{"id":36,"date":"2012-11-20T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T17:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/pierce\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:43:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/riverwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2012\/11\/Pierce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" \/><\/h3>\n<h2>Striving for Excellence: A Vision for Riverwest Elementary School<\/h2>\n<h2>Our Vision<\/h2>\n<p>At Riverwest Elementary School, we will create an inclusive environment to educate all students in our community while upholding the highest of academic and social emotional standards and supports. This will be done in a culturally responsive manner, preparing all students for success above and beyond the classroom without remediation.<\/p>\n<h2>Our Value Statement<\/h2>\n<p>We Believe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All students and families should feel valued, safe, and respected.<\/li>\n<li>Integrity, dedication and respect should be demonstrated by all staff members with the understanding that cultural diversity and community partnerships are imperative to student success.<\/li>\n<li>Facilitating opportunities for open parent\/teacher collaboration have a positive impact on student achievement.<\/li>\n<li>We must support student\u2019s abilities to develop the necessary skills needed to successfully navigate in various social environments within the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Neighborhood School<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Transportation:\u00a0<\/strong>Riverside Region, 1 mile walk zone<\/li>\n<li><strong>After-School Program<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Camp Starts at 2:20 p.m., \u00a0Ends at 5:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Partners:<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>Urban Ecology Center, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Riverwest Neighborhood Association, Woodland Pattern<\/li>\n<li><strong>Curriculum:<\/strong>\u00a0General Program; \u00a0GE Foundation Demonstration School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clubs\/Other:\u00a0<\/strong>Winter and Spring Sports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Striving for Excellence: A Vision for Riverwest Elementary School Our Vision At Riverwest Elementary School, we will create an inclusive environment to educate all students in our community while upholding the highest of academic and social emotional standards and supports. This will be done in a culturally responsive manner, preparing all students for success above [&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":"content-sidebar","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-36","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}