Education

The successful Interfaith-MPS Tutor Program is seeking more volunteer tutors as it grows to serve more students in Milwaukee Public Schools. Tutoring in the program is a chance to make a positive impact in the lives of children: Teachers report that 85 percent of students tutored through the program were more engaged in their learning. Interfaith-MPS Tutor Program volunteers … [Read more...] about More volunteer tutors needed for growing program with record of increased student engagement

With the school year coming to a close, many parents wonder how to keep their children active and engaged in learning during the traditional summer recess. According to Jack Connell, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, when children are inactive mentally and physically during the summer, they often have to take time to get back up to speed in the fall. Below … [Read more...] about Tips to keep students engaged in learning over summer break

Getting into the graduate program of your choice is a major accomplishment that takes time, effort and commitment. Fortunately, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is here to help, through the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement program. Inspired by the late Ronald E. McNair, physicist and NASA astronaut, the McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program … [Read more...] about Ronald E. McNair post-baccalaureate achievement program helps undergraduates obtain their education goals

MPS employees successfully raised about $2,000 at the GO OVER THE EDGE for Special Olympics event at Miller Park, Saturday, July 19. Heather Dietzel, of MPS Facilities & Maintenance, and Katie Seitz and Lyndsay Dake, of Milwaukee Recreation, rappelled 90 feet down the side of Miller Park. Several MPS Adaptive Athletics volunteers and MPS Facilities and Maintenance Staff … [Read more...] about MPS employees ‘go over the edge’ for Special Olympics

Two years after presenting its largest ever number of scholarships, the Washington High School Alumni Scholarship Foundation set another record Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The alumni group awarded 31 scholarships to 2014 graduates of Milwaukee Public Schools’ Washington High School of Information Technology, up from the previous record of 29 in 2012. The $1,000 scholarships can … [Read more...] about Washington alumni group sets another new record, presents scholarships to 36 grads Thirty-six scholarships presented as MPS grads earn record $31+ million in scholarships, up $7 million from the prior year

The Black Data Processing Associates and Washington High School of Information Technology are leading students from the classroom to the boardroom. BDPA is a national non-profit organization of professionals working in or having an interest in Computer Science and Information Technology. There are 46 chapters nationwide. The Milwaukee chapter was launched in August 2013 by … [Read more...] about Milwaukee students compete in national information technology and data processing competition

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