April 4, 2024

Upcoming Events / Meetings

DAC (District Advisory Council) MEETING

Thursday, April 4

6:00 pm 

Virtual link

SAVE THE DATE: PTO RESTAURANT FUNDRAISER

TESS https://tess2499.com/

Saturday, April 6th

5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

2499 N. Bartlett

PreACT TESTING

Wednesday, April 10th

9th and 10th graders

*All High School students attend 

SEC / PTO MEETING

Wednesday, April 17th

5:00 / 5:30 – 6:30pm

~Help plan our Ice Cream Social and End of Year Celebration.

PROM

Saturday, April 20th

Tripoli Shrine Center

MIDDLE / HIGH SCHOOL SPRING CONCERT 

April 23rd *DATE CHANGED

6:00 – 7:15 pm

MAD HOT RHYTHM DANCE COMPETITION

Thursday, April 25th

UWM Panther Arena

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

The competition will be livestreamed on Facebook!

50th MPS BIENNIAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

May 1st and May 2nd

UWM Panther Arena

6:30 – 8:00 pm 

SPRING OPEN HOUSE with ICE CREAM SOCIAL / END OF YEAR CELEBRATION

Friday, May 3rd 

Classroom Visits 4:30 – 6:00 pm

Potluck and Ice Cream Social 5:30 – 7:00 pm

ELEMENTARY SPRING CONCERT

Thursday, May 16th

6:00 – 7:00 pm

In Case you Missed it:

Spring Break Choice Board

A choice board is a simple, clickable tool that parents can use to provide their children with digital choices during break that have been vetted by our librarian! Lots of ideas to keep kids active, curious, and engaged during the spring break!

         DON’T FORGET TO PRE ORDER YEARBOOKS!! By April 5 

~I am almost finished editing our yearbook!! 🙂

Our order will close soon for Yearbooks – we order based on our pre-order amount from families, so the only way to guarantee your child a yearbook is to order now!  

Yearbooks will be delivered toward 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 15140624
• 7-12th grade yearbooks will cost $25 – order online ybpay.com code is 14324524

            Don’t Forget to Order

         This Year’s School Pictures – Enjoy 10% off your order

          Redeem Coupon Now Code- S2410OFF

DANCEWORKS MAD HOT RHYTHM COMPETITION

SAVE THE DATE! This year’s Mad Hot Rhythm Competition will take place on Thursday, April 25th 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 44 teams and 37 Milwaukee area schools, as they compete in three dance styles: Afro / Hip-Hop, Tap, and Samba. 

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

The competition will also be livestreamed on Facebook!

Sports and Activities Update

SPRING ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS:

⚽ Assistant Coach Needed !

6th-8th Coed Soccer is looking for an Assistant Coach to help out at practices and games. If you are interested in helping please contact Ms Wanta at wantalm@milwaukee.k12.wi.us. 

**Winter Sports have ended. Please return all uniforms to Ms. Wanta as soon as possible.**

Registration packets were sent home this week and they must be returned with the athletic fee before the first practice. 

Spring Sports Remind Links

⚽1-3 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/fkhbfdf 

⚽4-5 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/7cfg78 

⚽6-8 Soccer: https://www.remind.com/join/4k9kk9 

🏃5-8 Track: https://www.remind.com/join/ed8eg7 

JUNEAU ATHLETICS:

Save the Date: High School All Sports Banquet : May 17, 2024

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

COMMUNITY DAY for Middle and High School students – April 26th

What is Community Day? It is a special day for every 7th-12th student to engage in projects that provide service to our community – projects which are in alignment with our Service and Action goals of our Middle Years Program and our Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS) goals of our Diploma Program. During this year’s Community Day students will be taking part in a number of different activities such as blanket making for the Humane Society, cleanup at local parks and on our school grounds, making sandwiches, and sorting items for homeless shelters. 

**Watch for communication on activities that are off-site which require a permission slip and may require a bagged lunch or money to purchase lunch.  

IB LEARNER PROFILE OF THE MONTH

This month we are spotlighting: RISK-TAKER: Students that are risk-takers approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; they work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. They are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.

Octavius Billingsley, 10th grade, was voted this month by MacDowell Staff as a student that has shown what it takes to be a Risk-Taker. He is a class leader who is always eager to learn something new, master that topic, and try new and

different activities that push himself out of his comfort zone. He never complains about presentations, a difficult listening comprehension activity, or reading paragraphs in Spanish. He volunteers to present first, read out loud, work with others who need groups and more. He dives in, asks questions to make sure he is comprehending everything and pushes himself to be his best. He can work well in small groups, large groups, and individually. He is very resourceful and resilient. When he was gone for a wrestling competition, he was a bit stressed and nervous about all that he missed but he did not hesitate to see teachers to get his missing work right away. He studied on his own and was ready to quiz the next day and he worked independently on all work missed. 

 

Congrats Octavius !!

Find this and more in March’s IB Newsletter HERE. A link to the current IB newsletter can always be found in our Quick Links below. March topics include: Middle Years Program (MYP) performance at District Solo and Ensemble Festival, menus and food trucks reflecting a Hispanic country, 9th grade Language Acquisition and Algebra projects, 10th grade Language Acquisition family tree presentations, Mr. Ford’s Geometry 3-dimensional figure construction, a very entertaining Student Q & A, and MUCH MORE!!

2024 PreACT District Testing Day April 10– attendance change

MPS high schools will administer the state-required PreACT to grades 9 and 10 students on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. On this date, all 9th- 12th grade students will be in attendance. Juniors and seniors WILL report to school on this date, this is a change from previously communicated. Multi-grade schools on the early start calendar (e.g., K–12, 3–12, 6–12) will have regular attendance. Students should arrive at school at their regular start time to allow testing to be completed in a timely manner.

TENTH GRADER REFLO INTERN PROJECT

MacDowell 10th grader Jayana Scott-Warner has begun an internship with Reflo. As a nonprofit organization, Reflo’s mission is to catalyze sustainable water use, green infrastructure, and equitable water resource management that support triple-bottom-line outcomes that are grounded in strong partner relationships. Her intern project is focused on raising awareness about water quality issues and impacts on the environment. 

One piece of her project is collecting data and input on water quality- please help Jayana by filling out the attached survey:

Water quality assessment https://tinyurl.com/ytfskcr3

Jayana and her intern partner are hosting a clean up site and post-clean up party as part of Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s Clean Up on Saturday April 20 at McGovern County Park (volunteer event flyer and link to register to participate) 

HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS: M-Cubed Milwaukee Parent Institute (MPI) 

Families are invited to attend a meeting of the Milwaukee Parent Institute on Wednesday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. at Washington High School, located at 2525 N. Sherman Blvd.

During this meeting, we will discuss how families can improve their child’s academic performance and potential, support talking to their child about school and their future, focus their child on attending college, increase understanding of adolescent behavior, and prepare their child for high school and college. Food will be provided. FLYER

We hope to see you on Wednesday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m. 

To register, please go to www.bit.ly/hsmpispring24

MPS NEWS

This Summer! Free Overnight Camp for MPS Students in Grades 4-8!

Overnight camp is an opportunity to make friends, enjoy nature, and create lifelong memories. Families are encouraged to attend our Information Fairs on April 2nd (virtual) and April 6th (in person). Representatives from each camp will share what students can expect from an overnight camp experience. Click here for Information Fair details and RSVP form. For more information about the initiative click here.

Please note: The long standing Camps for Kids program will again award over 100 MPS students with a “full campership” to attend a weeklong residential summer camp in Wisconsin. For additional information about Camps for Kids, please visit their website.

MACDOWELL SPOTLIGHT

MACDOWELL REPRESENTED: 2024 State Fair Youth Art exhibit

Every year, The WI State Fair recognizes the creative efforts of the youth in the state by hosting an exhibit of their work. MacDowell has six entries that will be exhibited this year and three of these entries were recognized with awards. The exhibit will be on display in the north and west hallway of the exhibition building during the 2024 fair week. 

Congratulations to:

• Poppy Johnson – 1st place Sculpture “My Sanctuary”
• Poppy Johnson – 2nd place Drawing “Seedfolks, Kim’s Story
• Khadijah Lina Abdullahi – 2nd place Sculpture -“Petite Kitchen”
• Daria Roskina-Rathell – Sculpture – “Hello Kitty Cafe”
• Lilian Hager & Clarabelle Rybar – Sculpture – “Tiny Kitchen”
• Gabrielle Karen Wanjiku & Serenity Lockhart – Sculpture – “Teen Flourish”

 

MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH

MacDowell young musicians celebrated Music in our School month in March. Congratulations to everyone who participated in dressing up on March 20th.  

Students and teachers were encouraged to wear music themed clothing such as: Decades of Music (’60’s /’70’s / ’80’s), Genres of music (country/western, hip hop etc), Opera and Costume from musical theater, and Inside Out – clothes inside out to represent the way music can touch our feelings and emotions inside and show itself on the outside.   

Thank you for joining our fun music celebration! Kudos to the most class participants of Ms. Morgan and Ms. KiKi.

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:

Lunch Menu – April

Staff Emails

MPS Early Start School Calendar

MPS 2024-2025 School Calendar

School Website

IB March Newsletter

Juneau Athletics Feb/Mar Newsletter