Bucks Math Hoops

Bucks Math Hoops is a fast-paced board game and mobile app that teaches students fundamental math skills through the basketball statistics of their favorite NBA and WNBA players. The Math Hoops curriculum is tied to Common Core State Standards and 21st Century Skills. It has been shown to improve students’ grasp of statistics and interpersonal skills, helping them to collaborate more effectively with their peers. An appreciation and understanding of math helps students become passionate, self-directed learners, and sets them up for STEM success (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program

Twice a week, students at 83 schools district-wide receive a healthy snack and a nutrition lesson through this federally funded program. The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program supports community and student health by increasing the volume and variety of fruits and vegetables that Milwaukee schoolchildren eat.

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.

Love My Air Wisconsin

Love My Air Wisconsin (LMA WI) is a school-based program that provides real-time air quality data to schools via a sensor. School staff and families can then use the data to make informed decisions about student exposure to poor air quality. Teachers can also incorporate the air quality data into lesson plans to provide hands-on, practical learning opportunities for students. Students, families, school staff and community members all benefit from LMA WI’s air quality education, and the opportunity to take action steps to protect their health.

PIECE Project

The PIECE Project provides inclusive early childhood pre-service and in-service teacher candidates with high-quality coursework, diverse field experiences, and one-on-one mentoring to prepare inclusive teachers who will create strong learning environments in which multilingual/multimodal learners and students with disability labels can thrive academically and socially.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension FoodWIse

FoodWIse advances healthy eating habits, active lifestyles and healthy community environments for families with limited incomes through nutrition education at the individual, community and systems levels. FoodWIse is federally funded by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).

Wisconsin Bike Fed

Through the Bike Fed’s direct instruction, over 25,000 MPS scholars have participated in Walking Wisdom or Bicycle Driver’s Ed curricula since 2005. At Lincoln Avenue School,

• K4 through second-grade students participate in the Walking Wisdom pedestrian safety program.
• Third and fourth graders receive a helmet when they complete the Bike Fed’s bicycle safety program.

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!