Alexander Hamilton High School (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Alexander Hamilton High School
"Together We Can"
Location
6215 West Warnimont Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53220
United States
Information
School type Public High School
Established 1966 (1966)
School district Milwaukee Public Schools
Principal Rosana Mateo
Grades 9 through 12
Enrollment 2,000
Color(s) Green and Gold
Mascot Wildcat
Newspaper 'Esprit Online News'
Yearbook The Diplomat
Website

Alexander Hamilton High School (also known as Milwaukee Hamilton) is a public high school located at 6215 West Warnimont Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Milwaukee's far southwest side. During the 2010-2011 school year enrollment was about 2,000 students.[1] Hamilton is the largest school in the Milwaukee Public Schools system. The building was opened in February, 1966, with about 450 second-semester sophomores from Pulaski High School and was named after the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.

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Academics

Hamilton has five clusters: Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History, Business and Finance, Communications Technology, Medical and Laboratory Sciences, and the Honors/AP cluster. Hamilton also has a newly constructed branch bank housing Hamilton's very own Educators Credit Union.

A minimum of 22 credits are required to graduate.[2] Students can graduate with as many as 31 credits.

Extra-curricular activities

Hamilton's clubs include:

Athletics

In athletics Hamilton competes at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I level as a member of the Milwaukee City Conference. Athletics at Hamilton include:

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