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19-453: The Milwaukee City Conference was founded in 1893, when Milwaukee opened a second public high school ( South Division ) and regular athletic competition was established between East Division and South Division High Schools. The conference added a third member in 1894 when West Division High School opened and expanded to five in 1906 when Boys Technical and Trade High School (now Bradley Tech) and North Division High School opened. By 1920,

38-483: A blackboard in the corridor, with each dish priced at five cents. This was something in the nature of an innovation and other cities made inquiries regarding the success of the scheme. The principal advantage, according to Burch's report to the Superintendent, was derived from serving warm lunches to the students, many of whom came from a distance too great to go home every day for a warm lunch, and who did better work in

57-654: A partial immersion program in Spanish. Courses are also offered in Japanese . This school welcomes many exchange students from all over the world every year. Wilbur Wright middle school was constructed in 1956. The school first offered immersion programs for middle school students in 1986, and added high school grades in 1996. MSL offers many different clubs and extracurricular activities. Milwaukee School of Languages has an ethnically diverse student body as of 2022: 53% of students were female while 47% were male. In 2007,

76-575: A result, and competition lasted for ten years before its dissolution. Two members of the South Shore ( Kenosha Tremper and Racine Park ) joined the City Conference, and four of the City Conference's smaller members joined the Suburban Conference (Juneau, Riverside, Rufus King and West Division). Due to the expansion of the conference's geographic footprint, the conference was briefly known as

95-629: Is part of the Milwaukee Public Schools . The building was built after an 1890 motion by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, as a second Milwaukee high school for the South Side . Thus, South Division is the second-oldest high school in the MPS system (after the old East Division High School, now called Riverside University High ). At the start of the 1899 school year, Principal Arthur Burch

114-659: The City Conference after opening. Membership remained stable at twelve schools until the 1960s. John Marshall High School was opened as a combination junior/senior high school on the city's north side in 1961, and two high schools were added in 1966 as a direct result of annexation: James Madison High School in the former town of Granville and Alexander Hamilton High School in the former town of Greenfield . Granville already had its own high school at this time, and when their district lost territory due to annexation, it became Brown Deer High School . In 1979, Lincoln High School closed and Harold S. Vincent High School opened on

133-578: The City Conference in 1993. With the City Conference made whole again after the 1993 realignment, new schools continued to join the conference after they opened. Milwaukee School of Languages and Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning joined in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Malcolm X Academy joined the City Conference in 2003 and left when it closed four years later. Solomon Juneau High School closed in 2006, reopening in 2012 as MacDowell Montessori School (the athletics program still competes under

152-463: The City of Milwaukee. The village had its own high school prior to annexation, and after North Milwaukee High School was absorbed into MPS it became Custer High School in order to avoid confusion with North Division. Three new high schools were built in consecutive years in the 1930s as Works Progress Administration projects: Juneau (1932), Pulaski (1933) and Rufus King (1934). All became members of

171-591: The Juneau banner). Reagan College Prep High School in the former Town of Lake took its place in 2007. Three more school openings rounded out the membership of the City Conference: Carmen in 2014, Golda Meir in 2017 and Audubon Tech in 2022. Several co-op teams exist in the conference. These co-op teams usually include a full-time member and an affiliate member. The "host" school is listed in bold. The City Conference did not allow its teams to compete in

190-692: The Milwaukee Area Conference. The newly renamed conference made a slight adjustment in 1983 when Kenosha Bradford joined from the Braveland Conference to replace Racine Park after their exit to the Suburban Conference. The high schools in Kenosha left the MAC in 1985, taking four schools on the south side of Milwaukee with them (Bay View, Hamilton, Pulaski and South Division) and rejoining with

209-747: The Racine high schools to form the Big Nine Conference. During that same year, the four high schools who left for the Suburban Conference rejoined after it was realigned out of existence, and the MAC changed its name back to the Milwaukee City Conference. The four south side Milwaukee high schools in the Big Nine did not want this realignment and threatened to sue the WIAA to rejoin the City Conference. Bay View, Hamilton, Pulaski and South Division all rejoined

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228-407: The WIAA tournament until the 1951-52 season. School of Languages Recently the WIAA decided to restrict travel outside Wisconsin and its border states. The decision was made as a response to the practice of City Conference boys' basketball teams, which often traveled long distances to find competition. Athletic directors from City schools argued against the decision, saying the travel was paid for by

247-401: The afternoons than if they had eaten a cold one. A new South Division High building opened September 7, 1977, one block from the old school. Almost nothing was brought over from the old building, but the crowning copper dome , "a South Side landmark since it was built in the 1890s" was preserved when the building was demolished in 1978. Efforts to bring it "back home" to be incorporated into

266-564: The city's far northwest side as a replacement. In the years prior, realignment of the high school athletic conferences in southeastern Wisconsin was discussed extensively, driven mostly by the WIAA 's desire to get the high schools in Racine and Kenosha into a larger conference after they were forced out of the Big Eight Conference in 1970. The five-member South Shore Conference was created as

285-455: The conference had added three more schools in Washington (1911), Bay View (1914) and Lincoln (1920). During this time period, the City Conference established themselves as a dominant force in track and field, taking the team title in twenty-five WIAA competitions between 1895 and 1929. The City Conference added a ninth member in 1929, when the village of North Milwaukee was annexed into

304-716: The following sports: South Division won state championships in boys' cross country in 1922, 1923 and 1931. Milwaukee School of Languages The Milwaukee School of Languages ( MSL ) is a 6–12 grade public school in the Milwaukee Public Schools district of Wisconsin , United States. It was formerly named the Wilbur Wright Multi-Language Middle School. In addition to common core standards, students participate in immersion programs in Spanish , German , and French . Students can also take

323-606: The host school or event organizer. The situation has caused some supporters to call for the City Conference to follow the lead of leagues in other major cities, such as Chicago and Philadelphia , to hold its own tournaments separate from the WIAA. List of high school athletic conferences in Wisconsin South Division High School South Division High School is a public high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . South Division

342-521: The new building failed; and it now ornaments a local gardening supply business, where it also houses a collection of old South Division memorabilia. The demographic breakdown of the 1,138 students enrolled for the 2012-2013 school year was: In addition, 86.1% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. The Cardinals compete in the Milwaukee City Conference . The school colors are cardinal red and white. South Division offers

361-405: Was granted permission to open a school lunch room in the building. A basement room 27 by 60 feet was selected for the purpose; a kitchen 10 by 20 feet was partitioned off in one corner; furniture, dishes, etc. were purchased (for $ 316.65), and Emma Stiles of Chicago was placed in charge, to purchase provisions, plan each day's menu, and to see that all lunches were paid for. The menu was posted on

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