[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 110 (Tuesday, July 15, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1162-E1163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING BAY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 15, 2014

  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Bay View High School 
celebrating its 100th Anniversary on October 4, 2014. Bay View High 
School opened in September, 1914 with seven teachers and 150 students. 
Mr. Gustav Fritsche, a German teacher, served as its principal. The 
school was then a one building barrack without central heating known as 
``Fritsche's Foundry''. In 1922, classes were held in a new school 
building, still in use today and referred to as the ``Castle on the 
Hill''. The high school is a visible landmark from both the Hoan Bridge 
and Interstate I-43/1-94 in Milwaukee.
  Bay View High School started a successful Student Government 
Association (SGA) in 1947 that led to unique programs such as honor 
study halls and building control. Many of the Bay View students 
involved in SGA have become politicians. Bay View High School has 
staged over 50 years of musicals. The high school has prepared many 
amateurs and professionals for a lifetime of music and the arts; they 
make up the current alumni choir and alumni band. Bay View High 
School's interscholastic sports program has developed champions after 
graduation who continue in their sport to set records and achieve a 
level of success up to and including Olympic gold.

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  Bay View High School's students have become community leaders and 
good citizens that include such luminaries as: State Representatives 
Sandy Pasch and La Tonya Johnson, Milwaukee County Board Chair Marina 
Dimitrijevic, Esther Jones, 1992 US Olympic Gold Medalist in track and 
my granddaughter, Taylor Walker.
  Many Bay View High School students have gone on to become educators. 
In fact, many have returned both as teachers and administrators with 
some spending their entire careers at their Alma Mater.
   Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that the Bay View High School is 
located in the 4th Congressional District. I wish them another 100 
years of success.

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