History
The school was founded in 1851 as the German-English Academy by a group of Milwaukee German Americans that included Peter Engelmann and William Frankfurth. The Academy offered classes that taught German language and literature, as well as English. In 1891, the academy moved to the German-English Academy Building in downtown Milwaukee. The institution changed its name in 1917 to Milwaukee University School because of anti-German sentiment that occurred during World War I.
In 1964, the Milwaukee University School, the Milwaukee Country Day School and Milwaukee-Downer Seminary merged to become the University School of Milwaukee.
A new science wing, funded through donations to the school's "Our Next Generation" campaign, is now being used by students.
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