University School of Milwaukee
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| University School of Milwaukee | |
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2100 West Fairy Chasm Road , | |
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| Type | Private, Day |
| Motto | E Tribus Una (From Three, One) |
| Established | 1851 |
| Enrollment | 1,066 total |
| Average class size | 15 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 125 acres |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | 17 sports |
| Mascot | Willy, the Wildcat |
| Website | www.usmk12.org |
The University School of Milwaukee (USM) is a private pre-kindergarten through secondary preparatory school located on 123 acres (0.50 km2) in River Hills and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was founded as the German-English Academy.
History
The school was founded in 1851 as the German-English Academy by a group of Milwaukee German Americans that included educationist Peter Engelmann and hardware wholesaler William Frankfurth. The Academy offered classes that taught the German language and literature, as well as English. In 1891, the academy moved to the German-English Academy Building in downtown Milwaukee. The institution changed its name in 1917 to Milwaukee University School because of anti-German prejudice that occurred during World War I.
In 1964, the Milwaukee University School, the Milwaukee Country Day School and Milwaukee-Downer Seminary merged to become the University School of Milwaukee.[1] It operated from two campuses, North and South, one in Whitefish Bay and the other in River Hills. In 1985, the two combined into one campus at the River Hills location serving students in K-12.[2]
Athletics
The school's athletic teams follow a no-cut athletic policy, which allows every student to participate in any sport. The athletic program begins in fifth grade, when students become eligible for a number of teams, including basketball, track and field, and several intramural sports. Beginning in seventh grade, soccer, football, tennis, and field hockey are offered as fall term sports, as is baseball in the spring. Most of University School of Milwaukee's athletic attention is focused on the high school, which has 17 varsity teams.
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Athletics achievements
State championships
- WIAA girls' ice hockey 2015
- WHSFHA girls' field hockey: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
- WIAA Division 2 girls' tennis: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014
- WIAA boys' ice hockey: 2006, 2010
- WIAA Division 2 baseball: 2010
- WIAA Division 3 girls' soccer: 2008
- WIAA Division 2 boys' tennis: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015
- WIAA Division 4 boys' soccer: 2013,
Conference Championships
- Girls' field hockey: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
- Football: 2007, 2011
- Boys' soccer: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Girls' tennis: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Boys' ice hockey: 2006, 2013
- Baseball: 2008, 2010
- Boys' golf: 2007, 2008, 2011
- Girls' indoor track: 2007
- Boys' tennis: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Girls' soccer: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Boys' cross country: 2012, 2013, 2014
- Girls' cross country: 2014
Facilities
A large portion of University School's acreage is used by the athletic fields on campus. Facilities include:
- Upper school gymnasium
- Middle school gymnasium
- Auxiliary gymnasium (renovated 2006)
- Lower school gymnasium (added summer 2010)
- Fitness center (new 2006)
- Ice rink (renovated 2006)
- Track (new 2006)
- 2 Soccer fields
- 2 Field hockey fields
- Multi-use stadium
- Cross country course
- 8 Hard tennis courts (new 2005)
- Baseball field
- 400 seat Theater
Notable alumni
- Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Stanford University
- R. P. Eddy, director of counterterrorism at the U.S. National Security Council, CEO of Ergo
- Carl Holty, painter
- William Kasik, businessman and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Robert Koehler, artist and teacher
- Lane MacDonald, hockey player
- George Rathmann, chemist and biotechnology executive, (co-founder of Amgen)
- Henry Reuss, member of Congress
- Mark Rylance, actor, director
- James Sensenbrenner, member of Congress
- Erich C. Stern, lawyer and Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- August Uihlein, brewer and later owner of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
- Neal Ulevich, photojournalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- D.A. Wallach, member of Chester French, business executive
References
- ^ http://www.usmk12.org/display/router.aspx?DocID=126
- ^ "50 Years of USM". www.usmk12.org. Retrieved 2015-10-13.