Reunions

2010 Reunion Weekend

 Attention Classes of:

1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010

Messmer High School will be hosting a reunion weekend for classes ending in '5 and '0.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

2:00-4:00 p.m. Open House

4:00-5:00 p.m. Mass

5:00-7:00p.m. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres

Individual classes may choose to meet after 7:00 p.m. outside the Messmer High School facility. Information is available on outside venues for individual class reunions after 7:00 p.m. Admission to this event is free with complimentary hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.

Reunion Planning Kit Available

Find out how to locate lost classmates and services that Messmer High School has available to help in your reunion planning.

Contact Richard Anderson in the Messmer High School Development Office at (414) 264-5440 for more information.

1926 - Archbishop Messmer establishes Diocesan High School (now Messmer High School) with 166 students.

1928 - Diocesan High School renamed Messmer High School after Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer.

1940 - Enrollment reaches all-time high with two shifts of classes to accommodate more than 1,400 students and no freshman classes.

1980 - Messmer begins to see a steady decline in student enrollment.

1984 - Archdiocese of Milwaukee announces the closure of Messmer High School and Save Messmer Committee is formed.

1984 - With support from the DeRance Foundation, the Messmer school building is purchased from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

1985 - Messmer High School reopens with 115 students and 16 faculty members and becomes the first independent Catholic school in Milwaukee.

1995 - Messmer High School becomes the first religious school accepted into School Choice program.

1998 - Archbishop officially recognizes Messmer as an independent Catholic school.

1999 - Messmer Catholic Schools is established to oversee Messmer High School and the new Messmer Preparatory Catholic School (formerly St. Mary Czestochowa).

2007 - Messmer Catholic Schools assumes management of St. Rose and St. Leo schools at the request of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.