Chief Executive Officer's Message

Dear Friends, 

 

For nearly four decades, Seeds of Health has been a leader and trailblazer in education in Milwaukee, quietly innovating and adapting to meet the changing needs of our city’s young people. 

 

Though we’ve long been Milwaukee’s “best kept secret,” Seeds of Health’s history is remarkable, defined by a series of “firsts.” In 1987, Seeds of Health was the first to open a non-instrumentality charter school through MPS. In 1996, amid a burgeoning charter school movement, Seeds of Health was among the first to open a 2R independent charter through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. We were the very first K-12 charter school agency in the State of Wisconsin. And Seeds of Health was the first to create a groundbreaking dual certification program in partnership with Milwaukee Area Technical College at Tenor High School. Innovation and adaptability are in Seeds of Health’s DNA. 

 

Seeds of Health embodies the very intention of the charter school movement as it was originally conceived: to serve the community as public school alternatives that offer the promise of more innovative education, to be creative and nimble in order to pivot and discover what works for kids and their families, to be autonomous and highly accountable, and to drive high student expectations in caring, individualized environments.

 

Seeds of Health has a long history that will always inform our present and our future. Relationships will always sit at the heart of a Seeds of Health education. Our schools will always remain small, because we know small schools work. And we will always focus on helping students find and build their future vision – their why.

 

Yet, true to our history, our future will be defined by innovation, adaptation, and growth. I’m energized by the future that lies ahead for Seeds of Health and our continued leadership in building the effective educational landscape in Milwaukee that our young people deserve. I hope you’ll join us in our mission.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jodi Weber

Chief Executive Officer

Seeds of Health, Inc.