{"id":83,"date":"2012-05-30T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T15:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/tippecanoe\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:43:50","slug":"principals-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/about\/principals-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11700\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-06-083614-1-300x147.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-06-083614-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-06-083614-1.png 697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear Families:<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts!\u00a0 If you are new to our school family, welcome!\u00a0 If you are a returning student, we are so glad you are part of our family!\u00a0 Either way, you have made the right choice for your child\u2019s education.\u00a0 Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts offers a dedicated staff that will care for your children and also hold them accountable to our high school standards.<\/p>\n<p>Relationships, rigor, relevance and safety are driving principles at Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts.\u00a0 Our students, staff and families work together to create an environment where children are intellectually challenged in ways appropriate to their individual strengths, needs and experiences using an arts integrated and mindfulness approach with a community focus.\u00a0 Our goal is to create a learning community that is committed to engaging and challenging every student in every classroom every day.<\/p>\n<p>We believe that parents play a critical role in the success of our students.\u00a0 Parents, you are your child\u2019s first and most important teacher.\u00a0 You know your child better than anyone else and we invite you to work in partnership with your child\u2019s classroom teacher.\u00a0 You have insights into your child\u2019s unique needs, talents and interests.\u00a0 Please feel free to share any information that you believe will help us increase your child\u2019s success.\u00a0 Teachers have a unique perspective on your child.\u00a0 They see your child\/student as a member of the class and watch as they interact with peers, face the challenge of new learning, ask questions and solve problems.\u00a0 Parent and teacher perspectives, working in partnership, are critical to ensure your student\u2019s time at Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts is exciting and rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>We are so proud of our school and its accomplishments.\u00a0 We are very happy to have you as part of this community.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p>Lila Hillman<\/p>\n<p>Principal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Families: Welcome to Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts!\u00a0 If you are new to our school family, welcome!\u00a0 If you are a returning student, we are so glad you are part of our family!\u00a0 Either way, you have made the right choice for your child\u2019s education.\u00a0 Milwaukee Parkside School for the Arts offers a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-83","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/parkside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}