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Lea Papa is in wonder at how the brains of babies and their mothers develop and change before and after birth. Papa, a senior at Yale University, studies those changes as a student and plans to delve deeper into the topic in graduate school after graduation. 

This 2023 South Milwaukee graduate actually started his career in 2022 as a Youth Apprentice through the high school's Career and Technical Education Program. The Youth Apprentice program is a Wisconsin initiative that pairs students with careers that offer good pay and are in high demand in the state. It was as a junior that Pitzo interviewed with Faith Technologies and was hired. He worked over the summer of 2022 and part-time during his senior year, learning his trade while finishing his classes to graduate. 

Programming, designing, collaborating, prototyping, and redesigning – that’s what happens in labs and design studios in the tech industry. It’s also happening in South Milwaukee’s STEM labs. An acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math, STEM is a hands-on way to look at the world that combines all those disciplines. 

Recently, the American Sports Builders Association awarded the high school the Distinguished Single-Field Facility Award and the Distinguished Multi-Field Facility Award. 

Seniors and Parents/Caregivers of Seniors,

Each year, we celebrate the future plans of our soon-to-be graduates on our social media pages.

To make it happen, we need your help!

Use the link below to share what is happening next if you're a senior or the proud family of a soon-to-be graduate.

Senior photos work best, but a head-and-shoulders photo works just as well.

Help us be #SMProud of our graduates!

South Milwaukee's own Nate Snead was drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday night. Snead ('22) was instrumental in the 2024 Tenessee Vol's College World Series Champion Team. Snead is the highest draft result an SM Alum has ever achieved.