The University of Wisconsin High School was a

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Madison, Wisconsin Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-lar ...

, originally encompassing 7-12th grades. It opened September 1914 in a building erected for that purpose. The school was created and maintained by the

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as part of its

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program, for educational experimentation and for observation and practice teaching. When the school opened, students in the lower years did not have typical seventh and eighth grade work, but the beginnings of high school work. They were under the same general regulations and discipline as older pupils. The last graduating class received their diplomas on June 4, 1964. The building then was used by the UW School of Journalism, followed by the UW School of Social Work. In 1993 an all-class reunion was held, and shortly after demolition began to allow for the construction of a genetics research building on the site.

Notable alumni

* John Bardeen – scientist who was twice awarded the Nobel Prize * Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood –

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– actress * John Carrier Weaver – educator, UW president, 1971-77 * Deborah Mitchell Dryden - costume designer

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Wisconsin High School
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