Fifty-Third Street School

10/04/2026

🐯🧡 IT’S ANOTHER SPIRIT WEEK AT FIFTY-THIRD STREET SCHOOL! 🖤💙

Tiger Nation, get ready! 🎉 Spirit Week is back, and we have FOUR exciting theme days planned for everyone to participate in!

📅 OCTOBER 27–30

✨ Tuesday, October 27 – Pajama Day 💤
Come to school dressed in your favorite school-appropriate pajamas!

✨ Wednesday, October 28 – Twin Day 👯
Find a friend or group and dress alike!

✨ Thursday, October 29 – Black & Orange Day 🧡🖤
Show your Tiger Pride by wearing our school colors!

✨ Friday, October 30 – Costume Day 🎃👻
Show off your creativity with a fun, school-appropriate costume!

Let’s see everyone participate, show their school spirit, and represent Tiger Nation with pride!

🐾 TOGETHER, WE MAKE TIGER NATION STRONG! 🐾

09/16/2026

🧡💙 What a SUCCESS! 💙🧡

Our Grandparents’ Bingo event was filled with smiles, laughter, fun, and lots of special memories! 🎉🥰

A BIG thank you to all of our grandparents, families, students, and staff who came out and made the event so special. We loved seeing our school community come together! 🐯✨

Fifty-Third Street Community School — where memories are made! 🧡💙

09/11/2026

🎉🐯 SPIRIT WEEK IS NEXT WEEK! 🐯🎉

Get ready, Tigers! 🧡💙🤍

👟 Monday: Crocs Day
🤓 Tuesday: Nerd Day
⚫ Wednesday: Stripes & Polka Dots
🕶️ Thursday: Sunglasses Day
🐯 Friday: School Colors & Spirit Wear

Let’s show our Tiger Pride all week long! 🐯🧡💙🤍

09/08/2026

🐯🧡💙 OPEN HOUSE IS TOMORROW! 💙🧡🐯

Families, we can’t wait to welcome you to Fifty Third Street School! Join us Wednesday, September 9th from 3:30–5:30 PM to meet your child’s teacher, visit their classroom, and get ready for a great school year! 📚✨

We can’t wait to see you there! 🐯🧡💙

09/04/2026

💙🧡 Grandparents Appreciation Day Bingo! 🧡💙

We’re excited to celebrate our amazing grandparents with a fun morning of BINGO, smiles, and special memories! 🎉👵🏽👴🏽

📅 Monday, September 14th
⏰ 9:00 AM
📍 Fifty Third Street School — Cafeteria

We can’t wait to celebrate with our grandparents! 💕🎉

09/01/2026

Milwaukee Public Schools will be closed Wednesday, September 2, 2026, due to extreme heat. All before-school, after-school and athletic programs are canceled. Central Services and all administrative buildings will be open. Staff at those sites should report to work. Thank you and be safe.

08/31/2026

🐯🧡💙 Welcome Back, Tigers! 💙🧡🐯
The first day of school is September 1st at 7:15 AM! 📚✨

Let’s have an amazing school year! 🐯

01/26/2026

Did you know?

53rd Street School is in the middle of a Green Schools playground redevelopment program! We have spent the last year and a half working on redesigning our current playground with greener infrastructure and less asphalt. We are just beginning our fundraising phase, so be looking out for opportunities on how to make a financial contribution and to spread the word!

More information about our project here:

53rd Street School is in the 9th Cohort of Milwaukee Public Schools entering the Schoolyard Redevelopment Program, expected to be completed in 2027.

01/22/2026

Stay safe and warm, Tigers! We will have school tomorrow, January 22nd, but will be closed Friday, January 23rd.

ALERT: Due to weather conditions, all MPS schools and sites will be closed on Friday, January 23, 2026. All district after-school, recreation, and other programs and events are canceled. High school exams scheduled for Friday will take place on Tuesday. Schools are open tomorrow, Thursday, January 22 and we look forward to seeing everyone!

01/03/2026

We can’t wait to see you on Monday! 🐯

Classes resume Monday, January 5!
We can’t wait to welcome students back for a great start to the new year.