The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M3 early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education institutions.
The partnership celebrated the 2019-20 early college program class of 54 MPS seniors, a 70% increase from last year’s inaugural class.
The early college program, which is also called the M3 Pathways program, provides MPS seniors an opportunity to experience the rigors of college life by attending courses on the MATC and UWM campuses.
The Pathways early college program is just one prong of the multifaceted M3 partnership, which seeks to close equity gaps by working to achieve goals in three areas: connecting learning across middle school, high school and college; successfully transitioning students to college; and driving college completion.
“I had the opportunity to take college courses, get college credit and have a college transcript while still being a senior in high school,” McNeal said.