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Principal |
Marybell Nieves-Harris email the principal |
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Special features |
special education program, gifted and talented, before- and after- school care |
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Dress code |
Dress code: All Allen-Field students are encouraged to wear our voluntary school apparel to ensure that the dress code is not violated.
Our volunatry school apparel is as follows: Allen-Field School T-shirts/sweatshirts, plain white or red T-shirts, shirts, blouses, and or sweaters, jeans or dark pants, belted pants. |
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School Mission
- We firmly believe that through the commitment, the support and the collaboration of parents, educational staff, and members of our community, Allen-Field School children of today will truly become...leaders of tomorrow.
| Curriculum |
- Bilingual programs in Spanish.
- Special education programs designed specifically for students with language or speech impairment, specific learning disabilities, orthopedic impairments, visual impairments and other health impairments.
- 71-80% of students receive special education services.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
- Physical education is required for the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Instructional Program Highlights
- The SAGE program is implemented in grades K5 through 3rd.
- Only researched based teaching strategies are implemented. These strategies reflect the work of Patricia Cunningham, Debbie Miller and Robert Marzano.
- All teachers participate in weekly grade level collaboration sessions which allows them to work through the Curriculum Mapping process to ensure that curriculum aligment is reached. In the grade level collaboration session teachers also receive embedded professional development that strengthens communication and collaboration among teachers.
- The Milwaukee Public Schools' Learning Targets are embedded through out the curriculum and are the focus of instruciton.
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball and soccer.
- Boys sports: basketball and soccer.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: The Boys and Girls Club of America offers an after school progam to all students in grades K5-5th. This program is held after school from 3:40 pm - 6:00pm.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: Art and Music Class are offered to all students in grades K4-5.
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| Technology and Facilities |
- 5 students per computer.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school offers wireless internet (wi-fi) access to students.
- This school was established between 1970-1979.
- District provides transportation to this school.
- This school was built between 1970-1979.
- Recent or upcoming renovations: Kitchen expansion.
- Gymnasium and physical education facilities: Our school has a multipurpose room which is used as a gym. The playground is also equipped for gym classes.
- Library facilities: Our library is a modern facility, with a computer center and a wide variety of English and Spanish books. It is a vital resource to our teachers. Our library is an extension of our classrooms and our full time librarian ensures that students are highly engaged.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Students at this school enroll primarily because they live within the school's attendance boundary.
- Almost all of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: Security guard(s) (full or part-time); After school or lunchtime detentions; In-school suspension;
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- Regular classroom hours: 9:00am to 3:40pm.
- Principal has been at this school for 2 years.
- Principal has 8 years of experience.
- 10% of teachers are in their first year.
- Teachers have an average of 16 years experience.
- There are 50 students per paraprofessional staff/instructional aide.
- There are 200 students per non-instructional staff.
- There are 67 students per staff member on the playground.
- Foreign language(s) spoken by staff: Spanish.
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Volunteer requests
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Description: Volunteering through out the building and in the classroom.
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- Contact name: Xiomara Santiago-Flecha
- Contact phone: 414-902-9216
- Contact email: santiaxx@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 05/14/2008. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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