Preparing children for school success, leadership and life

Our mission is to seed a new model of public education that ensures children and teens are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.

Preparing Children for School Success, Leadership and Life

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Welcome

Message From Our CEO

If you want your child to have a unique experience in an environment that truly nurtures and supports their heart, mind, and soul, this is where you should be.
Kaleem Caire

Our Mission

Our mission is to seed a new model of public education that ensures children and teens are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.

Our Purpose and Approach to Learning

We are dedicated to working with parents and the community to cultivate children who are capable of and committed to empowering others and changing the world, their families and their communities for the better as they mature into adulthood.

Our Commitment to Cultivate Readers and Thinkers

In the fall of 2018, 94% of our children who completed 4K with us began kindergarten ready to succeed. While every child is different, and we work with children from where they are, we hope to produce 100% kindergarten and grade-level readiness every year.

Our Special Work with Parents and the Community

We embrace the village concept – that it truly takes an entire village to raise a child. It is why we named our schools “One City”. We know that when the entire community works to benefit children, they will have a strong chance to succeed.

Two-generation community impact approach

We provide affordable, accessible and high-quality preschools and community programs, and tuition-free grades schools, that partner with parents and the community to prepare young children for school and life success.

Here are just a few amazing benefits that we can offer:

Extended School Day

Kids Healthy Meals Program

Teacher & Student-Led Curriculum

Diverse & Inclusive Environment

Support Services for Families

Hands-On Exploratory Learning

Longer School Year

Caring & Loving Staff

Two-Generational School

Enrollment Starts in March each year

Excitement about learning starts 'before' our children enter kindergarten.
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Virtual Open Houses

2022-2023

Watch our recorded virtual sessions of our past 2022 - 2023 school year.

Featured Events

We have so much to share with you about One City and all that we have to offer you and your child.
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We work hand-in-hand with parents and the community

It's not just the child
it's the whole family

We work together with parents, volunteers and the broader community to ensure that our Baby Badgers show up to kindergarten eager to learn, ready to read, and ultimately prepared to succeed from one grade to the next.
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Our 21st Century Equity Agenda

1. Breaking the cycle of longstanding achievement and opportunity gaps that have symbiotically undermined the goals, aspirations and potential of generations of children of color and under-resourced children in Wisconsin and across the United States, and.

2. Creating a new system of public education that effectively prepares all children, from birth through higher education, to tackle today’s challenges, solve tomorrow’s greatest problems, and lead successful, happy and enriching lives as adults and parents in a rapidly changing and globally competitive economy.

Three Schools

We currently operate three schools: One City Preschool (OCP), One City Elementary School (OCES) and One City Preparatory Academy (OCPA).

Our Preschool is an accredited, independent, 5-Star tuition-based early learning center serving children ages 24 months to 4-years-old (4-years old who are not yet age eligible for 4K).

Our Elementary School is a tuition-free, independent public charter school that presently serves children in four-year old (4K) to seventh grade.

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A school like no other in Wisconsin!

Come see for yourself what makes One City unique

Learn more about One City Schools. Review and prepare for our Enrollment Process for 2023 - 2024 School Year.
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There is no other place like One City!

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Donate

Please join us by making a tax-deductible financial contribution to our We Are One 2022: Building a Model School Campaign. You can make your gift at any level that is meaningful to you to one or more of our three We Are One 2022 Funds.

Volunteer

We welcome, love and value volunteers at One City. We are currently in need of volunteers for all our activities.

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Who Makes This Possible

Opportunity Starts Here
2025 - 26 ENROLLMENT BEGINS
MARCH 1st, 2024
for 4K - 8th Grade
March 1st
TOURS AND INFO SESSIONS
For 4K - 8th Grade
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