{"id":839,"date":"2022-08-29T08:07:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T08:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/townsend\/?page_id=839"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:49:23","slug":"ms-van-kampen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/staff-roster\/ms-van-kampen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Van Kampen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-840 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/VanKampent.jpg\" alt=\"Lauren Van Kampen\" width=\"128\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/VanKampent.jpg 584w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/08\/VanKampent-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><strong>Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Lauren Van Kampen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0School Psychologist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong>\u00a0Undergraduate program at UW-La Crosse, Graduate program at UW-Milwaukee<\/p>\n<p><strong>What inspires you to teach\/lead?<\/strong> I love being able to help others achieve their goals and be more successful. Everyone has greatness within them, and I feel so honored every time I\u2019m a part of uncovering it! Building positive relationships with students, staff, and families is the best part of being a school psychologist; I cannot wait to meet all the incredible families in the Townsend community!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you always want to be a teacher or work with students when you grew up?<\/strong> Growing up, I had always wanted to be a teacher! I was so inspired by many of my teachers and knew I wanted to help others. I came across school psychology when I was going to school at UW-La Crosse and loved the idea of being able to work with all students, staff, and families in a school, which led me to where I am today!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your message to all students?<\/strong> You are capable and you can do hard things. It can be so hard to persist through challenging situations, but you can do it and I would love to help along the way!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite Sports Teams:<\/strong> Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Wisconsin Badgers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Fact About Me:<\/strong> My favorite animal is a sea otter (aside from my two dogs at home!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0orszulle@milwaukeepublicschools.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name:\u00a0Lauren Van Kampen Position:\u00a0School Psychologist Education:\u00a0Undergraduate program at UW-La Crosse, Graduate program at UW-Milwaukee What inspires you to teach\/lead? I love being able to help others achieve their goals and be more successful. Everyone has greatness within them, and I feel so honored every time I\u2019m a part of uncovering it! Building positive relationships with [&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-839","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/839","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=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/townsend\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/839\/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=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}