Mary D. Bradford High School
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| Mary D. Bradford High School |
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| Motto: "Practice Peace" | |
| Established | 1924 |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Jean Schlais (interim) |
| Faculty | 148 approx. |
| Students | 2,491 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | Kenosha, Wisconsin United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Cardinal and Black |
| Mascot | Rowdy |
| Website | bradford.kusd.edu |
Mary Davison Bradford Senior High School (Bradford or Kenosha Bradford for short), is a senior high school in Kenosha, Wisconsin, educating students from grades 9 through 12 (freshman through senior). The school was named after Mary D. Bradford, Superintendent of Schools for the Kenosha school system starting 1910. The school was formerly Kenosha High School until the school's name was changed in 1944 to honor Mrs. Bradford.
Bradford has won many academic, musical, theatrical, and athletic awards. It is a part of the Kenosha Unified School District. Bradford's nickname is "Red Devils" and have a mascot named "Rowdy." Bradford has an active rivalry with cross-town rival Kenosha Tremper High School Trojans in acedmics and sports alike, and compete in the WIAA Southeast Conference.
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[edit] History
The original Kenosha High School, later named Mary D. Bradford High School, was built in 1924 and is located at Sheridan Road and 57th Street in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The building took three years to complete and opened in 1927. Mary D. Bradford High School occupied the site of the original Kenosha High School later called the Mary D. Bradford High School Annex. This building was razed in 1980.
In 1975, the Kenosha Unified School Board purchased the former UW Extension Center located at 39th Avenue and Washington Road. This UW Extension Center was built in 1961 with an addition built in 1965. After its purchase by Kenosha Unified, a major addition was placed on the building in 1979 to include all of the components of a contemporary high school.
In 1979-80 the Bradford building located on Sheridan Road was vacated and the building on 39th Avenue and Washington Road became the new Mary D. Bradford High School. Since that time, various maintenance projects have been undertaken along with the addition of two soccer fields north of the school.
[edit] Alumni Association
The Kenosha Bradford High School Alumni Association is the oldest active high school alumni association in the United States. Founded in 1891 by the first graduating class, the association now serves over 2,500 members. The Association publishes a biannual Newsletter, provides assistance to class reunion committees, and gives scholarships to three graduating Bradford Seniors each year.
[edit] Mission Statement
The Mission of Bradford High School, the model of a diverse, caring community of learners, is to assure that each student graduates with the capability and character to achieve maximum potential while contributing to our community and global society by engaging every student in a wealth of academic and extra-curricular experiences focused on personal interests and aspirations.
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[edit] School Songs
[edit] Alma Mater
- Hail to thee, oh Bradford High School
- Alma Mater dear.
- We, thy faithful sons and daughters
- Thy fair name revere.
- Friend of learning, guide to knowledge,
- May thy cause prevail.
- Hail to thee, oh Bradford High School
- Alma Mater, hail!
[edit] School Fight Song
- For every high school has a battle song
- For every high school has a cheer,
- A cry for victory
- That will echo through the years
- So Bradford High School here's your battlesong
- That we will sing when were'er stray
- Our Alma Mater here's to you
- The school of our hearts alway(s)
[edit] Academics
Mary D. Bradford High School has built a reputation of having very strong academics. The school offers many rigorous Advanced Placement courses. In addition, students at Bradford High School are allowed to take courses at UW-Parkside and Carthage College, free of tuition payment. The strong academics allow Bradford High School to regularly send students to prestigious top universities such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard University, Northwestern University, MIT, Columbia University, Cornell University, Washington University in St. Louis, Cambridge University in London, Stanford University, and many other internationally accredited institutions. In the class of 2006, Bradford High School had 6 national merit finalists. One student from Bradford High School was one of the 51 students in the entire country to score a perfect 36 on the ACT.
[edit] Northside Football
Bradford had won many titles and championships as Kenosha High School, including state championships in 1932 and 1959, and had produced many great athletes, including Alan "The Horse" Ameche. But as time wore on, the Red Devils' on-again off-again dominance in football was brought to a halt in 1992, the last year Bradford posted a winning season (7-2). The Red Devils went (5-4) in the regular season in 2002, but lost to Janesville Parker 49-30 in the playoffs, setting the Red Devils back at (5-5). The following year, the Red Devils went (5-4) in the regular season, and, again, lost to Janesville Parker in the playoffs, this time 41-8. The Red Devils went 3-6 the following season, until their Cinderella season in 2006.
After over a decade of losing seasons, the Kenosha Bradford Red Devils started the current season with victories. With talented players such as Steve Djurickovic, Justin Belotti, Andrew Gallo, and Gary Paskiewicz, the Bradford Red Devils went 3-0 with a 42-6 win over the Horlick Rebels in 2006. The Red Devils had not been 3-0 since Gene Eggleston coached, in 1978. The win also marked the first time in 10 years that the Red Devils swept the conference teams in Racine, beating the Case Eagles 48-14, upsetting the defending state champion Racine Park 30-25, and beating Horlick. The Red Devils went on to defeat the unbeaten Burlington Demons the following week in a classic game. By beating the Demons, the Devils of the Northside continued their winning streak to 4-0. This was the best start for the Red Devils in nearly half a century.
The following week, the Red Devils were hosted by their crosstown rivals, the Tremper Trojans. The Trojans, who were 2-2 overall, looked to upset the Devils and ruin their perfect season. The Red Devils looked to clinch a spot in the playoffs with a defeat of the Trojans and extend their winning streak. The Red Devils scored 21 points by the third quarter and held off a Trojan comeback to defeat their rivals 21-14. The Bradford students in attendance celebrated by storming the field, before breaking out in a heartfelt chant of "Five-And-Oh!"
The next weekend was Homecoming Week, and the Red Devils played the Muskego Warriors. The Red Devils took the field in their new NORTHSIDE uniforms, but the first touchdown was scored by the Warriors. Muskego missed the PAT, and the Red Devils came back to lead at halftime 7-6. The Warriors later made another touchdown and a two-point conversion to tie the game, 14-14, but the Red Devils made good on their winning season hopes and beat the Warriors 28-20 in the end, moving up to 6-0. The week after, the Red Devils crusied to a 35 - 20 victory over the South Milwaukee Rockets, going in undeafted the week of the Bradford - Franklin game, which would determine the conference champion.
Week Eight was not so kind to the Red Devils. The air was freezing, so cold, in fact, even Bradford's mascot, Rowdy, had to put on a thick coat, and the night would only get worse. After being dominated by Franklin in the first half, Bradford trailed undeafted Franklin 21-0. The Red Devils made a tremendous comeback effort on both sides of the ball in the second half, but with a blocked extra point and a failed two point conversion, it looked like the Red Devils would lose to the Sabers 21-12. But the Red Devils recovered an onside kick and drove down the field to score. With the score at 21-19, and a minute and twenty seconds left in the game, Bradford needed to recover an onside kick and make a field goal to win. No such luck - the Sabers got the ball and eat the clock, ending the Red Devils perfect season and hopes of a conference championship, but not their hopes making an impact in the playoffs. The Red Devils hoped to emulate defending State Champion Washington Park, who won the State Championship with a 13-1 record (the Panthers had lost to Franklin that year), the Red Devils left Carthage college beaten but not broken. A win over 12-0 win over Oak Creek the following week earned the Red Devils a Third Seed in the play offs, and home field advantage.
The Red Devils were poised to take on Milwauke Bay View in the first round of the 2006 Play Offs. After routing the Red Cats in the game, held at Tremper, the Red Devils lost in the second round of the play offs to Milwaukee Marquette. The loss ended one of the most sucessful football seasons in the history of Kenosha Bradford.
[edit] The Bradford - Tremper Rivalry
The Red Devils and cross-town rivals, the Tremper Trojans, have played each other annually since 1964, when the Trojans beat the Red Devils. The rivalry is considered to be one of the biggest high school football rivaliries in the state. The Trojans lead the series 32-10-1. Bradford won the most recent incarnation of the bitter rivalry by a score of 21-14. The Red Devils had not won since 2003, when they defeated the southsiders in overtime, and before that the Trojans hadn't been beaten by the Red Devils since 1998.
[edit] Pepsi's Northsider of the Game
Bradford's student run marketing program, Sportainment, recently started a home-game tradition called the "Pepsi Northsider of the Game." The event determines the biggest Bradford fan in attendance by having three to four potential candidates compete in a dance off. The Northsider of the Game is then chosen by the audience through cheers and applause, and is inducted into the Northsider of the Game Hall of Fame. The event made its debut at the Bradford-Burlington game in September 2006, which the Red Devils won 43-24.
[edit] Music and Performing Arts
Bradford High School maintains one of the top music and performing arts teams in the nation. Their Symphonic Band, Chamber Orchestra, and A Cappella Choir groups have taken first place awards at some of the nations most prestigious and competitive competitions. Bradford High School has been recognized as having one of the premiere music programs in the United States, through recognition by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. It has been nominated for the GRAMMY Association's Signature School Award. Each year, the Kenosha Unified School District combines all the different musical groups from high schools and middle schools in the district to create Band-O-Rama, Orchestra Fest, and Choral Fest. These music festivals bring in an audience of over a thousand people each. In addition to a top music program, Bradford High School's theatre arts program is ranked 3rd in the country by Music Theatre International's high school ranking and 4th under Newsweek Magazine's ranking. Directed under the mastery of Holly Stanfield, Bradford High School manages to display some of the best high school plays and musicals around the country. The program has been internationally praised by MTI, Disney, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, Tim Rice, and The Today Show for their award winning shows. Bradford High School Theatre Arts was given the honor to perform the world premiere of Aida: Student Edition in 2006 and the world premiere of Miss Saigon: Student Edition in 2007.
[edit] External links
[edit] Sources
- Kenosha News, September 9, 2006 sect. C1
- Kenosha News, September 16, 2006 sect. C1
- Kenosha News, September 23, 2006 sect. C1
- wisfootball.net
- The fact that I was at the game
