Each school submits one top entry per age category for district-wide evaluation with final judging by players of the Milwaukee Bucks. The students who created the winning posters, along with their families, are treated to a Milwaukee Bucks basketball game and honored during a half-time ceremony. Winning posters are reproduced and hung in schools as year-round reminders of peace. While the program began in three elementary schools, participation spread district wide by the next year. Milwaukee Public Schools sees less violence among the older children who have been participating in the peace-education curriculum.
Students are less impulsive and utilize better decision-making skills.
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