Walt Whitman School

K4 - 8th Grade

MPS District website (414) 604-7700
[email protected]
4200 S. 54th Street
School Hours: 7:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
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  • Rendering of the Whitman schoolyard when it is redeveloped.
    We are continuing to focus on our redeveloped schoolyard! Learn more about the project and how to give at https://refloh2o.com/walt-whitman
  • A young child at a table painting.
  • A young student wears headphones while they use a laptop computer.
  • Young children play a bowling game in a gymnasium.
  • The front of Walt Whitman school.
  • A student ready to take notes.
  • A young child concentrates as they fill out a worksheet.
  • A student in a wheelchair gets help on their homework.
  • Two young students play in a gymnasium.
  • Students in a classroom look to the front of the room.
  • A student in front of a computer, smiling.
  • Students in a classroom looking to the front of the room.
  • A student in a school hallway smiles while holding up their artwork.
  • Two young children sit on a small couch in a classroom.

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Sign up to be part of a diverse, academically challenging culture! Read the Whitman School fact sheet to learn all about our great school.  For the 2025-26 school year, we have openings in all grades. Feel free to e-mail our school principal, Mrs. Deb Clemens, with any questions you may have at [email protected]

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RETIREES, RETIREES, RETIREES! Our Whitman staff, students and families would like to congratulate Ms. Aleksandra Kovacevic, Ms. Deb Wolter, and Ms. Sarah J. Schultz on their retirements this year! Ms. K. has been our Guidance Counselor and worked 31 years as one in MPS. She has worked at both Pulaski and Hamilton High Schools and worked the last four years at Burbank, Victory and Whitman. Ms. Deb has been a CHA working with students in special education and a general aide in MPS for a total of 25 years. She also worked for the MPS Recreation Dept. for many years. Ms. Schultz has been a teacher working with students in special education for 25 years, in both MPS and South Carolina.

We wish all these ladies a well-deserved and relaxing retirement!

              

School Improvement Plan
and State Report Card

Whitman Updates

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MPS Invest and Grow community meetings

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Whitman Calendar

  • Apr15
    Student Early Release (2 hours); Professional Development (K-12)

  • Apr28
    Lead-Screening Clinic
    4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Apr30
    No Classes (Professional Development Day)

  • May1
    No Classes (Professional Development Day)

  • May6
    Biennial Music Festival
    6:30 pm
    Panther Arena

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(414) 604-7700
[email protected]
4200 S. 54th Street
School Hours: 7:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.

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