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Elementary Schools
Auer Avenue — Students have helped craft a plan to improve safety outside Auer Avenue School. After partnering with Wisconsin Bike Fed to observe what's happening on the roads in their neighborhood, students created maps, marking where they think changes like traffic circles, curb extensions, or crosswalks are needed.
Benjamin Franklin — Milwaukee Bucks Forward and NBA All-Star Khris Middleton, along with United Healthcare, handed out new coats to MPS students and gift bags for educators.
Hopkins Lloyd — The Milwaukee Bucks and United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County hosted a Scholastic Book Fair.
Gwen T. Jackson — Leah Noid runs the Jackson Safe Place, a before- and after-school program and summer program for children up to age 13. Recently, she spent time teaching them about the Harlem Renaissance.
Keefe Avenue — Forward Scholars, a tutoring program operated by local nonprofit Common Ground, helps students gain reading confidence.
Robert M. LaFollette — The school offers small class sizes (18 students to one teacher) through grade 3, thanks to the Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program.
Middle School
Andrew S. Douglas — In addition to a robust core curriculum, Douglas features a GE Innovation Lab and Maker Space for students to explore science and creativity.
High School
North Division — Students won a $5,000 first prize in the STEM Jeopardy competition over a top-rated team from Kansas City.
Therapeutic Program
MPS Success Center — Select MPS students can spend nine weeks focusing on their mental health with targeted attention from teachers, therapists, yoga instructors, and mindfulness practitioners.
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