{"id":7,"date":"2012-08-22T21:07:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T21:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/trowbridge\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:29:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2847\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/trowbridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/trowbridge-exterior-2023-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Trowbridge school exterior\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/trowbridge-exterior-2023-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/trowbridge-exterior-2023-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/trowbridge-exterior-2023-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/trowbridge-exterior-2023-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/09\/trowbridge-exterior-2023.jpg 1904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trowbridge School of Great Lakes Studies, located closer to Lake Michigan than any other MPS school, offers families a rigorous academic curriculum with a focus on ecological, Great Lakes and freshwater studies. We offer a hands-on approach to science thanks to our computer lab, science lab, butterfly garden and a perennial rain garden with an outdoor classroom. Trowbridge also offers an all day K4 program and extended day activities. Trowbridge has established partnerships with public and private businesses to a variety of scholarly and artistic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>At Trowbridge we are proud of our safe, comfortable environment, where students are encouraged to be self-confident, independent decision makers. Our large, newly restored windows provide natural light in all of the building\u2019s spacious classrooms, giving students the sense of freedom they need to grow and create. Trowbridge is located only 2.5 blocks from Lake Michigan, making it the closest MPS school to this precious \u201cbackyard\u201d resource.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Transportation Region:<\/strong>\u00a0Bay View Region<\/li>\n<li><strong>Special Programs\/Partnerships:<\/strong>\u00a0Arts in Community Education (ACE), Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Discovery World,\u00a0Florentine Opera,\u00a0Mad Hot Ballroom,\u00a0Milwaukee Ballet,\u00a0Milwaukee Public Museum,\u00a0Milwaukee Reperatory Theater,\u00a0Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra,\u00a0Skylight Opera,\u00a0US Coast Guard, Flag Football, Basketball, Softball, Volleyball<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extended-day Activities:\u00a0<\/strong>Camp Trowbridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trowbridge School of Great Lakes Studies, located closer to Lake Michigan than any other MPS school, offers families a rigorous academic curriculum with a focus on ecological, Great Lakes and freshwater studies. We offer a hands-on approach to science thanks to our computer lab, science lab, butterfly garden and a perennial rain garden with an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","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-7","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/trowbridge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}