West Allis - West Milwaukee School District

The SAFE & REACH After School prgrams are still OPEN. However, ALL evening District & Recreation Department activities are canceled for February 9, 2010.

INTRA-District Transfer Clarification

Through the West Allis – West Milwaukee School Board Policy/Rule 432-School Attendance Areas and Timeline for School Attendance Area Transfers, parents may request an INTRA-School District Transfer for their students to attend a school other than their student’s neighborhood school beginning with the following school year. The timeline for requesting an INTRA-School District transfer is from February 1 through May 1.

School District Transfer request forms are available at all of our schools. Completed transfer forms should be returned to your student’s school office. If you have any questions, please call 414-604-3022 or go to: http://www.wawm.k12.wi.us/SchoolTransferInformation.htm.

A reminder that the 4K/5K Registration Period began on February 2 and runs throughout the summer.

Project Lead the Way Update

(January 12, 2010) The West Allis – West Milwaukee School District received some excellent news for Project Lead the Way. The WAWM Schools we awarded a 35,000-dollar grant from the Kern Family Foundation as an initial funding source for Project Lead the Way. In November we held an initial kickoff of this program at Summit Place where we received positive community input and support. The WAWM Schools continue to pursue business partners and additional funding sources.

Project Lead the Way is curriculum which promotes pre-engineering scheduled to begin in the 2010 – 2011 school year at Central High School. Currently in Wisconsin 83 public school districts offer Project Lead the Way. Nation-wide this program is offered to approximately 275,000 students in 2800 High and Middle/Intermediate Schools.

For more information on Project Lead the Way please contact Joan Delaney at 604-3022.

West Allis Ranked as one of the Best Places to Raise Your Children in Wisconsin

(December 1, 2009) According to a recent poll released by Business Week magazine West Allis has been named as one of the “Best Places to Raise Your Kids in Wisconsin”. This is due to our high-quality schools, park system, and amenities like the farmers market. These allow the citizens of West Allis and West Milwaukee to enjoy a high quality of life. According to Mayor Dan Devine “Our location lets us have every benefit of a major city, yet we can keep our small-town feel.”

For more information on this poll you can go to: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/11/1117_best_places_to_raise_kids/index.htm

Once you’re on this site you will want to go to page 50 to see Wisconsin’s ranking.

Walker Elementary Named 2009 National Blue Ribbon School

(November 4, 2009) For the second consecutive year the West Allis –

West Milwaukee School District is proud to announce that one of our schools has been recognized by the United States Department of Education as a “No Child Left Behind –

Blue Ribbon School.” Walker Elementary School is the latest school in our District to receive this prestigious award. This marks the third time in four years the District has had a school nominated for this award. In 2007 Longfellow Elementary was nominated for the No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Award, and last year Wilson Elementary became the first WAWM School to receive it.

We would like to congratulate Principal Johnna Noll and her entire staff on being named a 2009 No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon School. Only 341 schools throughout the United States received the award this year. Walker Elementary School was honored at an Awards Ceremony on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC.

According to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, “Blue Ribbon Schools are models of improved student achievement from which others can take inspiration.” For more information please click on the links below.

Blue Ribbon Designation Letter

State of Wisconsin D.P.I. News Release

U.S. Department of Education News Release

Blue Ribbon School Fact Sheet

Blue Ribbon Background Information

WAWM School District Education Foundation Awards Grants

(November 25, 2009) The West Allis – West Milwaukee School District Education Foundation has awarded $10,000 worth of grants for various programs throughout the District. The WAWM School District Education Foundation has also launched a new fundraising campaign called “WAWM 100” For more information please click on the links below.

Grants News Release

WAWM 100 Donation Form

Project Lead The Way Update

(November 11, 2009) The West Allis – West Milwaukee School District hosted an informative round table discussion on Project Lead The Way on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Anyone interested in learning more about or providing input on this dynamic, hands-on approach for students to prepare for Technology and Engineering related career pathways can contact Joan Delaney at 414-604-3022.

Four WAWM Schools Receive

State Recognition

(October 23 , 2009)

The West Allis – West Milwaukee School District had four schools receive recognition at the State Capitol in Madison as Wisconsin Promise School of Recognition for the 2009- 2010 school year. Only 137 schools from throughout the state received this award.

The four WAWM Schools that received this award were Jefferson, Pershing, and Wilson Elementary Schools along with West Milwaukee Intermediate School. This is the third consecutive year that Pershing Elementary and West Milwaukee Intermediate were recognized with this honor, the second year for Wilson Elementary, and the third time in four years for Jefferson Elementary.

In order to be recognized, schools must be among those with the highest poverty rates in the state, have met the AYP (annual yearly progress) goals under the federal government’s education law for the past two years, and have student achievement on state mathematics and reading assessments that is higher than schools with similar poverty levels and grade configurations.

This is another example of how not only the staffs at these schools but all or our staff members District-wide continue to put children first.

For a link to the Wisconsin D.P.I. news release, including a list of all 137 schools state-wide who were named as a “Wisconsin Promise School of Recognition”, please click on the link below.

Wisconsin Promise Schools of Recognition

2009 Wisconsin Schools of Promise Award Recipients

H1N1 Influenza (Flu) Update

(November 16, 2009) Parents and Guardians the following information was sent home with your children regarding the H1N1 influenza (flu) which is still occurring across the nation. The West Allis Health Department and the West Allis – West Milwaukee School District continue to work together to keep our students and staff safe and healthy but we do need your help. Please click on the links below to view some important information and tips. There will be a clinic held on Saturday, November 21 from 9am to 1pm at Nathan Hale High School. Please click on the latest H1N1 Flu Parent-Guardian Letter listed below for information on this.

We would like to thank the West Allis Health Department for providing every classroom in our district with hand sanitizers which will help keep our students and staff safe and healthy.

H1N1 Flu Parent-Guardian Letter

H1N1 Flu Padres-Guardianes Carta

H1N1 Flu Update Letter

Upcoming Community Events

February 1 to 19, 2010