{"id":136,"date":"2014-06-11T16:48:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T16:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/carson\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2025-04-21T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:02:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-956\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/carson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/carson-2024-03-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A child smiles at her teacher.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/carson-2024-03-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/carson-2024-03-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/carson-2024-03-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/carson-2024-03-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/12\/carson-2024-03.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dr. Benjamin Carson Academy of Science opened in August 1999, and is a neighborhood school that offers rigorous curriculum and high standards.\u00a0 The school serves Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade students.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Goal&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8230;is to work in partnership with parents and community to develop a supportive relationship for student learning.\u00a0 A partnership that is committed to and encourages academic excellence will help students display self-confidence and a positive attitude towards science, math and technology.<\/p>\n<h2>Academic Program<\/h2>\n<p>The comprehensive academic\u00a0 program is designed to excite students.<\/p>\n<h2>Carson Academy offers:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A friendly, warm, nurturing environment.<\/li>\n<li>High standards for student achievement.<\/li>\n<li>A rigorous Math, Science, and Technology curriculum.<\/li>\n<li>Project Lead The Way for students in grades 6th through 8th grade.<\/li>\n<li>After School Boys &amp; Girls Club CLC.<\/li>\n<li>Staff with expertise in teaching Math and Science and Technology.<\/li>\n<li>Science Resource Lab.<\/li>\n<li>Partnership with Arts @ Large.<\/li>\n<li>Parent Resource Center.<\/li>\n<li>Internet access in each classroom and 30 computer Computer Lab with Internet access.<\/li>\n<li>Parents as Partners.<\/li>\n<li>Active School Council.<\/li>\n<li>Participation in local academic competitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Teaching Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Instruction is hands on and inquiry based.<\/li>\n<li>Learning for students occurs inside and outside the walls of the school.<\/li>\n<li>Instructional strategies promote continuous progress for students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The students of Carson Academy are representative of the varied ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic levels of families living in the city of Milwaukee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Benjamin Carson Academy of Science opened in August 1999, and is a neighborhood school that offers rigorous curriculum and high standards.\u00a0 The school serves Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade students. Our Goal&#8230; &#8230;is to work in partnership with parents and community to develop a supportive relationship for student learning.\u00a0 A partnership that is committed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-136","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/carson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}