Equity Work

As the School District of Waukesha continues on our journey to build capacity in all educators to become more culturally aware and sensitive to the growing population of diverse learners we serve, I wanted to give you an update on some highlights from our first 100 days.

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Please visit the SDW Website as you toggle down from the Welcome tab, you will see our new Equity page.


We are also proud to highlight two new student groups, one at the middle school level and the other at the high school level. Brothers of Purpose, is currently focused on our 8th grade African American Males. This is our first cohort of student leaders who are working on goal setting, journaling, and dreaming big! Currently, we have 7 students involved at Butler, 4 at Les Paul and 5 at Horning.

We are also celebrating our first year of having a Black Student Union! Student leaders from each of our high schools are coming together to establish a common language, voice and structures as they work to create a positive, safe and welcoming learning environment for all. This will be open to everyone, not just black students as we work to increase the college, career and community readiness of all Waukesha students. Currently, we have 20 student leaders at South, 13 at North and 10 at West.

Equity in education is the foundation of our district along with partnering with families and community stakeholders to meet the academic and social-emotional needs of all students.
Thank you for growing your own equitable classroom practices in order to positively build upon this important work.