{"id":29,"date":"2013-10-04T16:36:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T16:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/whitman\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:59:05","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-1913\" style=\"max-width: 700px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1913 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Home Page\" data-height=\"375\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1913\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1913\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-5917 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-04-02 19:06:58\" data-filename=\"whitman-schoolyard-rendering-700x375.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/refloh2o.com\/walt-whitman\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"View Slide Details\" class=\"metaslider_image_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/04\/whitman-schoolyard-rendering-700x375.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Rendering of the Whitman schoolyard when it is redeveloped.\" class=\"slider-1913 slide-5917 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/a><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">We are continuing to focus on our redeveloped schoolyard! Learn more about the project and how to give at https:\/\/refloh2o.com\/walt-whitman<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6153 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-25 14:18:04\" data-filename=\"whitman2024-02-700x375.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/11\/whitman2024-02-700x375.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"700\" alt=\"A young child at a table painting.\" class=\"slider-1913 slide-6153 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6154 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-25 14:18:04\" data-filename=\"whitman2024-01-700x375.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/11\/whitman2024-01-700x375.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"700\" alt=\"A young student wears headphones while they use a laptop computer.\" class=\"slider-1913 slide-6154 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6158 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-25 14:18:04\" data-filename=\"whitman2024-10-700x375.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/11\/whitman2024-10-700x375.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Students in a classroom look to the front of the room.\" class=\"slider-1913 slide-6158 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6161 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-25 14:18:04\" data-filename=\"whitman2024-07-700x375.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/11\/whitman2024-07-700x375.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"700\" alt=\"A student in front of a computer, smiling.\" class=\"slider-1913 slide-6161 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6164 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-25 14:18:04\" data-filename=\"whitman2024-04-700x375.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2024\/11\/whitman2024-04-700x375.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Two young children sit on a small couch in a classroom.\" class=\"slider-1913 slide-6164 msDefaultImage\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<a style=\"display: block; padding-top: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/mpsmke.com\/enroll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1873\" src=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/53rd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/11\/Summer-Academy-Banner.gif\" alt=\"Enroll Now\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4023\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2013\/09\/Wildcat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"91\" \/> Sign up to be part of a diverse, academically challenging culture! <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aj6wOYvGUJfJAcHY0OuSGTP4pSGjuaJ4\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the Whitman School fact sheet<\/a> to learn all about our great school.\u00a0 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 <a href=\"mailto:causeydx@milwaukee.k12.wi.us\">causeydx@milwaukee.k12.wi.us<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6313 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Off-The-Clock-Retirement-Pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Off-The-Clock-Retirement-Pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Off-The-Clock-Retirement-Pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Off-The-Clock-Retirement-Pic.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>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. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We wish all these ladies a well-deserved and relaxing retirement!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6314 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Ms-K-Retirement-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Ms-K-Retirement-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Ms-K-Retirement-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Ms-K-Retirement.jpg 971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6316 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Deb-Wolter-Retirement-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Deb-Wolter-Retirement-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Deb-Wolter-Retirement-990x1024.jpg 990w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Deb-Wolter-Retirement-768x794.jpg 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Deb-Wolter-Retirement-1485x1536.jpg 1485w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Deb-Wolter-Retirement-1981x2048.jpg 1981w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6315 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Schultz-Retirement-Photo-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Schultz-Retirement-Photo-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Schultz-Retirement-Photo-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Schultz-Retirement-Photo-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Schultz-Retirement-Photo-1170x1536.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/06\/Schultz-Retirement-Photo.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up to be part of a diverse, academically challenging culture! Read the Whitman School fact sheet to learn all about our great school.\u00a0 For the 2025-26 school year, we have openings in all grades. 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