Grants Awarded 2006: 

Total Amount (as of December 31, 2006):                         $434, 060

$37,160
Teacher EXCEL Grants for MPS Teachers
Grants up to $750 each awarded to MPS teachers to fund creative classroom projects to enrich student learning. 51 grants awarded in 2005-06. A grant totaling $10,000 from the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, Inc. - TRIFECTA Foundation Fund provided support for the Teacher EXCEL Grants.

$5,000
MPS Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Program
Funds used to support a book distribution program at 50 MPS schools. About 25,000 students will select and keep three books. Funding was made possible through a grant from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation designated for this purpose. The grant award is matched 3:1 by the National RIF Program.

$5,250
School Incentive Grants
Incentive grants awarded to 20 schools and the MPS Department of Special Services Career Assessment and Training Program for their improved record of giving in the 2005-2006 MPS Employees' Combined Giving Campaign.

$5,000
Vieau School
Grant designated to support Vieau School's El Portal Family and Professional Learning Center. Funding was made possible through a restricted donation from Northwestern Mutual Foundation.

$1,000
Rufus King High School
Grant awarded to support the school's student team competing in the national Panasonic Academic Challenge in Orlando, Florida.

$500
Congress K-8 School
Grant awarded to support the school’s track club and their participation in the 2006 USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championship at Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland and the Amateur Athletic Union 40th Junior Olympic Games at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia.

$30,000
MPS Best Friends and Best Men Programs
Grant to the MPS Health & Physical Education designated for the Best Friends/Best Men Program through a restricted grant from the Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation.

$266,000
Community Learning Center Summer Program
Grant awarded to support Milwaukee’s Summer Community Learning Center (CLC) Program which involves an extensive collaboration with ten (10) Milwaukee area Community Based Organizations (CBOs) including: the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee; COA Youth and Family Centers; Journey House; Latino Community Center; Milwaukee County Extension; Northcott Neighborhood House; Our Next Generation, Inc.; Silver Spring Neighborhood Center; United Migrant Opportunities Services; and the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee.

Together these agencies will operate thirty-two (32) sites in the 2006 Summer CLC program and will serve over 4,500 of Milwaukee’s neediest children (90% of whom qualify for free or reduced school lunch). MPS will provide kindergarten through 8th graders with summer school learning opportunities in the morning and the CBO’s will engage kids in the afternoons and all day on Fridays with recreation enrichment including art, music, dance, sports, fitness, field trips and nutritious meals. 

Funding for the CLC program was made possible through restricted donations from:
Assurant Health Foundation
Robert W. Baird & Co. Foundation
Elizabeth A. Brinn Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Mr. & Mrs. Richard Weiss
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation, Inc.
Johnson Controls Foundation
Marshall & Illsley Foundation
George Mosher
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation
United Way of Greater Milwaukee
WE Energies Foundation

$2,750
Milwaukee Board of School Directors' Excellence in Education Awards
Each month, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors recognizes an outstanding school, student, staff member, or parent or community member for a display of excellence, achievement, and innovation that may serve as an example to our school district and the entire Milwaukee community. MPS teachers recognized receive $250 through contributions to the MPS Foundation.

• February 23, 2006 - Aaron Womack, Jr., teacher at Fritsche Middle School ($250) and Cindy Williams, teacher at Keefe Avenue School ($250)

• April 25, 2006 - Earlee Mason-Dove, Teacher, Elm Creative Arts School ($250)

• May 25, 2006 - Kevin Neale, teacher, Bay View High School ($250)

• June 28, 2006 - I.D..E.A.L. Charter School ($250)

• August 31, 2006 – Ada Rivera, Pulaski High School ($250)

• October 31, 2006 – Thomas Hanley, principal of Gold Meir School ($250); Donald Janicki, principal of Browning Elementary School ($250); Dr. Patricia Walia, principal of Zablocki Elementary School ($250); and Ruth Maegli, principal of Elm Creative Arts School ($250)

• November 30, 2006 – Naim Ziyad, teacher, Grand Avenue Middle School ($250)

$9,900
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Grant Awards
Eleven MPS teachers awarded a $900 grant for successfully completing the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards process.

$1,000
Teacher Recognition Gala
MMABSE - Grant award to the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Black School Educators as a sponsor of the Teacher Recognition Program held in May 2006.

$37,500
New Leaders for New Schools in Milwaukee Public Schools
Grant awarded to support the New Leaders for New Schools program for the Milwaukee Public Schools. New Leaders for New Schools promotes high academic achievement for every child by attracting, preparing, and supporting the next generation of outstanding leaders for urban public schools. In Milwaukee New Leaders will be working with MPS to recruit and develop approximately 40 outstanding Milwaukee school leaders to lead almost one/fifth of the city schools and impact approximately 20,000 students annually. Funding was made possible through a grant from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation designated for this purpose.

$33,000
Elm Creative Arts School
Grants awarded to fund an Artist in Residence to implement various arts instructional and enrichment activities. Funding was made possible through restricted gifts from individuals and private-sector organizations, including a $15,000 grant from the Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation.