{"id":314,"date":"2018-09-13T17:18:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T22:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/townsend\/?page_id=314"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:49:13","slug":"ms-kruger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/staff-roster\/ms-kruger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Kruger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-267 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/townsend\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2018\/09\/Karen-Kruger-e1536877022658-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2018\/09\/Karen-Kruger-e1536877022658-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2018\/09\/Karen-Kruger-e1536877022658-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2018\/09\/Karen-Kruger-e1536877022658.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><strong>Position:<\/strong> K5 Teacher<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve taught first, second and third grades the past 20+ years here at Townsend Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Master\u2019s Degrees in Administration and Director of Curriculum and Instruction<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s Degree in early childhood and primary education<\/li>\n<li>Associate of Arts Degree, UW-Waukesha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What inspires you to teach?<\/strong> I enjoy teaching my students very much!\u00a0 It&#8217;s a great joy to see the light bulb of understanding go on in their eyes. When they are able to connect and discuss new\u00a0 concepts to prior learning, then I know I&#8217;m doing my job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your message to all students?<\/strong> \u201cEducation is an exciting journey! There are thrills, chills, bumps and hills to conquer along your way, but the reward you gain by passing and moving forward on your journey are the steps<br \/>\n<strong>YOU<\/strong> take.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Sports Teams:<\/strong> I love watching sports! My favorite football team is of course the &#8220;Packers!&#8221; My favorite basketball team is none other than the &#8220;Milwaukee Bucks!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Fact:<\/strong> I enjoy cooking, baking and working out at the gym.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:krugerke@milwaukee.k12.wi.us\">krugerke@milwaukee.k12.wi.us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Position: K5 Teacher I&#8217;ve taught first, second and third grades the past 20+ years here at Townsend Elementary School. Education: Master\u2019s Degrees in Administration and Director of Curriculum and Instruction Bachelor\u2019s Degree in early childhood and primary education Associate of Arts Degree, UW-Waukesha What inspires you to teach? I enjoy teaching my students very much!\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":87,"menu_order":0,"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-314","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}