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Milwaukee Public Schools to host Black Lives Matter Week of Action 2021
The observance is part of Black History Month and the National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action By Milwaukee Public Schools - Jan 31st, 2021 09:15 pm
MILWAUKEE (January 31, 2021) Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) will recognize and observe Black History Month, in part, through the Black Lives Matter Week of Action 2021. The week of February 1-5 is intended to bring attention to issues affecting Black people, encourage discussion, and highlight solutions that will bring positive change to the community.
“Throughout Milwaukee Public Schools, Black lives truly matter all year and this week is one way we are amplifying that message,” MPS Superintendent Dr.
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For the first time since March, some MPS students will return to in-person education. File photo by Adam Carr/NNS.
Milwaukee Public Schools will bring students back in person, starting with a limited group of students with disabilities returning on Feb. 8.
The rest of the student body will remain in virtual learning – at least for now.
The Board of Directors on Thursday approved allowing in-person instruction to take place in the following phases:
April 12: Pre-K through second grade
April 19: Third through eighth grade
April 26: Ninth through 12th grade
Stirring words from young people in grades 2 through 12. //end headline wrapper ?>The six winners attend schools throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Photos courtesy of individual students.
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th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Contest, students throughout southeastern Wisconsin responded to the theme, “Keep Moving Forward,” from King’s address, “Keep Moving the Mountain” given at Spelman College in Atlanta on April 10, 1960.
Here, we’ve collected essays from the six age category winners. The writing contest is sponsored by the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Virtual Celebration,
th grade at Salam School.