Marquette University High School

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Marquette University High School
Image:MUHS logo.png
Motto Ad majorem Dei gloriam
"For the greater glory of God"
Established 1857
Type Private all-male secondary
President Fr. Warren Sazama, S.J., '64
Principal Fr. John Belmonte, S.J.
Faculty 74
Students 1,060
Grades 9–12
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
Oversight Wisconsin Jesuit Province
Accreditation North Central Association
Colors Blue and Gold
Mascot Hilltoppers
Website www.muhs.edu

Marquette University High School (or MUHS) is a private, Roman Catholic high school of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 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 Jesuit Secondary Education Association.

The school was spun off from the preparatory department of Marquette University in 1907. Since then, the overwhelming majority (98%) of its students have gone on to a four-year college or university. There were 239 students in the class of 2005 and 280 in the class of '06. The class of '07 is slated to be 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 the historic Merrill Park Neighborhood on Milwaukee's West Side.

[edit] Graduate at Graduation

In 1981, the Jesuit high schools of the United States created The Profile of the Graduate of a Jesuit High School at Graduation[1]. The emphasis of the Grad at Grad Statement is on the end-product of an MUHS education: a young person highly proficient in all areas of life. The lay and Jesuit faculty aim to foster and encourage the development of these characteristics in each student.

  • Intellectual Excellence (previously Intellectually Competent, stripping the Grad at Grad statement of continuous parallel structure).
  • Open to Growth
  • Religious
  • Loving
  • Committed to Justice

[edit] Athletics

The institution boasts one of the strongest and most successful athletic programs in the state of Wisconsin, with 60% of the student body participating in a sport. Nicknamed "Hilltoppers", Marquette High fields competitive teams in baseball, basketball, cross country running, downhill skiing, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field, ultimate, volleyball, and wrestling. The baseball team won its first WIAA championship on July 27, 2006 coached by Jim Wilkinson. Most recently, the MUHS soccer team tied the national record for most consecutive high school state championships (10). Bruce Weber, University of Illinois Head Men's Basketball Coach, was a former assistant basketball coach at MUHS. Former Head Basketball Coach Kurt Soderberg (84-29 in 5 Seasons from 1997-2002) is currently the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Olivet College, NCAA Division-III in Olivet, MI. Soderberg won the 1999 Greater Metro Conference and WISAA Division One State Boys Basketball Championship at MUHS, when the Hilltoppers went 21-3 and defeated Dominican High School in the Championship Game at the Milwaukee Arena. Soderberg also won Greater Metro Conference Championships in the 97-98 and 99-2000 Season. Paul Noack coached the Hilltopper Boys' Basketball team for 25 years, and compiled a record of 511-99, the best winning percentage by any boys coach in Wisconsin state history (100 games minimum). Marquette's football team has been coached by Wisconsin's winningest coach Dick Basham for over 30 years.

[edit] Academics

Marquette strives to foster morally strong, intellectually competent, young men dedicated to the service of others. The school is known on the national level for its success in debate and forensics, as well as for its excellence in other areas of study. Its Latin program is considered by some to be one of the best in the Midwest. Recent successes in national math and science competitions demonstrate MUHS to be a likely national contender for future titles in the Science Bowl, Ocean Bowl, and exams administered by the Mathematical Association of America. There is a competent robotics team that engages extensively in FIRST robotics events and competitions. MUHS also boasts an impressive Advanced Placement Program that includes classes in science, mathematics, world languages, social studies, and English.

[edit] Science

MUHS has a particularly active science club which participates in a variety of science competitions including the Science Bowl, the Lake Sturgeon Bowl and the regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl. On 2006-01-28, a team of five seniors competed in the regional Science Bowl at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The team was undefeated in both round-robin pool play and double elimination, earning first place and a trip to compete in Washington D.C.. There the team competed against 64 other teams from around the country, where they placed in the top 35.
Students from MUHS also participate in the Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium and the science club writes and acts out a short, interactive play about recycling entitled The Journey of Garbage.

[edit] Theater

Every year since 1963, the senior class has written and performed a satirical musical called "Senior Follies", a farce show, set inside the school, in which the seniors portray exaggerated caricatures of faculty members. In October of 2005, the MUHS Class of 2006 presented "Senior Follies: Back in the MUSSR," and in October of 2006, the MUHS Class of 2007 presented "Senior Follies: The Hour of No Power."

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Graduate at Graduation retrieved December 17,2006.
  2. ^ a b Gesu's Hollywood Star Gesu Parish, retrieved August 9, 2006. (PDF)

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