Bridges Magazine

Two South Milwaukee High School teachers were chosen as 2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellows.

A Focus on Student Artwork - explore five students' work and what motivated the pieces. 

Stories of how students have given back to the community throughout the year.

So many students accomplish great things in South Milwaukee. Here's a selection of highlights from 2023-24.

The Green Bay Packers Foundation announced in April that South Milwaukee was awarded a $100,000 grant from the NFL Foundation through the NFL Club Matching Youth Football Field Grant Program. 

A South Milwaukee High School English teacher is one of only five teachers across the United States to be named to the National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) as a member of the Class of 2024.

Recently, members of the larger community, staff, administrators, and students gathered and spent a lot of time thinking about who we are and what we want for our school community in the next five years.

We established our core values, mission, and vision statements and outlined what we want to accomplish for our staff, students, and the community in the next five years. In March, the School Board adopted that plan, titled Relentless Commitment.

First-grade teacher Emily Duelge is a brand new teacher at Rawson Elementary School – but she’s no stranger to the school. Duelge (Pronounced DULL-GEE) is a South Milwaukee alum, attended Rawson Elementary School, and is teaching in the classroom next door to where she sat when she was a first grader.

The 2023-24 school year saw some major improvements – some by choice, some not – at the High School. The building, which was built as part of a referendum, was built in 2004. The 20-year bond that financed the construction was paid off early in 2022, but like any investment, it needed its wear-and-tear components replaced. 

4K education in South Milwaukee and what it's like.