German Language and School Society of Wisconsin celebrates its 60th anniversary
The German Language and School Society of Wisconsin (DSSV) will celebrate its 60th anniversary this weekend with its annual awards ceremony held on Sunday, May 1 at Marquette University High School....
View ArticleParents to politicians: Stop cutting our kids’ schools
The following is an op-ed from Wauwatosa Support Our Schools (SOS) president Mary Young and Women Committed to an Informed Community co-chairs Marva Herndon and Gail Hicks. As public school parents,...
View ArticleNorth Division students’ mobile app chosen as one of six national winners
For the second straight year, a group of Milwaukee Public Schools students studying mobile app development is among the winners of a national app competition. North Division High School students...
View ArticleAbele, Means ask MPS to work with OSPP to preserve funding, jobs, enrollment
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program Commissioner Dr. Demond Means will today, June 16, at 11 a.m., hold a media availability to discuss their latest...
View ArticleTwo more schools added to MPS’ Community Schools Partnership
Milwaukee Public Schools’ Browning Elementary School and Lincoln Avenue Elementary School are scheduled to join MPS and the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County’s Milwaukee Community...
View ArticleOp-ed: Politician-made perfect storm could damage our kids’ schools
The following is an op-ed from Wauwatosa Support Our Schools (SOS) President Mary Young. There’s a perfect storm heading toward our kids’ Wisconsin public schools. If nothing is...
View ArticleKing Park to host Back-To-School Festival on Aug. 13
Amid carnival games, youth talent contests and gospel performances, about 5,000 Milwaukee-area youths will receive backpacks filled with school supplies at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
View ArticleMPS Superintendent Driver releases statement on Sherman Park events
The following is a special message from Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver concerning last weekend’s events in Sherman Park: Over the past week, our city has faced events that...
View ArticleMPS partners with nationally renowned artists through White House arts program
Four nationally renowned artists will be working with students at four Milwaukee Public Schools this school year to use arts as a way to help students succeed academically. The artists are part of...
View ArticleCooper Elementary earns Schools That Can achievement honor
Educators and students at James Fenimore Cooper School are beginning the new school year with a new recognition for their achievement from local nonprofit Schools That Can Milwaukee. Students,...
View ArticleOp-ed: Why I chose and support public schools
The following is an op-ed from S.O.S. (Support Our Schools) Wauwatosa board member Stacy Racine Lynch. Kids all over Wisconsin went back to school recently, and, in the coming months, there’s...
View ArticleNorthwestern Mutual enables Milwaukee middle school girls to become CyberGirlz
Thirty 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls from Notre Dame School of Milwaukee will make a trip to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for CyberGirlz, a technology day camp hosted on the...
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