Our school’s expert educators use a variety of proven teaching approaches to support each student’s unique learning style. As staff, we further invest in student success by investing in ourselves. We participate in professional development and continuing education to stay informed on best practices and emerging strategies to nurture children’s social and emotional and academic growth.

We strive to educate the whole child through an engaging, standards-based academic program that includes weekly art, music, and physical education classes, as well as social and emotional learning and skill building, and leadership development opportunities.

Grantosa Drive School invests in child and family well-being through membership in the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership. Our nonprofit partners are experts in family engagement, after-school enrichment, medical and mental health care, arts, and athletic programming, and they bring these services directly to the school. Parents and caregivers are a child’s first teacher who shape the greater Grantosa community by joining our Family Leadership Organization and Community School Leadership Team. Please join us for a school event, take a tour, and consider Grantosa Drive School for your child’s K-8 education.

Mission

Grantosa Drive School will become a High Performing School through EPIC action:

• Effective Student Engagement,
• Proficient Teaching and Learning,
• Inquiry Based Instruction, and
• Cooperative Collaboration & Character Development.

Before and After School Program

Open from 7:45 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center at Grantosa Drive School provides before- and after-school programs to K4 through eighth-grade students in partnership with Milwaukee Recreation and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. The Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center at Grantosa Drive School provides academic enrichment, homework help, social-emotional learning, arts programming, and nutritious meals or snacks to students.

Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership

Grantosa Drive School is proud to be a member of the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership. Through MCSP, our students, families, teachers, staff, neighbors, and partners come together to form a strategy that best meets the needs of our students. We work toward academic success and personal well-being for our children.

School Community Partnership for Mental Health

Since 2009, the School Community Partnership for Mental Health (SCPMH) has provided intensive, on-site mental wellness programs and mental health services to students and families in Milwaukee Public Schools. The partnership began in just four schools and has expanded to nearly 40 schools, including Grantosa Drive School.