A strong support network for North Division scholars prepares them to transform their lives through college and career opportunities and become change agents in any community they call “home.”
Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership
North Division is proud to be a member of the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership (MCSP). Through MCSP, our students, families, teachers, staff, neighbors, and partners come together to form a strategy that best meets the needs of our students.
The MCSP is made up of three key partners with the core values of shared leadership, equity, and cultural relevance:
- Milwaukee Public Schools
- Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association
- United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee
With safe places to learn and play, positive role models, and educational programming, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee has helped local kids and teens thrive since 1887. Today, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee provides after-school enrichment in partnership with the school and Milwaukee Recreation through the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center at North Division. Learn more about how BGC supports students in becoming college and career ready through its Grad Plus and Career Development programs.
College Board
The education nonprofit College Board reaches more than seven million students yearly as they navigate the path from high school to college and career. College Board programs include Advanced Placement courses, taught by North Division educators.
Employ Milwaukee
Employ Milwaukee is a local workforce development board serving Milwaukee County. Their vision is to develop workforce solutions that promote regional economic growth and employment opportunity for all job seekers. Employ Milwaukee provides wrap around career development programming to North Division scholars in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee.
53206 Initiative
The 53206 Initiative is taking innovative steps to student achievement through equity. High expectations, academic rigor, and access to resources and options are enhancing academics and student well-being. Milwaukee Public Schools envisions a future 53206 in which all schools are anchors of the community and every child can become successful in college and career.
Greater Milwaukee Urban League
For more than a century, the Greater Milwaukee Urban League has stood in the gap, working hard to empower communities and change lives for African Americans living in the greater Milwaukee area. The founders, a racially diverse coalition, believed that working together, the lives of every American can be made better.
HeartLove Place
Serving Milwaukee for more than 35 years, this nonprofit organization provides culinary arts and character enrichment programming to North Division scholars. HeartLove Place representatives also are active members of our Community School Leadership Team.
Literacy Services of Wisconsin
Literacy Services of Wisconsin partners with motivated adults to provide access to quality basic education and skills training so they can improve their lives, enrich their families, and strengthen the community. Literacy Services of Wisconsin provides adult literacy classes to North Division parents and family members.
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
Therapists from Lutheran Social Services spend two days per week at North Division, working with teachers, the school social worker, psychologist, counselor, and parent coordinator, to get to know students and families. As trusted members of our school community, therapists bring age appropriate, evidence-based wellness workshops and therapies to students and families.
Marquette University
Marquette is a Catholic, Jesuit university with more than 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students in 11 nationally and internationally recognized colleges and schools. North Division scholars may participate in Marquette University’s Educational Opportunity Program. Marquette University students also provide tutoring support at North Division.
Milwaukee Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
According to its mission, AHEC strives to increase the diversity and distribution of health professionals through strategic partnerships to improve the health outcomes in Southeastern Wisconsin. Milwaukee AHEC partners with North Division and other Milwaukee Public Schools to bring HOSA Future Health Professionals chapters to students enrolled in the district’s health sciences career academies, empowering students to “become leaders in the global health community through education, collaboration, and experience.”
Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC)
MATC is a two-year institution that offers more than 170 degree, diploma, and certificate programs. MATC has numerous four-year transfer partners, including pathways through guaranteed admission agreements with four-year colleges and universities. MATC offers dual-enrollment courses to MPS students through Start College Now, transcripted credits, and the M3 College Connections program.
MATC is one of three lead partners of the M3 initiative (M-Cubed). Along with Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and UW-Milwaukee, this collaboration is dedicated to transforming the future of Milwaukee through education. One facet of M3 is the College Connections Program, which provides dual enrollment courses so MPS students can earn high school and college credit at the same time.
Milwaukee Robotics Academy
Milwaukee Robotics Academy provides training and technology, skills-based programs and mentorship that educates and inspires high school students on their way to becoming the next generation of Milwaukee STEM leaders and entrepreneurs. Milwaukee Robotics Academy partners with North Division’s robotics team, preparing our STEM scholars for regional and national competitions.
Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association
Members of the MTEA are the educators who work directly with the students who attend Milwaukee’s public schools. Collectively they advocate for quality public education in Milwaukee. As advocates for educators, they are advocates for all children. They are here to lead the dialogue, to challenge, to support and work for change — ensuring a better future for their members and the students and families they serve. The MTEA is a lead partner of the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership.
NAF
The NAF program offers career courses and training, mentorship and internship experiences, and more to prepare students for college and career. Select MPS high schools offer different career academies. North Division has two NAF academies: Academy of Health Sciences and Academy of Information Technology.
North Division Alumni Association
The North Division Alumni Association provides scholarships, general care, and support to our school community.
Reflo
Annually, Reflo works with partners including Milwaukee Public Schools, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, the City of Milwaukee, the Fund for Lake Michigan, Community Design Solutions, and others to support Milwaukee-area schools in an intensive, collaborative process to design and then redevelop greener, healthier schoolyards.
Each redevelopment project is tailored to the specific needs and enthusiasm of the school’s community but often involves replacing seas of asphalt with green infrastructure including bioswales, rain gardens, and trees as well as outdoor classrooms, improved recreational facilities and arts opportunities. Designs go beyond removing pavement to maximize benefits for communities, the environment, and local economy.
Running Rebels
Running Rebels Community Organization guides Milwaukee youth into adulthood through mentoring, positive programming, and community connection. Running Rebels supports our Community School Leadership Team by promoting North Division resources and positive news within the surrounding community, as well as sharing neighborhood news and resources with our scholars, staff, and families.
School Community Partnership for Mental Health
Since 2009, the School Community Partnership for Mental Health (SCPMH) has provided intensive, on-site mental wellness programs and mental health services to students and families in Milwaukee Public Schools. The partnership began in just four schools and has now expanded to nearly 40 schools.
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
An independently-governed 501(c)3 nonprofit organization connected to a network of more than 1,400 local United Ways through United Way Worldwide, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County focuses its work on local solutions for local problems. The United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County is a lead partner of the Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM)
UWM provides an affordable, world-class education to 23,000 students from 86 countries. As one of the nation’s top research universities, UWM partners with leading companies in Wisconsin and beyond to advance knowledge, bring new discoveries to market and prepare students for work in a global economy.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is one of three lead partners of the M3 initiative (M-Cubed). Along with Milwaukee Public Schools and Milwaukee Area Technical College, this collaboration is dedicated to transforming the future of Milwaukee through education. One facet of M3 is the College Connections Program, which provides dual enrollment courses so MPS students can earn high school and college credit at the same time.
North Division scholars may participate in the UWM Trio program, a federally funded college access program based at the university.
Wisconsin Bike Fed
According to its mission, the Wisconsin Bike Fed is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that cultivates, motivates, and unites residents, communities, businesses, and political leaders to move bicycling forward in Wisconsin through education, legislation, and involvement. The Wisconsin Bike Fed supports our school’s bicycle workshop and affiliated activities such as group rides.