{"id":16,"date":"2016-01-09T18:34:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T18:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/goodrich\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-01-27T20:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:40:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2257\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/mapletree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/04\/maple-tree-exterior.jpg\" alt=\"Maple Tree Elementary School building\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/04\/maple-tree-exterior.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/04\/maple-tree-exterior-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/04\/maple-tree-exterior-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Strong Roots Produce Strong Minds<\/strong> &#8211; Maple Tree School motto<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maple Tree School is committed to the goal of working to ensure that every student is proficient or advanced in reading and writing across all content areas. Our school promotes an educational environment that aligns curriculum and instruction to the Common Core State Standards. Maple Tree School educates all students for success in higher education, careers, and responsible citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Maple Tree School has smaller class sizes with our Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) program for grades K5 &#8211; 3rd. Our school offers a strong academic curriculum and a dedicated professional teaching staff that works to ensure all students achieve academic success.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<p>Neighborhood School<\/p>\n<h3>Transportation<\/h3>\n<p>Vincent Transportation Region<\/p>\n<h3>Special Programs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PBIS<\/li>\n<li>Smart Smiles Dental Program<\/li>\n<li>Co-ed Basketball<\/li>\n<li>Flag Football<\/li>\n<li>Girl Scouts<\/li>\n<li>Second Step<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extended Day Activities<\/h3>\n<p>Community Learning Center<\/p>\n<h3>Community Partners<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Interfaith Volunteers &amp; UWM American Read Tutors<\/li>\n<li>City of Milwaukee Fire Department<\/li>\n<li>Costco Reading Tutors<\/li>\n<li>Growing Power<\/li>\n<li>Smart Smiles Dental Program<\/li>\n<li>National Book-It Principal Challenge sponsored by Pizza Hut<\/li>\n<li>Interfaith Tutoring services<\/li>\n<li>414 Milwaukee<\/li>\n<li>BLM MPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Parental\/Guardian Involvement<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PTO<\/li>\n<li>School Governance Council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strong Roots Produce Strong Minds &#8211; Maple Tree School motto Maple Tree School is committed to the goal of working to ensure that every student is proficient or advanced in reading and writing across all content areas. Our school promotes an educational environment that aligns curriculum and instruction to the Common Core State Standards. Maple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","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-16","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/mapletree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}