Luedtke is excited to be the lead administrator for the Milwaukee Virtual School, having led the Milwaukee Virtual Program since its origin in 2021. He feels strongly about supporting students through education that meets their needs and learning style.

Nathaniel Gillon has served as a teacher, coach, principal, administrator, and counselor for more than thirty years. Currently a mentor in Milwaukee Virtual School, he is a staunch advocate for youth. “Education is an important key in the foundation of tomorrow’s leaders,” he says. “We work in MVS to develop the mind, body, and spirit.”

Cheryl Hayes first served as a social worker and community organizer for a number of local organizations and was the founder/coordinator of the PEPCI Youth Support Group from 1989 to 2012.

She then spent 13 years as a high school special education teacher for 18- to 21-year-old students at Bay View High School and eight years as the GED coordinator and virtual learning monitor at Groppi High School before retiring from MPS. Hayes has enjoyed being a mentor to 8th-grade students in Milwaukee Virtual School since 2021.

Shirley Lewis taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades at Benjamin Franklin School for 25 years until her retirement in 2011. She then tutored students at the Reading Center of Cardinal Stritch University and also tutored in MPS schools for 11 years.

As part of the staff of Milwaukee Virtual School, Lewis is excited to continue her work in education by helping students and families navigate the program. Her approach is to encourage and guide students with strategies to help them work toward their success in school and in life. She finds the program challenging but rewarding and is grateful to be part of the MVS staff.

Since August, 2021, she has been a program mentor in the Milwaukee Virtual Program, now Milwaukee Virtual School. She is passionate about working with and advocating for children and their families and is dedicated to student success in the virtual learning environment. Her years of experience in education allow her to continue to make a positive impact on students and families.

As a mentor for MVS, she enjoys working with 12th graders and focuses on assisting them with monitoring and providing guidance about their courses for graduation.

A lifelong resident of Milwaukee, Lisa Robbins enjoyed teaching for Milwaukee Public Schools for 30 years and retired in 2019. She taught elementary education and was a program implementer for 10 of those years.

As a mentor for Milwaukee Virtual School, she collaborates with students, families, and teachers to ensure that they are successful.

Cathy Robinson retired as an MPS elementary teacher after more than 25 years in the classroom and has been a mentor in Milwaukee Virtual School since 2021. She has found this program to be rigorous and challenging, and shares that it is the kind of program that will prepare students with the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and aptitudes necessary for students to be successful in a constantly changing and complex world.