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Jason Newsom (left w/ peace sign), pictured with two friends and school counselor LaTasha Willingham (center) When Jason Newsom was a freshman entering North Division High School, he devised a plan: don’t engage. Even though his older brother had already attended school there and enjoyed the experience, Jason had heard too many discouraging stories about…

This is part of a series spotlighting individuals that the MPS Foundation has the honor of serving. The Academia de Lenguaje y Bellas Artes (ALBA) on the South Side is one of 21 bilingual schools in Milwaukee Public Schools. Students at the K-8 academy learn in both Spanish and English, and is a haven for…

This is part of a series spotlighting individuals that the MPS Foundation has the honor of serving. Nakilah Ransom has never had it easy. As someone with severe asthma, she has brushed death in the ICU on more than one occasion. She also had to move houses and schools five times throughout her childhood due…

The mission of fostering academic excellence and equitable access to education for every MPS kid continues to power through the summer season—even after “break mode” sets in. On Wednesday, June 26th, the MPS Foundation held its inaugural Golf Outing at Brown Deer Golf Course. The Golf Outing supported numerous programs and services supported by the…

MPS Foundation awarded $115,000 in scholarships to the Class of 2024 On Wednesday, May 8th, families, friends, donors, and community members all gathered at the warm and welcoming confines of the University-Milwaukee Grand Ballroom to honor more than 25 extraordinary MPS college-bound seniors. Graduation was still weeks away, so what warranted the generous spread of…

Hundreds of students displayed their love and knowledge of STEM Milling through the MPS STEM Fair at the Baird Center on May 9th, you could find 282 kid-designed ideas. Tornado-proof houses, stethoscopes, a few different varieties of magnetic slime, and balloon-powered cars. Even elephant toothpaste. When students from kindergarten through high school had the chance…

Episode airs on WISN-TV 12 in Milwaukee, Saturday, May 11 at 10:35pm We know children have more questions than class time can answer. And since every child deserves access to comprehensive and accurate tutors, Jaliza Toliver, an MPS senior at James E. Groppi High School has designed an app that offers study help at any…

2,400 students honored countries and cultures from around the world On Thursday, April 11th, 2,400 MPS students traveled to every one of the 193 United Nations member countries without leaving downtown Milwaukee, thanks to MPS’ United Nations Schools of International Learning (UNSIL) program and the MPS social studies department which administers the program with the…

Rozlind in her classroom at Kilbourn Elementary School Rozlind Davis has been an essential presence at Kilbourn Elementary School in Milwaukee’s Westlawn Gardens Neighborhood for over 30 years. She began volunteering there as a parent of a 5-year-old student in 1990. Two years later, the school hired her and over time she became a paraprofessional,…

Asma with her mother at MPS Foundation’s 2023 Celebration of Scholars event Overcoming adversity, a select few not only triumph over obstacles but also make it their life’s mission to aid those who have confronted similar hardships. Asma Osman, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar in Southeast Asia, is one such remarkable person. Her journey has…