Artists Working in Education (AWE)

Professional artists nurture students’ imaginations with hands-on, visual arts experiences.

Bay View Community Center

The center offers classes in our building to parents and guardians on parenting skills, social and emotional health, and more.

Danceworks Mad Hot Rhythm

The program inspires students in the after-school Community Learning Center to create performing art and boosts their confidence.

Foodwise

This six-week nutrition program educates families and students about best choices when planning and creating healthy meals and snacks.

Marquette University Service Learning

Through its Service Learning and MUEngage programs, Marquette University provides student volunteers to help our students with homework and provide support.

Milwaukee Police Department

Community Liaison officers spend positive time with students and families as part of our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) programming.

My Very Own Library

Students and families receive 10 free books at two book fairs, attend fun family literacy nights, and get ideas for making learning at home exciting. The program is a partnership of United Way, University of Chicago, Scholastic, Milwaukee Public Schools, and School District of Waukesha.

Reading Corps

Volunteer tutors work one on one with students in daily, 20-minute sessions.

SHARP Literacy

With support from SHARP Literacy, Doerfler elementary school students used their research, language and social studies skills to study four major holidays — Thanksgiving, Three Kings Day, Fourth of July and Day of the Dead — that are meaningful for the school’s predominantly Hispanic/Latino community. Milwaukee artist Sally Duback helped the students bring their holiday scenes to life. SHARP Literacy also guided Doerfler students in creating papers about the meaning of freedom and then using them to create images that became part of a mural installed at the Milwaukee County War Memorial.

Sixteenth Street Community Health Center

The center supports an appointment-only behavioral health clinic at Doerfler School for students and families.

Urban Ecology Center

The center offers urban sanctuaries and “outdoor laboratories” during the school year. The center’s staff and volunteers also mentor students.

VIA Community Development Corporation

VIA supports neighborhood families around issues of housing, community life and business.