Banneker Elementary at Marquette

🌱 The Rooted Family Collective 🌱

We invite all school families and community members to join us in the garden!

Together, we are working hard to cultivate a thriving garden that serves as a place of learning, connection, and growth.

Our mission is to use these gardens to:
🌿 Teach students, families, and community members how to better steward our natural resources
🍅 Promote sustainable gardening practices and healthy living
🤝 Strengthen community connections through hands-on learning
🥕 Help address food insecurity across our district by growing fresh, nutritious produce

Whether you have years of gardening experience or are simply interested in learning, there is a place for you in the Rooted Family Collective. We welcome volunteers to help plant, maintain, harvest, and share knowledge with others.

Come grow with us as we cultivate healthy gardens, healthy habits, and a stronger community for all!

Interested in joining or volunteering?
Meet us at the locations & times listed below!

🌻 Together, we thrive. 🌻

Job well done, gentlemen.📓👏🏾🤝

The Playbook Mentorship Program, raises a standard amongst men and builds character.

Through this program, we create a positive, respectful, and supportive environment where young men can grow academically, socially, and personally.

And these gentlemen did just that! We are so proud of our scholars for #1 Answering the call; and #2 Seeing the program through. We’ve witnessed their progression and look forward to all they will continue to achieve going forward.

Aspire. Achieve. Ascend.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As this final week of the school year has concluded, we would like to take a moment to sincerely thank you for your continued support, partnership, and trust throughout this school year. It has truly been a pleasure working with your children and watching them learn, grow, and achieve so much both academically and personally.

Our students have shown resilience, kindness, creativity, and determination each day, and we are incredibly proud of all they have accomplished. None of this would be possible without the support and encouragement you provide at home.

To our Kindergarten through 4th grade families, we sincerely hope to welcome your children back next school year. It would be an honor to continue being part of their educational journey as they grow into confident and successful learners.

Thank you again for allowing us the opportunity to work with your amazing children each day. We wish you and your family a safe, relaxing, and joy-filled summer break. Go Cougars! 🧡🐾💙

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Congratulations to our 5th grade students on their continuation today! We are so proud of all that you have accomplished, and we know that you will do well as you transition to middle school.

Special thanks to all of our teachers and staff for working diligently with our students and helping them grow throughout their elementary school journey.

We were also honored to have Jamey Jones, Valedictorian of West Side Leadership Academy Class of 2026, serve as our guest speaker for this special occasion.

To our families, thank you for allowing us the opportunity to partner with you and for trusting us with your students. Your support has made a tremendous difference in their success.

We wish all of our students and families the very best as you prepare for this exciting new chapter. Continue to dream big, work hard, and believe in yourselves - the world belongs to you!

Go Cougars!💙🐾🧡

Hello Cougars,

We would like to congratulate our Cougars on a great Track and Field season. You showed up, gave 100%, and made us proud. A special thanks to Coach Curtis for inspiring our students to persevere. Congratulations to all of our elementary school teams. Go Cougars!🐾💙🧡💙

We are absolutely thrilled about our phenomenal second graders who successfully passed the IREAD, showcasing their perseverance and dedication. Huge congratulations to our extraordinary second-grade teachers who tirelessly worked alongside them throughout the year and joyfully celebrated their success by taking them to BellaBoo's Children's Play & Discovery Center. Go Cougars!

Our scholars truly enjoyed themselves at today's ! They earned this fun time thanks to stellar attendance numbers! Congratulations!

Student of the Week!!!

We're so proud to celebrate our amazing students who have shown outstanding effort, kindness, and leadership for this week. Each of these students stand out for making positive choices, working hard in class, and being great role models for their peers. Keep shining bright and showing what is means to be a COUGAR (committed, outstanding, unstoppable, accountable, and responsible). Go Cougars!