Wisconsin Charter Schools Yearbook - School Management Services

Joseph O'Shea
700 West Michigan Avenue, Suite
200
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 344-8480
joshea05@yahoo.com
Grade Levels: 09-12
Jason O'Brien
1017 North 12th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 934-4057
milwaukeecommunityhigh@yahoo
.com
Grade Levels: 09-12
Lynette Jackson
227 West Pleasant Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(414) 212-3001
070@milwaukee.k12.wi.us
Grade Levels: 09-12
Jacquelyn Scudder
6500 West Kinnickinnic River
Est. 2004 CITIES Project High School
CITIES Project High School (CPHS) is an innovative, project-based, interestdriven
school with an individualized, integrated curriculum, and is guided by
active community rebuilding. CITIES is an acronym for Communities
Implementing Transformations in Education and Society. The mission of
CITIES Project High School is to ensure its students meet state and
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) academic standards and graduate from
high school empowered to create, define, and take responsibility for
themselves, their worlds, and the sustainability of their communities through
active citizenship. Students identify social issues they wish to address and
create projects that demonstrate proficiency in the MPS Learning Targets,
while addressing student concerns and interests. The primary focus of CPHS
is to empower inner city youth through the development of advanced literacy
and leadership as well as conceptual and organizational skills, by engaging
them in meaningful and academically rigorous public works projects.
Est. 2004 Community High School
The Community High School (CHS) provides students with an atmosphere
that is inextricably interwoven into the social fabric of its surrounding
community. With the help of the community, local universities, and
businesses, the school provides a curriculum that is academically rigorous
and conducive to intellectual risk taking. Community High School offers an
inquiry-based curriculum. Students who wish to attend CHS wish to answer
society’s most complicated and often difficult questions through the
exploratory process of developing a stance on a topic, researching supporting
evidence, understanding and addressing multiple perspectives on the issue,
and presenting their positions in a well thought out and coherent fashion.
This practice is cross-curricular and pervades the culture of the school. CHS
is innovative in its mission to transform the surrounding community and will
help students to develop a well-informed and proactive voice.
Est. 2006 Downtown Institute of Arts and Letters (DIAL HS)
The Downtown Institute of Arts and Letters (DIAL) is a comprehensive
college preparatory/public charter high school with a target population of all
students in the Milwaukee metropolitan area in grades 9-12. DIAL High
School’s curricular theme and focus is an integrated arts and humanities
program based in the Great Books and Advanced Placement courses. The
downtown location enables students to volunteer at local art institutions and
participate in community service and pre-career internships. Instruction and
enrichment are personalized, based on the individual student’s needs.
Students study the arts and humanities, both as independent subject areas and
as vehicles for classroom presentations, performances, and project-based
learning. All students participate in the arts and take French and Latin
throughout their four years at DIAL.
Technology is integrated throughout the curriculum. With its unique
modular schedule and year-round calendar, DIAL provides families with
time options not normally found in larger high schools.
Est. 2001 Fairview School
Fairview School is a partnership of families, staff, and community that
educates students in grades K4-8. It celebrates the diversity of the population
and the uniqueness of each individual through a multicultural curriculum,
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