{"id":43,"date":"2012-11-20T17:39:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T17:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/pierce\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:38:49","slug":"principals-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/about\/principals-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2671\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2671\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2671\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/Resized_20240824_095745-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/Resized_20240824_095745-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/08\/Resized_20240824_095745.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2024 Run Back to School<br \/>w\/ my niece!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dear Families,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Riverwest Elementary!\u00a0 My name is Meghan Dunlap and I am thrilled to be the new school leader here. The dedicated Riverwest staff and I are looking forward to an incredible year full of rigorous learning and development. We are proud to serve a diverse body of learners and strive to use the best research-based instructional strategies to increase student achievement in all academic areas.<\/p>\n<p>At Riverwest, we aspire to reach the whole child by supporting a community focused on academic, character, and social\/emotional growth and wellbeing for all. This can be accomplished by working as a collaborative team advocating for all through listening to the needs of the students, staff, parents, and community, as well as communicating and encouraging a professional learning community built on respect, trust, cooperation, and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>At Riverwest, we believe in open and respectful communication between home and school. We value your input and hope that you will be an active participant in your child&#8217;s education. Please reach out to your child&#8217;s teacher to schedule a conference to address any concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Riverwest Elementary is committed to providing your family with an excellent school experience. We have an outstanding staff ready to be a wonderful resource within our community and we appreciate the opportunity to work with your child on their path to greatness.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p><em>Meghan Dunlap<\/em><br \/>\nPrincipal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Families, Welcome to Riverwest Elementary!\u00a0 My name is Meghan Dunlap and I am thrilled to be the new school leader here. The dedicated Riverwest staff and I are looking forward to an incredible year full of rigorous learning and development. We are proud to serve a diverse body of learners and strive to use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"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-43","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","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=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/riverwest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}