{"id":508989,"date":"2025-08-01T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpsschoolsites.wpenginepowered.com\/mhsa\/?p=508989"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:08:50","slug":"get-essential-back-to-school-tips-and-be-ready-on-tuesday-september-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/2025\/08\/01\/get-essential-back-to-school-tips-and-be-ready-on-tuesday-september-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Get essential back-to-school tips and be ready on Tuesday, September 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee Public Schools wants to help students get the new school year off to a great start! The district is offering important information to guide families as the start of school approaches this fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All MPS students\u00a0<\/strong>begin school Tuesday, September 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Resources\/School-Calendars.htm\" target=\"_blank\">School Calendars webpage<\/a>\u00a0beginning August 1 to see the full schedule for the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your child needs a school for fall,<\/strong>\u00a0now is the time to enroll. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Schools\/How-to-Apply.htm\" target=\"_blank\">mpsmke.com\/enrollnow<\/a>\u00a0for information. You can also visit MPS Central Services, 5225 W. Vliet St., Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This year,\u00a0<strong>make attendance a priority!<\/strong>\u00a0We want to see every student in class on time every day. Excellent attendance in the first few weeks of school starts good habits that will carry through the school year.\u00a0<strong><em>Every day counts!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A new school year means new school supplies!<\/strong>\u00a0Find the supply list for your child\u2019s grade level (K3\u20138) on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Resources\/Supply-Lists.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Supply Lists webpage<\/a>. High school students will receive information regarding classroom supplies from their instructors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MPS is proud to offer free breakfast and lunch<\/strong>\u00a0to every student in the district on school days. For more information, visit the MPS\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Families\/Family-Services\/School-Nutrition.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Nutrition Services webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bus information<\/strong>\u00a0will be mailed to families and should arrive sometime during the week before the first day of class. In addition, district families have access to an exciting app to help track their child\u2019s bus\u2014<em>WheresTheBus<\/em>!<em>\u00a0<\/em>This app allows families to track their child\u2019s bus in real time.<\/p>\n<p>The app is free! Families can access\u00a0<em>WheresTheBus<\/em>\u00a0from any Internet-enabled device\u2014smartphone, tablet, PC, or iPad. Apple iOS and Android apps are available.<\/p>\n<p>To access\u00a0<em>WheresTheBus<\/em>, families must have a Campus Parent (parent portal) account with a login and password. These can be set up two ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At each child\u2019s school during regular school hours; an ID is required; OR<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more and read how to access the app on the MPS website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mps.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/en\/Schools\/How-to-Select-a-School\/Transportation\/Wheres-the-Bus.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WheresTheBus<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We know that families will have questions\u2014please contact your child\u2019s teacher, principal, or school office any time assistance is needed.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking forward to a great school year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee Public Schools wants to help students get the new school year off to a great start! The district is offering important information to guide families as the start of school approaches this fall. All MPS students\u00a0begin school Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Visit our\u00a0School Calendars webpage\u00a0beginning August 1 to see the full schedule for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mhsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}