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Principal |
Michelle Hagen email the principal |
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Special features |
after-school care |
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Dress code |
Dress code |
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School Mission
- We provide students from Head Start through Grade 8 with a challenging and rigorous academic program (bilingual and monolingual) with special emphasis on the arts to ensure that all students meet or exceed grade level expectations.
| Curriculum |
- Bilingual programs in Spanish.
- Special education programs designed specifically for students with serious emotional disturbance, language or speech impairment, specific learning disabilities and limited intellectual functioning.
- 11-20% of students receive special education services.
- Physical education is required for the following grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Milwaukee Public Schools Learning Targets
- Bilingual Classes (K-8)-Developmental Maintenance Program
- Music, Art and Physical Ed. Classes for all grades (K3 - 8)
ACE Arts and the Community Education
Milwaukee Art Museum Jr. Docent program - SAGE classes 15:1 Student teacher Ratio (K-3)
| Activities and Sports |
- Girls sports: basketball, football and softball.
- Boys sports: basketball, football, soccer and softball.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: band, chorus and Piano Lessons.
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Parent and Community Support
- We have a full time Parent Coordinator and Parent Center which coordinates and offers a variety of classes based on parent needs. Daycare is provided. Parent volunteers also support coordinator and teachers in the classroom.
Other news or notes
- Mitchell has fostered community involvement through partnerships with Badger Mutual Insurance Company, the Don and Sallie Davis Boys and Girls Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Modjeska Theatre. Tutors from Badger Mutual and the Kiwanis Club mentor students as part of the Adopt-A-Classroom program. These organizations also support our participation in RIF. The Modjeska Theatre provides financial and artistic opportunities for Mitchell's students to experience the world of live theatrical performances. The Helen Bader Foundation recently partnered with Mitchell to provide Homework First and perfect Partners Grants that support student learning and family involvement.
| Technology and Facilities |
- 4 students per computer.
- 90% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school offers wireless internet (wi-fi) access to students.
- This school was established before 1920.
- Transportation to this school is provided by the school.
- This school was built before 1920.
- Gymnasium and physical education facilities: Our gymnasium is well equipped and offer students a variety of physical activity challenges. i.e. rock climbing wall, ropes, volleyball, basketball etc.
- Library facilities: Our newly built library is well stocked and provides a wonderful environment for student choices in reading materials and research opportunities.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Students at this school enroll primarily because they live within the school's attendance boundary.
- Most 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); Peer mediation or conflict resolution program;
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- 91-95% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
- This school has an emphasis in: Integrated Arts.
- Regular classroom hours: 7:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Principal has been at this school for 2 years.
- Principal has 18 years of experience.
- 3% of teachers are in their first year.
- Teachers have an average of 15 years experience.
- There are 38 students per paraprofessional staff/instructional aide.
- There are 32 students per non-instructional staff.
- There are 30 students per staff member on the playground.
- Foreign language(s) spoken by staff: Spanish.
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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 05/22/2008. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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