Congratulations to Dr. Kurth for her recent acceptance into the BizStarts Institute. BizStarts is targeted to entrepreneurs with strong business ideas who are launching early stage...
Dr. Kurth was featured recently on WISN's Community Curated segment in collaboration with No Studios'. Watch and learn a bit more about our CEO's journey and her decision to ope...
Originally published April 25
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UpGrade Media Arts Charter School in Milwaukee is a tuition-free public charter school in Wisconsin offering a unique 6-12 cur...
Originally published March 12
Today, UpGrade Media Arts students learned how to read pay stubs. They learned how payroll taxes are deducted, what gross income is, and what net p...
Originally published April 12
In big bold Times New Roman font the words “Future Business Leaders of America Job Interview” stare back at me. The little fancy flicks at the end of...
Originally Published May 1
Just as so many of us do every year during Teacher Appreciation Week, I think about how the teachers in my formative years set the stage for how I lea...
Originally published March 181. Zoom meetings with cameras on
When students open the class video conference and see the faces of their classmates, there is a sense of community ...
Originally published March 13This is from the perspective of a 17-year-old high school student who has spent the past year reflecting on some of the larger social questions and wan...
Originally published February 19
Why does the prospect of movie night make us smile? Looking past the buttered popcorn and sugary snacks, filmmakers can make us laugh, cry, scre...
Originally published Feb 5We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Milwaukee Film. In 2008, Chris Abele and Bill and Carmen Haberman embarked on a mission to expand the fil...
Originally published January 29Zaretta Hammond attended the University of California, Berkeley and New York University where she got her B.A in English literature. She then went on...
Originally published Jan 22We are delighted to welcome Gracie Tuttle to the UpGrade Media team. Gracie is our new Web Management Intern, and she will be overseeing our social media...
Originally published December 13
This month, the UpGrade Media Arts team began providing internship opportunities to high school students. As we begin to collaborate with our com...