{"id":14,"date":"2012-09-05T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/kingjr\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:35:34","slug":"programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/academics\/programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” module_class=”page-intro” _builder_version=”4.19.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]Supporting students\u2019 academic performance, high school preparation, and social and emotional development are the focus of evidence-based programs and opportunities at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School.\u202f\u202f [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n

Junior Achievement of Wisconsin<\/h2>\n

The \u202fJunior Achievement of Wisconsin\u202fprogram inspires and prepares young people to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement of Wisconsin provides activities, guides, thought leadership and other resources to support age-appropriate learning about leadership, jobs, money and more.<\/p>\n

Danceworks Mad Hot Rhythm<\/h2>\n

Teaching artists from Danceworks provide two weekly one-hour dance classes for 18 weeks\u201436 total hours of dance instruction for participating scholars who work together to create performing art. Each year, Mad Hot Rhythm culminates with a city-wide competition and school performances.<\/p>\n

Learning Journeys<\/h2>\n

Learning Journeys<\/a> 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\u2019 career awareness (K4\u2013grade 3) and help them explore potential careers (grades 4, 5, and 8).<\/p>\n

Playworks Wisconsin<\/h2>\n

In 2023, Playworks Wisconsin ensured more than 23,000 children in 64 elementary schools and youth serving organizations across Wisconsin\u2014including Dr. King School\u2014experienced safe and healthy play, including over 700 educators and youth professionals trained statewide. Over 1,000 Wisconsin kids serve as Junior Coach student leaders on the playground by leading games and modeling positive sporting behavior for their peers.<\/p>\n

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Repairing Together<\/h2>\n

A program of the Milwaukee Jewish Day School, Repairing Together connects scholars from different cultural backgrounds. Scholars focus on positive community change, breaking down barriers and stereotypes during social and environmental action projects. From kindergarten to eighth grade, scholars can visit and build lifelong friendships across the program\u2019s four participating schools: Bruce-Guadalupe Community School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School, Indian Community School, and Milwaukee Jewish Day School.<\/p>\n

Urban Ecology Center<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\"TAILogo1\"<\/a><\/h3>\r\nDr. Martin Luther King Jr. School\u00a0will kick off the 2016 -17 school year as one\u00a0of only 68 schools selected as Turnaround Arts schools in the nation.\u00a0Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School along with three other\u00a0MPS schools are the only schools in the state of Wisconsin receiving Turnaround Arts intensive arts education resources and integration as a strategy to close the achievement gap through a highly-competitive application process.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTurnaround Arts is the signature program<\/a>\u00a0of the President\u2019s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. It empowers schools with innovative arts, dance, theater and music programs,\u00a0arts integration across subject areas,\u00a0arts resources, musical instruments, and high-profile artist mentors, as a proven strategy to help address broader school challenges and close the achievement gap.\r\n\r\nAt Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. School, the Turnaround Arts effort will focus on three key areas: additional professional development for arts educators and arts integration education; integration of the five arts disciplines \u2013 visual arts, music, dance, theater and media arts \u2013 within all content area classrooms; and working with the district\u2019s arts partners to provide both in-school and after-school enrichment programs to foster student engagement in learning and incorporating the arts into academic supports.\r\n

SHARP<\/h2>\r\nSHARP Literacy energizes urban school children to become confident, capable readers, writers and researchers, using the visual arts to engage young minds and reinforce learning. Providing them with opportunities to develop a wide range of skills \u2013 reading, writing, oral communications, research, creating thinking and problem solving \u2013 SHARP creates a solid foundation for future learning and success. On pre-and post vocabulary tests, SHARP students improve their literacy skills between 40-70%.\r\n

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)<\/h2>\r\nPBIS<\/a>\u00a0is a joint effort between Milwaukee Public Schools\u00a0Office of Family Services and the Milwaukee Teachers\u2019 Education Association to effectively reduce classroom disruptions and student suspensions through a school-wide systematic tiered-intervention approach. Data shows that schools that implement PBIS with fidelity see decreases in disruptions and suspensions and increases in student achievement.","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/kingjr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}