Bay View High School
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Bay View High School is a high school
High school
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 located in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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. It is part of the Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee Public Schools
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. Academic specialties include law, mathematics/science, and construction.

Address: 2751 South Lenox St. Milwaukee, WI 53207
Mascot: Redcat

History

Bay View High School began in September 1914, when 150 students and 7 teachers entered the first day at the school, then a one-building barracks with no central heating. With German teacher, Gustav Fritsche, as principal, the barracks grew to a bungalow, and in 1922 classes were held in a new school, still in use today.

The four-story brick building was a vast improvement over the wooden barracks. Later renovations included the modernization of rooms and lighting, the separation of the east and west study halls into one-story units later converted to classrooms, a library, and a little theater/conference center. In 1976 there was an addition to the building that included a 1200-seat spectator gym.

Between 1914 and the present, many activities and traditions were advanced. In 1917, the Oracle, then a booklet of 48 half-pages, began publication as a yearbook. In 1927, the Oracle Newspaper, first issued in 1915, took first place in the nation. With new facilities, athletics became an important extra-curricular activity, and included football, track, basketball, swimming and cross country. Early clubs included Girl's Club (1914), Stage Crew (1924), Art Club (1932) and X Club (1938). A Student Government Association was organized in 1947, and the Redcat mascot was adopted in the early 1950s.

Notable alumni

  • Irv Comp
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    , NFL player with the Green Bay Packers
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     in the 1940s, and member of the Packers Hall of Fame
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    .
  • Salome Jens
    Salome Jens
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    . actress
  • Tony Kubek
    Tony Kubek
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    , MLB player with the New York Yankees in the 1950s and early 1960s. Member of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame for broadcasters.
  • Lance Sijan
    Lance Sijan
    Lance Peter Sijan was a United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot...

    , Air Force Officer and Medal of Honor
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     recipient.
  • Michael McGee, Jr.
    Michael McGee, Jr.
    Michael Imanu McGee, Jr. , is the former alderman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Sixth District. He was elected in April 2004 to become along with his father, former alderman Michael McGee, Sr., the first father and son in the history of Milwaukee to serve on the Common Council...

    , former alderman of Milwaukee's Sixth District.
  • Esther Jones
    Esther Jones
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    , 1992 US Olympian in Track when she won gold medal in 4 x 100 women's relay.
  • Jim Sorensen, Bass guitarist for the Gary Richrath Band.(former R.E.O. Speedwagon guitarist).
  • Sandy Pasch
    Sandy Pasch
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    , member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

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