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Congratulations to MPS alumni Kevon Looney and Jordan Poole! Both went on to play for the Golden State Warriors and are now NBA champions. Golden State defeated the Boston Celtics on June 16, winning four of six games. Looney, a 2014 graduate of Alexander Hamilton High School, is racking up his third NBA championship. For Poole, who attended Rufus King High School before moving to Indiana and graduating in 2017, the win marks his first championship.

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Following in the footsteps of Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, Cavalier Johnson became the second Black mayor and first elected Black mayor of Milwaukee in April 2022. Johnson won a special election on April 5 and was sworn into office on April 13, 2022. Milwaukee Public Schools is celebrating Mayor Johnson! A lifetime resident of Milwaukee, Johnson graduated from Bay View High School in 2005 and received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Milwaukee High School of the Arts, Class of 2017 - Sam Guyton on a roll as he completes his senior year at the prestigious NYU. “I feel that I have been blessed from God to be a messenger of love and entertainment. I want to be that voice musically that gets someone through their day and inspires other creatives to create.” Guyton started as a young kid in Milwaukee who grew up in a musical household but wanted to kick around a soccer ball.

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Morgan Coleman is an alumna from Rufus King International High School, Class of 2018. Morgan attends Drake University and is currently majoring in International Relations, with minors in both Spanish and Arabic. Morgan was a debater throughout her high school career and was quickly immersed into the discussion of foreign and domestic issues that plague our society. Instead of just debating these issues, she decided to promote solutions to remedy them as her high school environment created a platform for her to get started.

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