Seeds Of Health

Seeds of Health is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that runs a K-12 network of schools in Milwaukee, guided by our mission to meet the unique needs of urban children through small schools in a caring, personal environment. Seeds of Health was founded in 1983 as a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Clinic. Recognizing the educational needs of our clients, many of whom were school-age parents, Seeds of Health established its first school in 1987. We continued growing the Seeds of Health school network in response to Milwaukee families’ calls for high-quality, relationship-based, small-school environments offering multiple pathways toward successful futures for a full range of students, from at-risk to academically advanced. Today, in addition to the WIC Clinic, Seeds of Health operates five public schools through charter and partnership agreements, educating more than 1,500 students annually. Schools include Seeds of Health K-8 Elementary, Grandview High School, Veritas High School, and two Tenor High School campuses – Cathedral Square and Journal Square. Each school has a distinct mission, grounded in rigorous, grade-level instruction with scaffolds of support and enhanced by wide-ranging extracurricular activities and social emotional learning initiatives. Over nearly 40 years, Seeds of Health has enriched the lives of thousands of Milwaukee children by helping them discover their future orientation and the pathway to achieve it. Seeds of Health graduates go on to four-year universities, pursue the trades by leveraging credits earned at MATC through Tenor’s dual certification program, or enter the workforce using the skills they developed through Seeds of Health’s rigorous curriculum and career initiatives delivered collaboratively with our broad partner network.