{"id":2720,"date":"2012-04-03T19:31:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/grantosa\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:03:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mps.school\/grantosa\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; module_class=&#8221;page-intro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]At Grantosa Drive School, we are honored to educate more than 600 Milwaukee youth from K4 through eighth grade. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolsites.wpenginepowered.com\/grantosa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/06\/Grantosa-logo-300x159.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" alt=\"Grantosa logo\" class=\"wp-image-235060 alignright size-medium\" \/>Our school\u2019s expert educators use a variety of proven teaching approaches to support each student\u2019s 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\u2019s social and emotional and academic growth.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;2px||60px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#b7b7b7&#8243; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_spread=&#8221;-10px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Grades&#8221; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xf19d;||fa||900&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#2B2B28&#8243; image_icon_background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;60px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;721136f0-39a5-42af-b920-2d66318cf15a&#8221; header_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.53)&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|10px|30px|10px|true|true&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50Ijoic2l0ZV90YWdsaW5lIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIifX0=@[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#b7b7b7&#8243; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; box_shadow_spread=&#8221;-10px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;School Hours&#8221; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xf017;||fa||900&#8243; icon_color=&#8221;#2B2B28&#8243; image_icon_background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; image_icon_width=&#8221;60px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;721136f0-39a5-42af-b920-2d66318cf15a&#8221; header_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.53)&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px|10px|30px|10px|true|true&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>9:10 a.m. &#8211; 4:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s first teacher who shape the greater Grantosa community by joining our Family Leadership Organization. Please join us for a school event, take a tour, and consider Grantosa Drive School for your child\u2019s K-8 education.<\/p>\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>Grantosa Drive School will become a High Performing School through EPIC action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective Student Engagement,<\/li>\n<li>Proficient Teaching and Learning,<\/li>\n<li>Inquiry Based Instruction, and<\/li>\n<li>Cooperative Collaboration &amp; Character Development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Before and After School Program<\/h2>\n<p>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 <a href=\"..\/families\/before-and-after-school-program\">before- and after-school programs<\/a> to K4 through eighth-grade students in partnership with Milwaukee Recreation and Boys &amp; 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.<\/p>\n<h2>School Community Partnership for Mental Health<\/h2>\n<p>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. 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Our school\u2019s expert educators use a variety of proven teaching approaches to support each student\u2019s unique learning style. As staff, we further invest in student success by investing in ourselves. We participate in professional development and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2827\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolsites.wpenginepowered.com\/grantosa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/03\/grantosa-2023-08-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Three students and a teacher look at a computer.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/>Grantosa Drive School, located at 4850 N 82nd Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, \u00a0is a K-8 school that serves approximately 650 students. Located on the north side of Milwaukee, the school provides a variety of educational opportunities. Grantosa Drive school serves a diverse population of students by utilizing differentiated instruction to reach all learners.\r\n\r\nGrantosa\u2019s mission is to provide quality education that will increase the knowledge of all students. There is a dedicated and diverse staff that share a plethora of experiences to share with each other, as well as the students. Each educator serves as a facilitator to enhance the learning experiences of all students. Student success is our number one priority.\r\n\r\nAt Grantosa, We want our students to have the best educational opportunities that we can offer. Most of our staff are lifelong learners. They are committed to continuing enhancing education by\u00a0taking classes to learn the latest strategies and techniques available to help prepare our youth for a competing market. We believe that it does take a village to raise and educate a child. We invite all families to come and be a part of a great team! Feel free to contact us at 414-393-4400.\r\n\r\nGrantosa Drive School has\u00a0Chromebooks\u00a0carts in each grade level that enable students to have access\u00a0to educational programs such as Odyssey, ST Math, Think Central and access our online resources in Math, Social Studies and Reading. All Milwaukee Public School Students have free internet access. The MPS website has secure links that students may use to gather information needed. With technology integrated into the curriculum, students have the opportunity to become familiar with applying technological skills into their education. 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