Upcoming Events / Meetings

SENIOR IB/DP ART EXHIBITION

TODAY! Thursday, April 10th

4:00-6:00 pm

MacDowell Montessori Lobby

FLYER

SPRING MUSICAL –

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND JUNIOR – POSTPONED

TBD

STOCK THE FRIDGE- Staff Appreciation

Monday, April 14th

Sign up below

SEC / PTO MEETING

Wednesday, April 16th

5:00 / 5:30 – 6:30pm

~Help plan our Ice Cream Social

NO SCHOOL
April 18th

MAD HOT RHYTHM DANCE COMPETITION

Tuesday, April 22nd

UWM Panther Arena

10:00 am, Finals and Awards 12:30pm

Free and Open to the Public

The competition will be livestreamed on Facebook!

FAMILY GAME NIGHT

Friday, April 25th

5:30-7:30 pm

For all ages, all children to be accompanied by an adult.

MILWAUKEE IMPROV – 

MACDOWELL PTO NIGHT

Friday, May 2nd

7:00 pm

Code MACDOWELL, more info below

SPRING OPEN HOUSE / SOCIAL

Thursday, May 8th

Classrooms open 5:30-7:00 pm

Social in Cafe 6:30-7:30

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

Middle and High School Updates

Please Join our Community as we celebrate MacDowell’s IB Seniors

Visual Arts Exhibition on Thursday April 10th.

SAVE THE DATE:

  

Save the Date

Junior / Senior Prom

May 31st        

Hotel Metro

 MACDOWELL GEAR SALE is LIVE NOW!

purchase online

       

New items added! MacDowell ballcaps, crew neck sweatshirt and more, including one last run of the 50th Anniversary adult sweatshirts.

Orders will be delivered to the school and then distributed through student backpacks.  

*Disclaimer: There is typically a 4 to 5 week turnaround to get all apparel ordered, printed, and sorted AFTER the store has come offline. 

Sale Closes 4/20 @ 11:59pm

https://dunns-macdowell-25.itemorder.com/

Notes From Your Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

STOCK THE FRIDGE- STAFF APPRECIATION

We love our great staff at MacDowell! To show our love, we’d love your help to Stock the Fridge. Use the link below to bring some treats for staff.

Please bring items April 14th

SIGN UP HERE

Next Meeting – April 16th 5:30pm 

(after the SEC meeting led by Principal Corona)

March PTO meeting minutes : HERE

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 

Camp MacDowell 2025 Summer Program

Families interested in Camp MacDowell’s summer program are asked to fill out this interest form: https://forms.gle/ooJWDtWEkYwENThr5

Camp will run June 23- August 1 (no session on July 4th), from 7:30am-5:00pm. More information can be found in the form. Inquiries will be contacted by Summer Camp Director Ms. Theresa Jones with applications distributed upon completion of form. Spots will be filled first-come first-served if there is a high level of interest.

Sports and Activities Update

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS

Uniform Return Time

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

Join Remind!

Questions about your students’ sports teams? Join the Remind group where all practice and game information is updated regularly, or email Ms Wanta at wantalm@milwaukee.k12.wi.us 

Spring Sports Remind Links

⚽1-3 Soccer TEAM 1 Coach Josh: https://www.remind.com/join/e74hh6h 

⚽1-3 Soccer TEAM 2 Coach Katie:  https://www.remind.com/join/h62e48 

⚽4-5 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/b9ad44e 

⚽6-8 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/96bk2g 

🎾5-8 Tennis: https://www.remind.com/join/e82h99 

👟5-8 Track & Field: https://www.remind.com/join/eehh64 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Save the Date

High School Sports Banquet – June 11

Invitation only, invite coming soon

 

Spring Sports Registration Deadline is April 11th !!

https://mpsathletics-ar.rschooltoday.com/home

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

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

🌷Montessori at Home- Spring🌷

Here are a few activities that can be done at home this Spring.

Make a gardening/spring sensory box which will help with fine motor skills.

• Items needed: black beans, magnifying glass, fake flowers (or real), small flower pots, plastic butterflies, worms, bugs, etc., tiny shovels or tweezers.
• This box is designed to help with sensory issues as well as prehensile grasp which will help build strength in your child’s hands to prepare them for writing. 

Opening and closing work with Easter eggs and an egg carton.

• Items needed: plastic eggs, empty egg carton, cotton balls or sensory balls (small). 
• This activity is designed to help your child learn to open and close various items. 

More Spring Activities and Benefits:

Gardening work outside with garden tools with the family. 

• enhance fine motor skills
• promote healthy eating habits (depending on what you plant)
• fosters a love for nature
• helps with pouring and grip 

Dusting off toys 

• keeping things in order
• foster a sense of responsibility
• help develop fine and gross motor skills
• teaches children to take ownership of their space and the household

Hanging clothes on a clothesline 

• help with prehensile grasp
• prepare your child to be independent

Folding clothes and/or napkins 

• help develop fine motor skills
• enhance spatial awareness
• promotes independence and responsibility. 

Making a homemade bird feeder 

• foster a love for animals
• nature-connecting experience
• foster a love for the environment

More Summer Opportunities

MPS STUDENT SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS

MPS is hoping to have at least 100 MPS students attend residential camp this summer (at no cost to the family other than a $20 commitment fee due at a later date to the camp).The following are the eligibility requirements in order for students to apply for Camp for Kids.

In order to be eligible:

1. Students must be between the ages of 7 and 15.
2. The student’s family must be enrolled in a federally subsidized program (e.g., FoodShare/SNAP, Wisconsin Shares Childcare Subsidies, or Foster Care). Proof of enrollment/eligibility must be submitted to the camp along with the camp application once a camp location is selected.
3. Students cannot have received a Camps for Kids scholarship before.
4. Live in Milwaukee County.

This is a wonderful experience for young people. Application forms are due to the MPS Recreation

Outdoor Education office by Friday, April 18, 2025, and can be emailed to outdoor@milwaukee.k12.wi.us Forms and more information is available on the Recreation Department website at

http://milwaukeerecreation.net/rec/Programs/Camps-For-Kids.htm. For questions please call 414-647-6050.

In Case You Missed It

DANCEWORKS MAD HOT RHYTHM COMPETITION

SAVE THE DATE! This year’s Mad Hot Rhythm Competition will take place on Tuesday, April 22nd at the UW-Panther Arena. Our Upper El students have been hard at work on their routines – come cheer them on in person or virtually if you can! This incredible annual celebration shows off the hard work of 4th – 6th grade students from 32 Milwaukee area classrooms, as they compete in three dance styles: Hip-Hop, Salsa, and Jazz. 

The competition starts at 10AM with Finals and Awards at 12:30 PM.

The competition will also be livestreamed on Facebook!

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 

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        

MacDowell Spotlight

This week a group of Ms. Werner’s Middle School scholars participated in their last FoodRight session. Instructors guided students in proper food handling, knife skills, and food preparation. In these photos students are preparing Sicilian-Style Broccoli with Pasta and Jerk Chickpea Tacos with Pineapple Salsa. According to their website,  Food Right “develops its own plant-based recipes, created to be affordable, accessible, and globally minded.” Our classroom “chefs” feel a sense of pride, accomplishment and independence after working together to create and consume the healthy recipes. For more information on FoodRight and their Young Chefs Academy visit www.foodright.org.

Community Programs / Events

LEMONADE, TEA, AND WE

On April 12th, neighborhood gardens across Milwaukee will open their gates for a special community open house.
This is your chance to connect, share, and celebrate the vibrant gardens growing throughout our city. Stop by one or all the locations for refreshing lemonade or tea, meet fellow gardeners and neighbors, and take home seeds to plant in your own space. Come grow together! 

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Noon – 3 PM

Location: Gardens around Milwaukee

QUICK LINKS:

MPS School Calendar

2025-2026 MPS School Calendar

School Website

Staff Emails

IB Newsletter – March

Lunch Menu