During-School Tutoring Program
MPS is committed to fostering student success by providing supports and ensuring that students have ample opportunities to improve their academic achievement.
Students who struggle to meet math or literacy learning goals can access one-on-one or small-group tutoring during the school day through MPS Extended Learning Opportunities available at Auer Avenue School.
Danceworks Mad Hot Rhythm
Teaching artists from Danceworks provide two weekly one-hour dance classes for 18 weeks – 36 total hours of dance instruction for participating fifth-grade students, who work together to create performing art. Each year, Mad Hot Rhythm culminates with a city-wide competition and school performances.
Learning Journeys
Learning Journeys are educational field trips for all MPS students that are designed to take what students are learning in the classroom out into the real world. These annual opportunities aim to expand students’ career awareness (K4–grade 3) and help them explore potential careers (grades 4 and 5).
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
To promote positive student behavior and improve learning, MPS uses a system of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
PBIS is a three-tiered approach that begins by teaching expectations and encouraging collaboration and consistency in classrooms. Teachers and students co-design agreements and routines that align with three districtwide expectations: “Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible.” For students who need more support, higher tiers offer structure, interventions, and follow-up to address specific concerns.
After years of use, MPS and other districts across the country are reporting higher student achievement, improved school environments, and fewer classroom disruptions and student suspensions.
STRYV365
The nonprofit, STRYV365, cultivates resilient-based mindsets with youth and the community by combining sports, social emotional learning, education and activities at Auer Avenue School.
Wisconsin Bike Fed
The Bike Fed has educated more than 50,000 students through its Safe Routes to School programming in communities across Wisconsin. At Auer Avenue:
- K4 through third-grade students participate in the Walking Wisdom pedestrian safety program.
- Fourth and fifth graders receive a helmet when they complete the Bike Fed’s bicycle safety program.