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Milwaukee Public Schools' Department of Communications and Marketing develops and shares news and information about the district and its schools with the public.

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Trip to Washington, D.C., caps a victory by Audubon students in the Congressional App Challenge

May 15, 2025

MPS students from Audubon won the Congressional App Challenge in U.S. Representative Gwen Moore’s District 4 and were celebrated in Washington, D.C., for their Restorative Practices app.

News Audience
  • Students
News Type
  • MPS News
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

Spend the summer at our Camps, CLCs, & Safe Places!

May 15, 2025

Looking for affordable summer fun? Milwaukee Recreation offers safe, supervised youth programs at over before & after-school locations throughout the city! Summer programs begin June 23.

News Audience
  • Milwaukee Recreation
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

Spanish Immersion’s Toni Fink is named a Wisconsin Teacher of the Year

May 14, 2025

Second-grade teacher Toni Fink of MPS’s Milwaukee Spanish Immersion School is selected as a Wisconsin Teacher of the Year for 2025-2026.

News Audience
  • Staff
News Type
  • MPS News
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

CLC students take on NASA STEM Challenge

May 13, 2025

Four Milwaukee Recreation program locations with age-eligible students in grades 6-8 – Clarke Street School, Hayes School, Holmes School, and Longfellow School – applied and were selected by the DPI to participate in this project.

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  • Milwaukee Recreation
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

MHSA singers earn awards and attention—from DownBeat Magazine to Ivy League—and revel in teacher’s Grammy nod

May 08, 2025

At the piano he’s just “Roberts,” and an inspiration for generations of Milwaukee vocalists. The Grammy Awards committee is listening.

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  • District
News Type
  • MPS News
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  • May
Year
  • 2025

Milwaukee community celebrates Wick Playfield grand reopening

May 08, 2025

Wick Playfield now features a variety of essential upgrades, including a modern playground design, a splash pad, new basketball courts, comfortable plaza seating, synthetic turf baseball and softball diamonds, and refreshed dirt diamonds. Community members can also enjoy the new walking paths that curl throughout the park, as well as renovated restrooms, improved lighting, and solar shade structures.

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  • Milwaukee Recreation
News Type
  • MPS News
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

MPS grad turned educator, honored by Yale, shares his teaching strategies

May 06, 2025

Social studies teacher from MPS's Reagan High School, in his second career, earns Yale educator award

News Audience
  • Staff
News Type
  • MPS News
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

Thank a teacher during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 5–9, 2025

May 02, 2025

Milwaukee Public Schools celebrates teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week, May 5–9, 2025.

News Audience
  • District
News Type
  • MPS News
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

Unified athletes announce pick at 2025 NFL Draft

May 01, 2025

Washington High School seniors Xavier Goff and Rionne Turner had the experience of a lifetime as they announced the 38th pick in the NFL Draft on Friday, April 25.

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  • Milwaukee Recreation
Month
  • May
Year
  • 2025

Enjoy Cantos de las Américas on May 2, 2025

Apr 29, 2025

Cantos de las Américas has been an arts tradition in Milwaukee Public Schools since 1990. Enjoy this year’s celebration on May 2, 2025.

News Audience
  • District
News Type
  • MPS News
Month
  • April
Year
  • 2025
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