Betty Brinn Children’s Museum

This Milwaukee museum inspires all children to wonder and explore their world through play and innovative, hands-on learning experiences by sponsoring the Lloyd Barbee School Makerspace and inviting our students to explore interactive exhibits and educational programs at Betty Brinn’s downtown campus.

FoodRight

FoodRight, Inc. partners with Milwaukee schools to offer gardening and culinary nutrition education programming in the classroom. Led by registered dietitians or trained classroom teachers, FoodRight’s hands-on, standards-aligned curricula increases students’ engagement in learning while building healthy eating habits that track into adulthood. To support classroom lessons, FoodRight provides take-home meal kits and virtual culinary workshops to families and works with community stakeholders to create healthier school environments through policy and systems initiatives. Parent volunteers are always welcome.

Forward Scholars

Forward Scholars supports kindergarten through third-grade students who need one-on-one support to reach grade-level benchmarks in reading proficiency. Barbee students and Forward tutors team up in the classroom two hours per week.

Junior Achievement of Wisconsin

We have a strong partnership with the Junior Achievement of Wisconsin program, which inspires and prepares young people to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement of Wisconsin provides activities, guides, field trips, and other resources to share lessons on leadership, career preparation, money management, and more. Lessons are organized according to the Milwaukee Public Schools Social Studies curriculum and are implemented in K5 classrooms, continuing through fifth grade.

Nature’s Classroom Institute and Montessori School

Fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade students spend one week each year at the Nature’s Classroom Institute and Montessori School. Students, teachers, and parent chaperones embark on an educational excursion through the natural and agricultural world during the institute’s Overnight Adventures program.

Nearby Nature Milwaukee

Nearby Nature Milwaukee is an environmental justice and equity initiative to build healthier and more resilient communities. We believe celebrating natural areas enhances a community’s value and improves health and wellness.

Lynden Sculpture Garden

Field trips to Lynden Sculpture Garden invite our students to experience art in nature through Lynden’s collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park, lake, and woodland.

Lloyd Barbee teachers participate in professional development opportunities ranging from Lynden’s intensive, cross-disciplinary Innovative Educators Institute to a series of creative hands-on workshops developed by teachers, for teachers; to discounts on our artist-led workshops.

Peace Learning Center of Milwaukee

Peacemakers Workshops welcome second through fifth grade students for a day of cooperative games, small group study, and role play. Students practice healthy ways to communicate, manage conflict, build self-esteem, and think critically about the impact peaceful action has on their community.

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Milwaukee Public Schools uses PBIS to promote positive student behavior. After years of use, districts across the country – MPS included – are reporting increases in student achievement, more positive school environments, and fewer classroom disruptions and disciplinary referrals.

PBIS uses a three-tiered approach. Tier one teaches expectations to all students and promotes collaboration and consistency in the classroom: Teachers and students co-design agreements and routines that align with school expectations. Tiers two and three provide structure, interventions, and follow up for students who need more support.

Urban Ecology Center

The Neighborhood Environmental Education Project (NEEP) engages classes through field trips to local green spaces that enrich the classroom curriculum. Urban Ecology Center educators engage students through hands-on activities, indoors and outdoors. Students may learn about local habitats, identifying plants, finding signs of animal life, or building forts with classmates! Rain or shine, snow or wind, every trip has a portion outdoors and is engaging for all students and parent chaperones. Urban Ecology Center has outerwear available to borrow so all participants may explore in any weather. There are three Urban Ecology Center locations; most schools partner with one less than two miles from their school.

Wisconsin Conservatory of Music

Conservatory educators teach African drumming in the younger grades and support the school’s choirs in grades four through six.