{"id":32,"date":"2016-01-29T18:11:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T18:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/thoreau\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:40:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/01\/Outdoor-Fun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/01\/Outdoor-Fun.jpg 960w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/01\/Outdoor-Fun-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2016\/01\/Outdoor-Fun-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>Thoreau School, located in the Bradley Estates neighborhood of Milwaukee, is a leading K-8 school offering families a rigorous program for all students, utilizing the latest in instructional technology.<\/p>\n<p>We believe strongly in our motto: Learning today, leading tomorrow! Our staff is dedicated to providing high quality learning opportunities for students in our community.<\/p>\n<p>We have an active parents group and our School Governance Council sponsors regular family gatherings (currently virtual). We also have Camp Thoreau, our wonderful before and after school program.<\/p>\n<p>Families can enroll in this school using the online application at <a href=\"http:\/\/mpsmke.com\/EnrollMPS\" target=\"_blank\">mpsmke.com\/EnrollMPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoreau School, located in the Bradley Estates neighborhood of Milwaukee, is a leading K-8 school offering families a rigorous program for all students, utilizing the latest in instructional technology. We believe strongly in our motto: Learning today, leading tomorrow! Our staff is dedicated to providing high quality learning opportunities for students in our community. We [&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-32","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/thoreau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}