Seeds of Health Celebrates Grand Opening of Tenor High School’s New Innovation Lab

MILWAUKEE – Seeds of Health will host “A Taste of Technology,” the grand opening celebration of Tenor High School’s new Innovation Lab at the Journal Square Campus (918 Vel R. Phillips Ave.) on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 from 4 to 6 p.m. Guests will have the opportunity to explore the Lab, learn from Tenor students and teachers, and build a few things of their own using the facility’s advanced equipment.

The new Innovation Lab features digital design workspaces and professional-level fabrication machinery, allowing students to engineer, build, and collaborate on interdisciplinary projects.  The Lab enhances Tenor’s Project Lead The Way program and complements the school’s signature “3+1” dual certification model. Through this model, students take three years of rigorous high school classes, then attend Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) at no cost for their fourth. Upon high school graduation, students may either leave with their certificate in a trade or technical diploma, ready for the workforce; continue their studies at MATC in pursuit of an associate degree; or transfer credits earned at MATC to a four-year college or university. The Innovation Lab helps students explore new and emerging STEM-related career opportunities before jump-starting their post-secondary education at MATC.

Seeds of Health purchased two former Journal Sentinel buildings at 918-922 Vel R. Phillips Ave. in 2021, with the first building opening to students in November 2021. The ground floor of the second building was renovated to create the Innovation Lab, completing the first phase of Seeds of Health’s strategy to provide more hands-on, career-focused educational opportunities for urban Milwaukee high schoolers. Future renovation of the three remaining floors will provide space to expand into additional pathways aligning with MATC career tracks, with preliminary plans including a biomedical science lab, a multimedia lab, a student-run coffee shop, and a life skills lab.

“A Taste of Technology” is open to the community. Visit https://seedsofhealth-bloom.kindful.com/e/innovation-lab-public-viewing?blm_aid=701441 to learn more and to register.

ABOUT SEEDS OF HEALTH

Seeds of Health is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Milwaukee, Wis. with a mission to meet the unique needs of urban children through small schools in a caring, personal environment. Established in 1983, Seeds of Health operates a network of schools, currently educating more than 1,300 students annually. The network’s public 2r charter schools, authorized by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, include Seeds of Health K-8 Elementary School (1445 S. 32nd St.), Veritas High School (3025 W. Oklahoma Ave.), and Tenor High School (Journal Square Campus – 918 Vel R. Phillips Ave. and Cathedral Square Campus – 840 N. Jackson St.). Grandview High School (2745 S. 13th St.) is Seeds of Health’s partnership school, authorized under the Children-at-Risk Law through Milwaukee Public Schools. Seeds of Health also operates a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Clinic serving low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk. Visit www.seedsofhealth.org for more information.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.