2009-10 Yearbook - School Management Services

esearch for both oral and written presentations.
Science and social studies students benefit from hands-on, inquireand
Project-Based curricula to help students develop problem solving
and critical thinking skills as well as discover content information.
Reading and writing are incorporated throughout all content areas.
Est. 1996 91. Highland Community School
Kathleen Ronco
3030 West Highland Boulevard
Milwaukee, WI 53208
(414) 342-1412
428@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: K3-08
Highland Community School is a neighborhood-based, parent-run, earlychildhood
Montessori school. The mission of Highland Community
School is to provide quality Montessori education and a nurturing
environment for economically and culturally diverse groups of children
and their families on Milwaukee’s west side; to empower parents to
become responsible for and involved with their children’s education; and
to be a force for change in education, the community, and society. The
educational program is based on the child’s inborn desire to learn and is
specifically designed to complement the natural interests and strengths
unique to each stage of his or her development.
The school is parent-run, that creates a nurturing environment for
children and adults and empowers parents to become responsible for and
involved in their children’s education. Highland is a community-based
school, providing support and stability for the entire family and the
surrounding community.
Est. 2004 92. Hmong American Peace Academy (HAPA)
Chris Her-Xiong
1418 South Layton Boulevard
Milwaukee, WI 53215
(414) 383-4944
676@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: K4-08
The Hmong American Peace Academy (HAPA) is the first Hmong
Charter School in Wisconsin. The goal for HAPA is to enable all students
to meet or exceed state or local student performance standards. The
Academy believes that all children can learn and that failure is not an
option. HAPA believes that parents are valuable partners in the
Academy’s mission. HAPA strongly believes that it is only through the
partnership of school, family, and community that the children can truly
make both academic and social gains.
HAPA’s educational programs are centered on three main components:
Standards-Based Academics, Cultural Strengths, and Peace Education.
To this end, each of these areas plays an important role in a
comprehensive education plan designed to be integral in the academic,
psychosocial, and civic development of its students.
Est. 2005 93. Honey Creek Continuous Progress School
Gitanjali Chawla
6701 West Eden Place
Milwaukee, WI 53220
(414) 604-7900
334@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: K4-05
Honey Creek Continuous Progress (CP) Elementary School currently
serves students ages 4-11, in early childhood K4 through 5th grade.
Honey Creek’s mission is an uncompromising commitment to
measurable high standards and student achievement through a continuous
progress model, which emphasizes developmentally appropriate
instruction, understanding that development is not time-bound and
addressing students’ needs according to their abilities.
Honey Creek’s continuous progress educational program includes:
ungraded, multiage classrooms designed to provide challenges based on
individual needs and on continuous progress for students in both general
and special education in inclusive settings; the implementation of
research-based, structured curricular designs that have been proven
highly effective in improving student achievement and thus fostering
positive self-esteem; and the creation of a triad between the home,
school, and community, which cultivates strong school-to-home
connections.
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