Marquette University High School
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MUHS Coat of Arms
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| For Faith, Scholarship and Community
Ad majorem Dei gloriam
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| 3401 West Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (Milwaukee County), 53208-3842  United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°2′18″N 87°57′22″W / 43.03833°N 87.95611°WCoordinates: 43°2′18″N 87°57′22″W / 43.03833°N 87.95611°W |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Jesuit |
| Denomination | Jesuit |
| Established | 1857 |
| Oversight | Wisconsin Jesuit Province |
| President | Fr. Warren Sazama |
| Principal | Jeff Monday |
| Faculty | 74 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | All male |
| Enrollment | 1,060 (2008) |
| Hours in school day | 8 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Greater Metro |
| Team name | Hilltoppers |
| Rivals | Arrowhead, Wauwatosa East, Menomonee Falls |
| Accreditation(s) | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [1] |
| USNWR ranking | 1[citation needed] |
| Newspaper | Flambeau |
| Yearbook | Flambeau |
| Athletic director | Bob Herman |
| Website | http://www.muhs.edu |
Marquette University High School (or MUHS) is a private, all-male, Jesuit, Roman Catholic school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and is a member of both the National Catholic Educational Association and the Jesuit Secondary Education Association.
The majority (98%) of its students have gone on to a four-year college or university.[citation needed] There were 280 students in the class of 2006. The class of 2007 was the 150th graduating class at MUHS.
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[edit] Campus
Marquette University High School is located at 35th Street and Wisconsin Avenue (3401 W. Wisconsin Avenue) in Merrill Park Neighborhood on Milwaukee's west side. It is a four-story building, built in the early 20th century.
[edit] Academics
The curriculum at Marquette has strict credit requirements in all fields of study including classes in science, mathematics, world languages, social studies, and English.
MUHS offers numerous AP courses and students tend to score very highly on AP exams. Marquette students also averaged a score of 27.7 on the 2011 ACT test.
MUHS offers Latin, German, and Spanish as foreign languages, and has participated in exchange programs with France, Germany and the Czech Republic. Students also have the opportunity to travel to Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and other countries.
[edit] Extra-curricular activities
The Webster Club provides students with an opportunity to compete in Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Forensics, and Mock Trial. Webster Club teams consistently perform admirably both at the state and national levels.
MUHS also supports a year-round FIRST Robotics team in conjunction with DSHA (Divine Savior Holy Angels) which was started during the 2005-2006 school year. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen in 1989 to develop ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields.
MUHS students perform tens of thousands of hours of community service every year, in keeping with the school's goal to create "men for others".[citation needed]
[edit] Theater
Every year since 1963, the senior class has written and performed "Senior Follies", a satirical musical farce in which the actors portray caricatures of faculty members. The 2009 show was Herminator Salvation and the 2010 show was Return of the Jeni. The Class of 2012 performed "Ochoquatro", a postmodern story structured similarly to the cosmogonic cycle of Joseph Campbell, utilizing elements of metafiction.
In addition to follies, the school's theater group, the Prep Players, presents a musical in spring and a stage play in winter every year.
[edit] Athletics
Nicknamed the "Hilltoppers", MUHS teams competed in the now defunct Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletics Association (WISAA) in most sports prior to 1999. Since then, they have competed in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA). 60% of the student body participates in a sport.[citation needed] The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, cross country running, downhill skiing, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby union, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, ultimate, volleyball, and wrestling.
MUHS teams have won 24 WIAA state titles in soccer, volleyball, tennis, baseball, and football, as well as the lacrosse team's 2010 WLF state championship. In the summers of 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 the Hilltoppers were ranked #1 in the state for overall boys' athletics by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.[citation needed]
[edit] Basketball
The basketball team was 84-29 in five seasons from 1997 to 2002. The team won the 1999 Greater Metro Conference and WISAA Division I State Boys Basketball Championships, when the Hilltoppers went 21-3 and defeated Dominican High School in the championship game. The basketball team also won Greater Metro conference championships in the 1997-98 and 1999-2000 seasons. In 2010, the Hilltopper basketball team made it to the WIAA Division I state semifinals amid a run that saw them defeat several tournament favorites before losing to eventual champion Arrowhead.
[edit] Cross country
The MUHS cross country team has won the Greater Metro Conference meet 8 of the last 9 years, and took third at both the 2007 and 2008 WIAA state meets, as well as second in both 2009 and 2010.
[edit] Football
Marquette has a storied tradtion of football that dates back to 1907. Over the many decades, the Hilltoppers have won countless conference championships in the various conferences in which they have competed and have also won 9 state championships, most recently in 2009, when the Hilltoppers finished a perfect 14-0 season and finished the season ranked in the top 50 in the USA.
Coach Dick Basham retired after the 2009 season after 38 years at Marquette. He retired as the winningest football coach in Wisconsin high school history.
[edit] Lacrosse
The MUHS lacrosse team has competed in the state tournament five times since the team's creation in Spring 2003, and won its first state title in 2010, which completed an undefeated season. The lacrosse team annually competes against other Jesuit schools from around the United States, traveling to Indianapolis every spring where Jesuit teams from across the Midwest gather to compete.
[edit] Soccer
Since 1973, the soccer program has won 23 state championships and tied a national record of 10 straight state championships from 1994 to 2003. The Hilltoppers were ranked #1 in the country by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 1999 and in 2003. In 1996 and 2011 the soccer coach was selected as National High School Coach of the Year. The Hilltoppers home field, Quad/Park, was donated by former MUHS graduate, Harry Quadracci ('54), in 1998. The facility is dedicated solely to soccer and track and field events.
The 2011 soccer team finished the season with an undefeated record of 24-0-1 and were ranked 4th in the USA by the NSCAA and 3rd by ESPN.
[edit] Tennis
The MUHS tennis program has 26 team state titles to its credit. Before moving to the WIAA in 2001, MUHS had won 19 of the previous 20 WISAA state titles. Since the merger, Marquette has won seven WIAA team state titles (in 2002, 2003, 2007,2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), five WIAA state singles titles, and two WIAA state doubles titles.
[edit] Volleyball
Volleyball began at MUHS in 1996, and the team's first state championship was in 1998. This team was undefeated in 98 matches, losing only 2 matches over a 3-year span. The team has won seven state championships.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee
- Robert J. Beck, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Dick Bilda, former Green Bay Packer
- Peter Bock, former Wisconsin State Assembly
- Peter Bonerz, actor, director; The Bob Newhart Show (1972 - '76) and others
- Terry Brennan, Notre Dame running back (1946 - 1949) and coach (1954 - 1958)
- John C. Brophy, a former member of the House of Representatives
- Joseph "Red" Dunn, former member of the Green Bay Packers and inductee in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
- Bob Gansler, U.S. National Team men's soccer coach in 1990 World Cup
- Gary George, former member of the Wisconsin State Senate
- Scott L. Klug, former U.S. Representative
- Rick Majerus, head men's basketball coach at Saint Louis University
- John L. Merkt, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Albert Gregory Meyer, Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago (1958-1965)
- Pat O'Brien, actor [2]
- Edward J. O'Donnell, S.J., President of Marquette University (1948-1962)
- John G. Schmitz, former member of the House of Representatives
- Dan Schutte, Christian songwriter, composer of Here I am, Lord
- Fred R. Sloan, U.S. Air National Guard Major General
- Tom Snyder, radio and television personality
- Spencer Tracy, Academy Award-winning actor
- Clement J. Zablocki, former member of the House of Representatives
[edit] References
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23.[dead link]
- ^ Gesu's Hollywood Star Gesu Parish, retrieved August 9, 2006. (PDF)
