March 20, 2025

Upcoming Events / Meetings

NO SCHOOL 

March 21st – Conference Day 

March 24th-28th Spring Break

~Classes resume Monday, March 31st

ELECTION DAY BAKE SALE 

Tuesday, April 1 

7:00 am – 3:00 pm

Please consider donating an item for sale as voters enter MacDowell for the important Spring Election

SPRING PICTURE DAY

Tuesday, April 1st

Flyer

DAC (District Advisory Council) MEETING

Thursday, April 3

6:00pm 

Virtual

YEARBOOK PRE ORDER DEADLINE

April 7th

Links to order below

PRE-ACT TEST

Tuesday, April 8th

9th and 10th graders

All High School students attend 

PTO APRIL RESTAURANT FUNDRAISER – ARTISAN RAMEN

Tuesday, April 8th

5:00-9:00 pm

530 E Mason St

SPRING MUSICAL – ONCE ON THIS ISLAND JUNIOR 

April 9th and 11th 

NO SCHOOL
April 18th

Check the MacDowell webpage calendar for future events.https://mps.school/macdowell/calendar/

Save the Date: 

Spring Open House – May 8, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Middle School / High School Spring Concert – May 22nd

Elementary Spring Concert – May 29th

SPRING PHOTO DAY: APRIL 1st

Spring Photos are different from traditional school photos – they are meant to be more fun and informal and are not required to be taken. Only students who have ordered Spring Photos online in advance, or brought the order form back to school, will be sent to the library for photography. If you would like to order online, please use our mylifetouch.com Picture Day ID: EVTD77T3Z and inform your child’s teacher.

DON’T FORGET: PRE ORDER YEARBOOKS – Final Pre Order Date: April 7th!!!

~I am almost finished editing our elementary yearbook to submit April 7th.🙂

We are taking preorders for our school yearbooks! All students who had their photo taken will be in their classroom / grade level layout in this yearbook. We create two separate yearbooks, one for K3-6th grade students & one for 7-12th grade students. Yearbooks are delivered at the end of the school year. There are separate yearbook order links for each yearbook, please see order information below:

• K3-6th grade yearbooks will cost $15 – order online at ybpay.com code is     14324525
• 7-12th grade yearbooks will cost $25 –  order online at ybpay.com code is 15393925

Middle and High School Updates

PreACT District Testing Day April 8

District PreACT day will be an all-school attendance day. Students should arrive at school at their regular start time to allow testing to be completed in a timely manner.

Save the Date

Junior / Senior Prom

May 31st        

BAKE SALE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

On Tuesday, April 1, MacDowell will be a polling place for the WI state Supreme Court, State Superintendent of Schools and Milwaukee School Board. We are hoping for a good voter turnout! Let’s give those voters the opportunity to support our school by buying baked goods. Sign up via the link to donate treats and/or to sit at the table and sell goods. Feel free to send bagged cookies, brownies, rice crispy treats, and similar with your student on Tuesday morning. All bags will be sold for $1 each, this makes the math very easy for our table team. 

Thanks for supporting the PTO!

Sign up HERE 

Items can be brought March 31st or the morning of the election, April 1st

Lost and Found

Our Lost and Found has grown again! Items currently in the lost and found will be boxed up and donated after March 21st (Spring Break). 

Label all of your child’s items, it helps us find their homes.

                MacDowell Spirit Wear – Watch for a sale coming after Spring Break

Sports and Activities Update

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS

Uniform Return Time

All winter sports have ended. Please return uniforms to Ms Wanta ASAP.

Spring Sports Update

All Interest Forms were due today, and registration packets will go home on Monday March 31st. 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Athletic Schedules:  https://www.mccathletics.org/public/genie/1190/school/64/

Purchase Online Tickets:   https://gofan.co/app/school/WI19445 

Notes From Your Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

Next Meeting – April 16th 5:30pm 

(after the SEC meeting led by Principal Corona)

February PTO meeting minutes : HERE

Restaurant Fundraisers

Artisan Ramen – April 8th

SAVE THE DATE FOR AN ADULT NIGHT OUT:

Friday May 2nd

Enjoy comedy by Steph Tolev at Milwaukee Improv. 

Use coupon code MACDOWELL and the school will receive 50% back from ticket sales. bit.ly/MacDowellPTO 

Summer Academy

Enrollment for MPS Summer Academy has begun. Register by May 26th. MacDowell will be the site for K5-8th grade Montessori Academy. More information and registration can be found at mpsmke.com/summeracademy 

Spring Testing

MPS students in grades 3-11 will take part in state testing this spring. The district is required to use standardized exams to measure student achievement in English language arts, math, science, and social studies. The type of test and testing dates vary by grade level.

For a complete schedule and more information, download a family letter.

Spring Testing Letter – English and Spanish

In Case You Missed It

Parent Pick Up Reminder: BUS ZONE

Reminder-

Families that pick up students ARE NOT to park on the west side of the school. That street is for bus parking ONLY. Cars have crept up the block and are preventing our buses from pulling into their pickup zone. 

Please park on Fairview or 64th Street.

Where’s the Bus? App

Student safety is a top priority in MPS. District families now have access to an exciting app to help track their child’s bus—WheresThe Bus! This app allows families to track their child’s bus in real time. 

The app is free! Families can access WheresThe Bus from any internet-enabled device—smartphone, tablet, PC, or iPad. Apple iOS and Android apps are available. 

To access WheresThe Bus, families must have a Campus Parent (parent portal) account with a login and password. These can be set up two ways: 

• At each child’s school during regular school hours; an ID is required; OR
• At MPS Central Services, 5225 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee, WI 53208, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; an ID is required

Learn more and read how to access the app on the MPS website at WheresTheBus.

!! OPT-IN TO TEXT MESSAGING ! To receive notices via text message be sure to OPT-IN to text messaging from MPS. Text “Y” to 67587 to receive school notifications, transportation updates, newsletters and important messaging.

How To Reach Me
If you need to reach me, my phone number is 414-935-1339 and my email is: mossergj@milwaukee.k12.wi.us 

~ Ms. Gail Jaeger        

QUICK LINKS:

MPS School Calendar

2025-2026 MPS School Calendar

School Website

Staff Emails

IB Newsletter – February

Lunch Menu

MacDowell  Spotlight

SAFETALK

27 MacDowell High School students attended a SafeTALK Suicide Prevention training that took place on March 5th, facilitated by Levi Stein from The Friendship Circle. This 4 hour training taught students various skills to best support peers around them, especially those struggling, and what warning signs to be alert to in order to help identify and support someone thinking of suicide and how to promptly connect them with further support. The new District Superintendent, Brenda Casseilius, also showed up as a surprise visitor. Students were able to talk with her about concerns that matter most to them, and heard what she had to say related to her vision for MPS and for supporting students.