Public Library (WI)|url=https://apl.org/computers|access-date=September 28, 2021|website=apl.org}}</ref>