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- Small class sizes (with 18:1 or 30:2 classroom ratios)<\/li>\n
- One-on-one tutoring provided by a licensed teacher<\/li>\n
- Instructional coaching for teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Junior Achievement<\/h2>\n
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, thought leadership and other resources to support age-appropriate learning about leadership, jobs, money and more. Lessons are organized according to the Milwaukee Public Schools Social Studies curriculum and are implemented in K5 classrooms, continuing through eighth grade.<\/p>\n
Learning Journeys<\/h2>\n
Learning Journeys<\/a> are educational field trips for all MPS students that are designed to take what students are learning in the classroom out into the real world. These annual opportunities aim to expand students\u2019 career awareness (K4\u2013grade 3) and help them explore potential careers (grades 4, 5, and 8).<\/p>\n
Marquette University Peace Works<\/h2>\n
Marquette University Peace Works is a nonviolence, peace education program that utilizes a social-emotional curriculum, restorative practices and peer mediation to teach youth communication skills, active listening skills, critical observation skills, mediation techniques, anger management skills, self-reflection, and problem-solving through practical skill building exercises, group interaction, role play, games, reading, writing, art and reflection. University students train Mitchell School fourth through eighth graders to become peer mediators in their school.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee Art Museum Junior Docent School Program<\/h2>\n
The Milwaukee Art Museum Junior Docent School Program invites students in grades three through five to explore the visual arts during 10 visits to the Milwaukee Art Museum where they learn vocabulary, history and develop cultural and historical awareness of different arts styles and disciplines. Students complete their personalized, three-year course of study by selecting, researching, and presenting on a favorite item from the museum\u2019s collection and earning \u201cJunior Docent\u201d status.<\/p>\n
Urban Ecology Center<\/h2>\n
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! Rain or shine, snow or wind, every trip has a portion outdoors and engaging for all students and parent chaperones. Urban Ecology Center has outerwear available to borrow so all participants may explore in any weather. There are three Urban Ecology Center locations; most schools partner with one less than two miles from their school.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music<\/h2>\n
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music inspires, energizes, and generates lifelong learners through its faculty artist and early childhood community partnership programs. Conservatory performer-educators bring weekly curriculum-based music instruction to Mitchell School, completing our exciting and engaging art, music, and physical education classes for K4 through eighth-grade students.<\/p>\n
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Supporting students\u2019 academic performance, classroom engagement, college and career goals, and overall well-being are the focus of these evidence-based programs in place at Alexander Mitchell Integrated Arts School.Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) The Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program supports Wisconsin schools working to close the achievement gap for kindergarten through third-grade students from low-income backgrounds. Schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
Developmental Bilingual Program<\/h2>\nThe developmental bilingual program develops full English and Spanish language learning throughout the student's elementary years. This program builds upon the student's primary language skills and develops and expands the English language skills of each student to enable him or her to achieve proficiency in both languages while providing access to the content areas. Bilingual Programs preserve and enhance students\u2019 skills in their first language while they acquire increasing levels of English. The result is proficiency in both languages.\n\nEl programa biling\u00fce desarrolla el aprendizaje completo del idioma ingl\u00e9s y espa\u00f1ol durante los a\u00f1os de primaria del estudiante. Este programa se basa en las habilidades del idioma principal del estudiante y desarrolla y expande las habilidades del idioma ingl\u00e9s de cada estudiante para permitirle alcanzar el dominio de ambos idiomas, al tiempo que proporciona acceso a las \u00e1reas de contenido. Los programas biling\u00fces preservan y mejoran las habilidades de los estudiantes en su primer idioma mientras adquieren niveles crecientes de ingl\u00e9s. El resultado es proficiencia en ambos idiomas.\n
Boys & Girls Club<\/h2>\n
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Our mission is simple: to inspire and empower all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.\n\nNuestra misi\u00f3n es simple: inspirar y empoderar a todos los j\u00f3venes, especialmente a aquellos que m\u00e1s nos necesitan, para alcanzar su pleno potencial como ciudadanos productivos, responsables y solidarios.<\/em>\nCity Year<\/h2>\nCity Year is an education-focused organization founded in 1988 dedicated to helping students and schools succeed. City Year partners with public schools in 26 urban, high-poverty communities across the U.S. and through international affiliates in the U.K. and Johannesburg, South Africa. Diverse teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide high-impact student, classroom and school-wide support, to help students stay in school and on track to graduate from high school, ready for college and career success. A proud member of the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is made possible by support from the Corporation for National and Community Service, school district partnerships, and private philanthropy from corporations, foundations and individuals. Learn more at cityyear.org<\/a>.\n\nCity Year es una organizaci\u00f3n centrada en la educaci\u00f3n fundada en 1988 dedicada a ayudar a los estudiantes y las escuelas a tener \u00e9xito. City Year se asocia con escuelas p\u00fablicas en 26 comunidades urbanas de alta pobreza en los Estados Unidos y a trav\u00e9s de afiliados internacionales en el Reino Unido y Johannesburgo, Sud\u00e1frica. Diversos equipos de miembros de City Year AmeriCorps brindan apoyo de alto impacto para estudiantes, aulas y en toda la escuela, para ayudar a los estudiantes a permanecer en la escuela y en camino para graduarse de la escuela secundaria, listos para la universidad y el \u00e9xito profesional. Orgulloso miembro de la red de servicio nacional de AmeriCorps, City Year es posible gracias al apoyo de la Corporaci\u00f3n para el Servicio Nacional y Comunitario, las asociaciones del distrito escolar y la filantrop\u00eda privada de corporaciones, fundaciones e individuos. Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en cityyear.org<\/a><\/em>.\n
K3 Head Start, Full time K4-K5\/K3 Head Start, tiempo completo K4-K5<\/h2>\nHead Start promotes school readiness for children, ages three to five, in low-income families by offering educational, nutritional, health, social and other services. Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. The program actively engages parents in their children\u2019s learning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals.\n\nHead Start promueve la preparaci\u00f3n escolar para ni\u00f1os de tres a cinco a\u00f1os en familias de bajos ingresos al ofrecer servicios educativos, nutricionales, de salud, sociales y otros. Los programas Head Start promueven la preparaci\u00f3n escolar al mejorar el desarrollo social y cognitivo de los ni\u00f1os a trav\u00e9s de la provisi\u00f3n de servicios educativos, de salud, nutricionales, sociales y de otro tipo para ni\u00f1os y familias inscritos. El programa involucra activamente a los padres en el aprendizaje de sus hijos y los ayuda a progresar hacia sus objetivos educativos, de alfabetizaci\u00f3n y de empleo.<\/em>\n
Milwaukee Art Museum Junior Docent Program<\/h2>\n
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For more than thirty-five years, the Milwaukee Art Museum Junior Docent School Program<\/a> has introduced elementary school students to the vocabulary, elements, and history of art while developing critical thinking skills. Over three consecutive years, students visit nine times, contextualizing art into their life. After a culminating project presented to their peers and family, they become official Junior Docents!\n\nDurante m\u00e1s de treinta y cinco a\u00f1os, el Programa de Docentes Juveniles del Museo de Arte de Milwaukee ha presentado a los estudiantes de primaria el vocabulario, los elementos y la historia del arte, mientras desarrolla habilidades de pensamiento cr\u00edtico. Durante tres a\u00f1os consecutivos, los estudiantes visitan nueve veces, contextualizando el arte en su vida. Despu\u00e9s de un proyecto culminante presentado a sus compa\u00f1eros y familiares, \u00a1se convierten en Junior Docents oficiales!<\/em>\nMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra \u2013 ACE Program<\/h2>\nThe MSO Arts in Community Education Program<\/a> is nationally acclaimed and enhances students\u2019 education through the integration of music and art into the school curriculum, accomplished through six ACE program components. ACE integrates music and arts into daily core subjects, giving students a comprehensive learning experience. It is nationally recognized as a model in arts education.\n\nEl programa MSO Arts in Community Education es aclamado a nivel nacional y mejora la educaci\u00f3n de los estudiantes a trav\u00e9s de la integraci\u00f3n de la m\u00fasica y el arte en el curr\u00edculo escolar, logrado a trav\u00e9s de seis componentes del programa ACE. ACE integra m\u00fasica y artes en las materias b\u00e1sicas diarias, brindando a los estudiantes una experiencia de aprendizaje integral. Es reconocido a nivel nacional como modelo en la educaci\u00f3n art\u00edstica.<\/em>\n
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)<\/h2>\n
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PBIS is a joint effort between Milwaukee Public Schools Office of Family Services and the Milwaukee Teachers\u2019 Education Association to effectively reduce classroom disruptions and student suspensions through a school-wide systematic tiered-intervention approach. Data shows that schools that implement PBIS with fidelity see decreases in disruptions and suspensions and increases in student achievement.\n\nPBIS es un esfuerzo conjunto entre la Oficina de Servicios Familiares de las Escuelas P\u00fablicas de Milwaukee y la Asociaci\u00f3n de Educaci\u00f3n de Maestros de Milwaukee para reducir efectivamente las interrupciones en el aula y las suspensiones de estudiantes a trav\u00e9s de un enfoque sistem\u00e1tico de intervenci\u00f3n escalonada en toda la escuela. Los datos muestran que las escuelas que implementan PBIS con fidelidad ven disminuciones en las interrupciones y suspensiones y aumentos en el rendimiento estudiantil.<\/em>\nSPARK Literacy<\/h2>\n
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The SPARK Early Literacy Program brings literacy into all spheres of a child\u2019s life: home, community and school. With our partner schools, teachers identify students for SPARK who are in grades kindergarten through third grade and are struggling readers. During the school day, students then participate in one-on-one instruction or small group tutoring sessions with an Early Literacy Instructor\/SPARK Tutor<\/a>.\n\nEl Programa de Alfabetizaci\u00f3n Temprana SPARK lleva la alfabetizaci\u00f3n a todas las esferas de la vida de un ni\u00f1o: el hogar, la comunidad y la escuela. Con nuestras escuelas asociadas, los maestros identifican a los estudiantes de SPARK que est\u00e1n en los grados de jard\u00edn de infantes a tercer grado y son lectores con dificultades. Durante el d\u00eda escolar, los estudiantes participan en sesiones de instrucci\u00f3n individual o tutor\u00eda en grupos peque\u00f1os con un instructor de alfabetizaci\u00f3n temprana \/ tutor SPARK.<\/em>\nAchievement Gap Reduction (AGR) Program<\/h2>\nThe AGR Program<\/a> replaced the Student Achievement Guarantee in Education program (SAGE) at the end of the 2017-18 school year. The AGR program requires a participating school to create performance objectives, including reducing the achievement gap between low\u2212income students in that school and students in the same grade and subject statewide.\n
Urban Ecology Center<\/h2>\n
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The Urban Ecology Center gets people outside. On any given day you\u2019ll find\u2026\n- \n \t
- classes of students from local schools engaging in hands-on learning about science, nature and how to live more sustainable<\/li>\n \t
- community members using the array of resources we offer<\/li>\n \t
- adventure seekers borrowing our outdoor recreational equipment, climbing the rock-wall in Riverside Park or canoeing in the lagoon in Washington Park<\/li>\n \t
- people just visiting the Center, its staff and volunteers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAt the Urban Ecology Center\u2019s locations, people make connections between new and old ideas, their behaviors and their impact, and, most of all, with each other.\n\nEl Centro de Ecolog\u00eda Urbana saca a la gente afuera. En cualquier d\u00eda encontrar\u00e1s ... <\/em>\n
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- miembros de la comunidad que utilizan la variedad de recursos que ofrecemos<\/em><\/li>\n \t
- buscadores de aventuras que toman prestado nuestro equipo recreativo al aire libre, escalan la pared de roca en Riverside Park o practican pirag\u00fcismo en la laguna en Washington Park<\/em><\/li>\n \t
- personas que solo visitan el Centro, su personal y voluntarios<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEn las ubicaciones del Centro de Ecolog\u00eda Urbana, las personas hacen conexiones entre ideas nuevas y viejas, sus comportamientos y su impacto, y, sobre todo, entre s\u00ed.<\/em>\n
Full time gym, art, and music classes\/Clases de educacion fisica, arte, y m\u00fasica semanales<\/h2>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/mitchell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- miembros de la comunidad que utilizan la variedad de recursos que ofrecemos<\/em><\/li>\n \t
- clases de estudiantes de escuelas locales que participan en el aprendizaje pr\u00e1ctico sobre ciencia, naturaleza y c\u00f3mo vivir de manera m\u00e1s sostenible<\/em><\/li>\n \t