Moving to the USA (Milwaukee, Madison: home, where to buy, school district)

[AussieMale]

Hi everyone

Wanting some info/adivce about kids Schooling in the Twin cities of Menominee MI & Marinette WI.

I have 2 kids under the age of 7 & have heard different things about both county schools. Wife likes Menominee as thats where she went, thats fine but im looking for upto date kind of info on the matter & the plus or minus of where to live in the county.


thank you inadvance

[toodles]

Hope you like snow and temps down to -30C during winter. I dont get that way much though. I'm in the southern part of the state. If you like road racing, Road America in Elkhart Lake is about 3hrs south of that area (Indy cars, American Lemans, AMA, SCCA (Trans Am is similar to the Aussie V8 Challenge) pro & club racing and possibly World Superbike if the track passes their inspection). BTW where you coming in from?

[AussieMale]

Looking forward to the cold temps n snow ,thanx anyway for the warning , im not a summer person to be honest like the cooler temps , guess ill get an extra coat of skin on when we make the move....lol

You havnt been much help about schooling , thats ok ,if u come up with any info tho it would be nice .

I live within 30 miles of the Gold Coast where the Indy car race takes place over here in sunny Queensland .

[Sideblinded]

Here are some online tools that may help you with chosing schools.

I am originally from Madison Wisconsin, but have heard that Minneapolis area has better schools than Northern. WI. I have never researched it.

I am new here and can't figure out how to insert a hyperlink:

http://www.greatschools.net/

http://www.schoolmatters.com/

Both Minnesota and Wisconsin rank pretty well in the US, but it can vary by each district.

Good luck!

[toodles]

Ah Surfers Paradise.

Lived in Clayton, VIC (suburb of Melbourne) until 1990.

[AussieMale]

Thank you for the web address's Sideblinded , i shall have a look at them soon.


Toodles are u a expat living in the USA or an American that has lived over here downunder.



regards

[Jenny00]

Expect it to get very cold. Make sure that you have snowsuits and snowboots - especially for the kids since they are required in many schools. You can buy them at any retail store once you have settled down in Minneapolis. Target, the Children's Place, Gap Kids, and Old Navy are places where I like to shop for my kid. Long underwear, especially for your kids, gloves, hats etc. I buy cheap gloves for my son from Target since he loses them frequently. Summers are beautiful -you can spend lots of time outdoors. Make sure that you visit some of the tourist spots in Wisconsin such as Door County, Wisconsin Dells, Old World Wisconsin (close to Milwaukee). Good luck!

[aussiegal]

AussieMale: I was so pleased to see that you and your family are coming to the US soon and will be living in Wisconsin. I am a transplanted Aussie who lived in Wisconsin for 7 years. We were in central Wisconsin in a small town called Phillips. It's famous for the Concrete Park as you enter town. I absolutely loved it there and I hope that your family's experience is the same.

As for me, my parents lived in Kingscliff which is just south of Coolangatta in NSW. We used to shop on the Gold Coast all the time. In fact, we always go back there when we go home (I'm married to an American).

Here are some useful sites if you haven't seen them already:

www.marinette.wi.us
and
SCHOOL DISTRICT HOMEPAGE

Both of those sites will give you great info about schools, as will a previous posts GreatSchools.net. Our children were in 3rd grade, 8th grade and 10th grade when we arrived in Phillips. They received a great education. Our son graduated with Honors from Phillips High School and then went on to University in Texas. The 5 other guys he hung out with at school and his 2 friends from church all went on to University. Some of them went into Engineering, our son went into Aeronautical Science and others into Chemistry and .... (I forget). But I think that speaks for itself.

We arrived in Phillips on December 26 in a snowstorm via Tucson, AZ and Papua New Guinea so we too were seriously in need of cold weather clothes. Jenny00 had some good ideas for where to buy it.

I'd be so happy to answer any questions you or your wife have. Welcome to the U.S.