Please join us in welcoming Sarah Campagna, Managing Vice President of Financial Empowerment with Summit Credit Union, to One City Schools Board of Directors. Welcome Beth! We are excited to have her join our team!
About us
One City Schools operates an award-winning independent preschool, a public charter (grades 4K - 5) elementary school and a public charter (grades 6 - 7) secondary school that is leading in PK - 12 educational innovation in Wisconsin. Our mission is to seed a new model of public education that ensures children and youth are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.
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https://www.onecityschools.org
External link for One City Schools
- Industry
- Education Administration Programs
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Madison, WISCONSIN (WI)
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2014
- Specialties
- Preschool Education and Empowerment, Early Childhood Education, Music, Performing & Visual Arts, Sports, Community Building and Family Engagement, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, and Parent Engagement
Locations
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2012 Fisher Street
Madison, WISCONSIN (WI) 53711, US
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1707 W Broadway
Madison, Wisconsin 53713, US
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1707 W Broadway
Madison, Wisconsin 53713, US
Employees at One City Schools
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Please join us in welcoming Beth Curley Prestine, Private Banking Relationship Manager with US Bank, to One City Schools Board of Directors. Welcome Beth! We are excited to have her join our team!
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One City Schools reposted this
We are looking forward to our 2024 Father’s Day photo shoot at our One City Schools campuses this week! So many beautiful families! Check out our 2024 Mother’s Day photo shoot in our June 2024 E-News: https://lnkd.in/ezwV8BGJ. Onward.
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It has been exciting to see these FIVE One City Schools families purchase new homes this school year through our unique partnership with Own It Building Black Wealth. A key feature of our "Two-Generation Education Model", is helping our families plan for the future, purchase homes, and build wealth. Through Own-it, ALL families of our One City Scholars, including alumni parents, and One City staff who are first-time home-owners are able to (1) complete a financial education course and learn about purchasing homes, (2) work with local financial institutions to build their credit and realtors to find homes, and (3) receive an $18,000 grant towards the downpayment on their home. Since 2022, 20 grants have been awarded to One City families and staff and 14 families and staff have closed on their homes. More than 300 One City families have enrolled in Own-it's Wealth Building course and 87 have enrolled in their home ownership courses. Together, with our partners, we are showing that schools can be more to families than a place to educate their children. We can be catalysts for change and opportunities that help our students, their families, and our staff, gain greater stability, plan for the future, and achieve their dreams. This feels great!
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One City Schools reposted this
I was 27 years old, married, and had three children when this picture was taken. I was sitting in my cubicle at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction where I served as the agency’s first “Minority Student Achievement Consultant”. By age 35, I had five children and was making an impact nationally in K-12 education. As a young father, I did not smoke, drink, or do drugs. I did not hangout at bars or engage in activities that weren’t good for my family or that would embarrass them. I went to work, came home, and hung out with friends mostly on weekends when my children didn’t have sports or other activities. I rarely missed any of my childrens special events despite my busy work schedule, and I either drove my children to school or picked them up from school, every day. I took my children grocery shopping, taught them how to cook and do yard work, and put art supplies, legoes, and other creative tools in their hands when they showed an interest in them. I didn’t buy many things for myself; instead, I invested in my children. They saw me wash and fold clothes (with them), make beds, and clean the house from top to bottom. I arranged and took them to health appointments, registered them for school every year, and took care of them when they weren’t feeling well. I also stayed in their schools: most of their teachers knew me. I didn’t expect their mother to do all of these things on her own: absolutely not. Although I wasn’t raised by my parents, I raised mine. I put them first. I only met my father twice as an adult and knew my mother but rarely saw her during my childhood. My father was in and out of jail and prison. My mother was a bright and kind women who lived on the streets for most of her adult life. Instead, I was raised by my aunt, grandparents, other family members, my friends’ parents, and other adults in my neighborhood. Several of my teachers and sports coaches played critical roles in my upbringing, too. My life hasn’t been easy at all. It hasn’t been a crystal stair. However, my five children know their father loves them, invested in them, and was there for them despite my parents not being there with me. I have loved every minute of raising them too. It’s why I hold parents of the children in my schools (One City Schools) and in our community, to a high standard. I expect parents to put their children first, and to hold themselves and their children accountable. I expect them to conduct themselves in a manner that is conducive and facilitative of raising healthy and caring children. I didn’t make excuses for myself and I don’t accept excuses from others. I am always willing to help when help is truly needed, but I expect parents to show up, be present, and be engaged in positive and life-affirming ways with their children. So yes, I was a fatherless and motherless Black boy who decided to break the cycle & be present in the lives of my children. Dads, let’s be there with your children. They need us. Onward.
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I am looking forward to speaking with our community's young scholars and leaders, and their parents, about how we need them to position themselves to create a better, safer, and more unified future, for all of us. They have the ability to do this. As adults, we need to create the pathways for them to do so, and not be afraid of embracing change and doing things differently to help them get there. See you all this Sunday at Madison Area Technical College. Onward.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Ms. Devalyn Rogers, Middle School Science and Master Teacher at One City Schools, on receiving a 2024 Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology (MET) Educator Award by Wisconsin Business World. The MET Award highlights educators promoting STEM studies in their classrooms, and helping students develop the knowledge and skills they need to pursue careers in manufacturing, engineering, or technology. Ms. Rogers received her award at a ceremony hosted by Plexus Corp. and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce - Wisconsin's Chamber at Plexus' manufacturing center in Neenah, Wisconsin. She was joined by six of her middle school scholars, fellow One City teacher, Karen Shields, One City Founder and CEO, Kaleem Caire, and One City's VP of Government Relations and Policy, Carl Hampton. Mike Running, Plexus Regional President, commented, “Our vision is to help create the products that build a better world. Our commitment to living our vision extends beyond our walls and into the communities in which we live and work. We are proud to recognize the dedication, passion, and contributions of six educators who are cultivating STEM education in Wisconsin. Each of them has had a profound impact on countless students, embodying our Plexus vision.” Since 1979, Plexus has been partnering with companies around the world to transform their concepts into branded products and deliver them to the market. They have a global force of over 20,000 team members who draw inspiration from solving your most complex product challenges. Congratulations Ms. Rogers! We are truly grateful to have you on our team and educating our young Scholars! To learn more about the MET Award, visit https://lnkd.in/gjgFvUFa.
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PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING One City Schools' Chief Talent Officer, Nikole Fees, for being recongized as one of The Top 25 Women Chief Talent Officers of 2024 in the United States by Women We Admire. WWA is a membership organization comprised of the most accomplished women executives and leaders across the U.S. and Canada. To read the full announcement and Nikole's biography, visit https://lnkd.in/gdwwzqNN.... CONGRATULATIONS NIKOLE! We are grateful for your amazing leadership at One City Schools!!
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We are two Black men working hard to lift up our children and prepare them to build a better world, strong families, and healthy communities as adults. Recently, Noble Wray, retired Chief of the Madison (WI) Police Department who previously led President Barack Obama's Policing Practices and Accountability Initiative in the U.S. Department of Justice and served as a consultant and/or independent investigator in Ferguson, MO, Baltimore, MD, Racine, WI, and New York City, joined me to talk about our efforts to build strong children through One City Schools. One City operates two public charter schools and a preschool. Charter schools in the United States are tuition-free public schools. Our schools are having an amazing year. Check out this brief video - https://lnkd.in/gx4C8cHP - and come see us. We would love to show what's possible for our children, schools and communities. Produced by Clouds North Films (2024).
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Recently, the G.O.A.T in K-12 education, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, a world-renowned educator and the proginator of "Culturally Relevant Teaching", sat down with Clouds North Films at The University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida to speak about tremendous impact we are having on our young Scholars at One City Schools. To watch it, visit: https://lnkd.in/gU97CJyA. Also, come visit us. We would love to show you what happens at our schools. As a mentee and student of Dr. Ladson-Billings, who is also a member of One City's Board of Directors, I am honored and grateful to share her words in this brief video with you. Enjoy and please share with others.
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