Welcome to TYWIGS!
The Young Women’s Institute for Global Studies (TYWIGS) is a new independent high school in downtown Milwaukee with a mission to equip young women with the skills to transform an unstable world into one in which peace, justice, and equity are the norm.
Students at TYWIGS develop these skills by working on projects that connect their local community to the globe. They learn from and further the growth of sustainable energy, human rights, global communications, and other positive trends. They will become courageous, honest, and committed leaders: from president of their own company to President of the United States.
Through their real-world learning work, students at the Institute also build relationships with adult professionals and mentors. By the time a young woman graduates from TYWIGS, she will have the skills and knowledge to confidently proceed into her career with passion, and a network of adults who will help her grow her future. TYWIGS graduates will succeed in their own lives while contributing to the world beyond.
Quick Facts about Single-sex Education:
♀ Girls at single-sex schools don’t just outperform girls at co-ed schools, they also outperform boys – at both single-sex and co-ed schools.
♀ Boys and girls mature at different rates. Parents with both sons and daughters will know that they learn in different ways. Girls can benefit from being in schools that recognize these differences and can provide an education geared specifically to their needs.
♀ The girls of today will be tomorrow’s leaders, which is why we believe that there should be no limitations on their ambitions, either professionally or personally.
♀ Women are expected to balance many roles during their lives, and their paths to future success will require leadership, confidence, independence, integrity and an instinct to achieve.
♀ The girls’ school of the 21st century offers a modern, relevant, exciting and challenging learning environment.
♀ Girls’ schools prepare girls for the complex and rapidly changing world they will face.
Girls’ schools don’t just offer equal opportunities – they offer every opportunity.
“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.”----Aristotle
