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89.7 WUWM – Milwaukee Public Radio’s Lake Effect
WUWM: Lake Effect – Tuesday October 12, 2010
We’ll learn about America SCORES Milwaukee, an organization that integrates soccer and creative writing in the hopes of keeping some MPS students occupied after school and succeeding on their report cards…Listen to the interview
88.9 RadioMilwaukee’s Make A Difference Campaign
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You may have to hear this one to believe it — SCORES is an after school program empowering students in urban communities using soccer, creative writing, and service learning. When they contacted us about a month before the Make A Difference campaign started, I did a double take. Not exactly expected, right? I’ve played soccer…
As we’ve seen throughout the Make A Difference campaign, people come to volunteering for a variety of personal reasons — family, free time, a personal cause. But how about a fund raising favor for a friend? David Henderson came to SCORES to help out a friend, Associate Director of SCORES John Eggebrecht, securing some…
A teacher’s life is immersed in kids. Early mornings, long days, evenings grading papers. So, what would make a teacher want to volunteer her free time working with… students? Claudia Heller is a 4th grade teacher at Hayes Bilingual School in the Lincoln Village neighborhood who got involved with SCORES almost accidentally — their…
Hello all! Jordan here! I had the pleasure to interview John Eggebrecht and Kate Carpenter of America SCORES of Milwaukee. SCORES is a really unique and creative approach to working with some of the children that slip through the cracks of the inner city’s system. During the interview John said,” What were you…
Last Thursday, I spent the late afternoon with Milwaukee SCORES at Windlake Elementary School, conducting our three volunteer interviews, hanging out with the kids, and getting a chance to see how it all operates. As I was biking away, the pieces already started coming together in my head.SCORES is the kind of organization …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kids get a dose of schoolhouse rock
Philadelphia-based band The Great Unknown has embarked on a tour to find inspiration from an unlikely group of creative people: elementary school children, including a visit to Hayes Bilingual Elementary School.. … Read the article
SCORES soccer program gives academics a kick
Life without soccer for Sergio Villagran would be miserable. Luckily for Sergio, he gets an equal dose of writing and soccer through a national program that made its way to Milwaukee five years ago and has expanded since. … Read the article
Today’s TMJ4 – Channel 4 News
Featured Segment on the Evening News
America SCORES Milwaukee was recently featured on TMJ Channel 4 News. Reporter Courtny Gerrish spent an afternoon with SCORES coaches and participants who shared their thoughts on SCORES programming. To read the segment transcript, and to watch the video, visit the TMJ4 website!
OnMilwaukee.com
Non-Profit Spotlight: America SCORES Milwaukee
One of the more unique after-school programs in Milwaukee combines soccer and poetry in an attempt to help inner-city students develop teamwork skills and self-confidence. … Read the article
Hayes students collaborate with Philly rockers
This November, while some kids in Milwaukee Public Schools will go about the business of learning as they always do, some kids at Hayes Bilingual School, 2431 S. 10th St., will be writing and recording with a rock and roll band from Philadelphia. … Read the article
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