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Welcome to The Alliance School of Milwaukee! A Milwaukee Public School where you can be who you are.
The Alliance School will graduate its third graduating class on Wednesday, June 11th in the MEC Auditorium. Join us as we celebrate the successes of these Alliance graduates!
The Alliance School is featured in the June 20th issue of the Advocate magazine. Please stop by the news stand and check it out. Special thanks to Chad Graham for visiting us and writing the article.
The Alliance School graduated its first class of seniors today. Nineteen students walked the stage to receive their diplomas. WUWM's Dan Harmon interviewed three of the graduating seniors for the At Ten show. Hear what the students had to say about the first year.
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Tina Owen, Lead Teacher, The Alliance School
Read the Journal Sentinel's transcript of an online chat session where readers were able to ask questions about The Alliance School.
Read about some of our students and how Alliance has achieved success in its first year. JS Online: Embracing and Accepting
Check out this month's article about The Alliance School in Elle Girl Magazine. The article entitled "No Bullies Allowed" showcases the school in a very positive light. Thank you Linda for taking the time to spend a day in our school and see what great things our students are doing!
Year 1. Day 1. The Journal Sentinel talks about The Alliance School
The Board of Directors for Milwaukee Public Schools approved a five year contract with The Alliance School. Thank you to all of those MPS and TALC people who have helped us come to this point. A special thanks goes out to Marty Lexmond, Juanita Lee, Jodi Goldberg and Bobbi Aguero. The four of you have been such great supporters, and we appreciate you endlessly. We would also like to thank Jennifer Morales and Peter Blewitt for their continued support and all of the wonderful people at Central Services who have been there every step of the way with answers to questions and hours of one on one help. Thank you so much!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to come out to our fundraiser event at Bucketworks on Friday, May 13th. It was so much fun. We would also like to thank all of the performers for making the night one to remember. Thank you!
Good news! The ISR Committe of the Milwaukee School Board approved the Alliance School contract with the Professional Development Center (PDC) at 234 W. Galena St. as our location for the 2005-2006 school year. This location will provide us with a solid downtown location close to many of our partners and friends. A special thank you to all of our friends who came to the hearings as a show of support!
Jane Hampden of WUWM's "At 10" interviewed Jennifer Wilson, School Counselor, about Alliance along with Will Fellows about the Gender Variant Conference being held at WCTC on May 7, 2005. The program aired on Friday, May 6 at 10:00 am and again at 10:00 pm.
Time Magazine published an article in their April 18th edition on the effects of bullying and interviewed Lashanda, one of the students planning on attending The Alliance School. Read the article to find out more about her experience.
Michelangelo Signorile, host of the Sirius Out Q Satellite Radio Show, interviewed Tina about The Alliance School. One caller from Milwaukee told her story and said "I think they are secretly saving lives at The Alliance School." What a powerful message that is about how much this school is needed. Thank you, Laurie, from Milwaukee!
Tina Owen, Ashley Werner and Lorie Bump traveled to New York to be interviewed By Charlie Gibson of ABC's Good Morning America Show. The prerecorded show was scheduled to air April 7th, but was postponed due to other news stories. Keep checking back and the new date will be posted as soon as we get more information. Thanks for watching!!
If you didn't make it to the first two open house tour dates, don't fret. Here are a few more opportunities to see the space, make a donation and take a tour of Bucketworks.
Tuesdays April 5th, 12th and 19th from 6-8 p.m.
Saturdays April 9th, 16th and 23rd from 11 am - 1 pm
While you're there, say you heard about them from The Alliance School, and Bucketworks will donate a portion of the membership fee to Alliance. Sign up today! It's just $35 a year!
Lauren Leamanczyk of Today's TMJ4 interviewed students and staff of The Alliance School.
Jennifer and Tina were interviewed by Eric Von for AM 1290. Thanks, Eric, for giving us a chance to answer questions about the mission of Alliance. Check out "Reaching Milwaukee's Youth" hosted by local teens on Sundays at 5 pm.
New Land Enterprises has provided The Alliance School with a tremendous fundraising challenge! New Land will donate $500,000 in development services and a reduced rate rental on this prime downtown location if Alliance can match their $500,000 gift. Donate now and help us meet this challenge!
Tina was interviewed on the Frank Beckmann Show. Thank you Frank Beckmann and Detroit for giving us a voice outside of Milwaukee!
Tina Owen, lead teacher for Alliance, was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio during the Joy Cardin show on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 am. The Milwaukee affiliate is WHAD at 90.7 FM. You can also listen to the program over the Web (Real Player required.)
Thank you to everyone who showed their support by calling in!
The Advocate online news journal picks up the story about The Alliance School. This is exciting!
William Attewell, editor of Wisconsin Gay News, talks about a student at Milwaukee High School of the Arts and encourages support of The Alliance School.
The Alliance School was featured in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, which led to an AP Newswire article. It's been a busy day!
The Alliance School of Milwaukee had its press debut in a Queer Life News article. Thank you, Q-Life, for putting us on the map.