Milwaukee School of Languages

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Public secondary school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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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 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.

History

Wilbur Wright middle school was constructed in 1956.^[2]

The school first offered immersion programs for middle school students in 1986, and added high school grades in 1996.^[3]

Extracurricular activities, sports and clubs

MSL offers many different clubs and extracurricular activities.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Clubs

Chess Club (Only available if done at previous immersion school)
(Forensics) Speech & Debate
Newspaper
Theater
Gender Sexuality Alliance (Known as GSA among students)
Environmental Club
Art Club (Highschool-Only with exceptions)
Jazz Club (Highschool-Only)

Extracurricular activities

Special Olympics
Girl Scouts (Only available if done at previous immersion school)
Pearls For Teen Girls

Sports

Track & Field (Separate Girl and Boys Team)
Cross Country (Separate Girl and Boys Team)
Basketball (Separate Girl and Boys Team)
Volleyball (Co-ed)
Soccer (Co-ed)

Students

Milwaukee School of Languages has an ethnically diverse student body as of 2022:^[7]^[8]

Black or African American, 49.4%
White, 23.3%
Hispanic/Latino, 18.7%
Asian, 4.6%
Two or more Races, 3.6%
American Indian or Alaskan Native, 0.2%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, 0.2%

53% of students were female while 47% were male.

Athletics and activities

In 2007, the MSL Boys Track and Field team won the WIAA D1 state title. Alumnus such as Quentin Luttrell, Zachary Sharkey-Ketner, Jonathan Fobbs and Antwon Terry led the team to victory.

Notable alumni^[9]

Jade-Lianna Peters, actress, voice of Kai-Lan of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
Josiah Williams, Christian Hip-Hop Artist / Rhythmic Soul | WWE On-Air Talent for the NXT^[10] Creator of Wrestle and Flow.^[11]
Buffalo Nichols, blues guitarist & singer^[12]
Zed Kenzo, Milwaukee area rapper,^[13] winner of 2019 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Milwaukee School of Languages". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ "MPS Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report" (PDF). The Wisconsin Historical Society. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. August 2019.
^ "History of Immersion Program in Milwaukee". Milwaukee French Immersion Foundation. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ https://mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/Schools/Milw-School-of-Languages.htm
^ https://schools.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/msl/students/athletics/
^ https://schools.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/msl/academics/
^ "Report Cards – 2019–20".
^ "Explore Milwaukee School of Languages in Milwaukee, WI". GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
^ "Suburban Milwaukee girl is voice of new character on Nickelodeon". Winona Daily News. Associated Press. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^ "Superstars Page".
^ Levy, Piet. "Josiah Williams' 'Wrestle & Flow' videos went viral. Now the Milwaukee-born rapper works for WWE". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ Browne, David (2021-11-01). "Song You Need to Know: Buffalo Nichols, 'Another Man'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^ "Meet Up-and-Coming Milwaukee Rapper Zed Kenzo". Milwaukee Magazine. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
^ Levy, Piet. "SistaStrings, Klassik win big at the 2019 Radio Milwaukee Music Awards". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2022-03-03.