In Chi-town, everything runs a little bit differently — and the school system is no exception. The city’s powerful former mayor convinced the state legislature to turn Chicago Public Schools (CPS) over to him. Now, a CEO presides over the city’s board of education, and all leadership positions are hand-picked by the mayor.Given the tight, straight-forward control from the top, it’s surprising how sprawling and chaotic the system seems when you’re trying to navigate applications, admissions, and enrollment for your child. It can be maddeningly complex.Rules change frequently — often yearly. School stats are difficult to interpret, and district websites can be confusing. Parents are left scratching their heads.
Gifted Programs For Elementary Students
CPS offers magnet and magnet cluster schools (special emphasis on a topic area such as Fine Arts or Math & Science), along with charter (privately run), and Regional Gifted Centers and Classical Schools (academically advanced).
AdvertisementBut don’t lose hope. As the third largest school district in the country, Chicago offers an amazing array of public and private options. In addition to your neighborhood public school, there are thriving charter schools, regional gifted centers, and competitive selective-enrollment schools. If you opt out of the public system entirely, there are religious and secular private schools.
In short, the second city puts choice first. Picking the best schoolFinding the school to best serve your child’s needs can be tricky. The best place to start is the and, of course, the for all schools public and private. Also, check out the city’s, as well as the array of. Be forewarned that each has its own application process and deadline.
- Aug 13, 2019 On Wednesday, June 26th, during the first meeting of the new, Mayor Lightfoot appointed Chicago Public School Board, Chicago Public Schools passed the Accelerated Placement Act. First of all, a huge thanks to IAGC Policy Committee and the whole organization, CGCC, Midwest Gifted, and all the advocates across the state for making this happen.
- Chicago Public Schools Gifted Programs Testing Machines. Students are given standardized tests to measure learning and their scores exceed the scores of students regionally and nationally. The school has a special learning program for dyslexia and is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools and the Independent.
There are several types of high schools in the district, including neighborhood, career academy, charter, contract, magnet, military academy, selective enrollment, small and special education. = Zoned High School Alternative Learning Options (ALOP). Bridgescape Schools.
Bridgescape Academy Brainerd. Bridgescape Academy Humboldt Park. Bridgescape Academy Lawndale. Bridgescape Academy RoselandCareer and Technical Education (CTE).Charter. Major Hector P. Garcia MD. Victoria Soto.
ASPIRA Business and Finance. ASPIRA Early College High School. (CICS). Institutio.Citywide-Option.Contract.
(Camelot charter).International Baccalaureate (IB).Magnet. Grades 11-12, with college credit. (Engineering Program). (Fine and Performing Arts Program).Military academies.Neighborhood. (no attendance boundaries). (no attendance boundaries).
(no attendance boundaries).Selective enrollment.Small.Special education.Elementary/middle schools Zoned Middle Schools. Albany Park Multicultural Academy. Evergreen Academy Middle School.
Eugene Field Elementary School. Irene C. Hernandez Middle School for the Advancement of Science.
Francisco I. Madero Middle School. Northwest Middle School. Robert J. Richardson Middle School.
James Shields Middle SchoolZoned 3-8. Joseph E. GaryZoned K-8 Zoned K-8 A. Jane Addams. Louis A.
Agassiz. Louisa May Alcott. Ira F. Aldridge. Ariel (formerly Shakespeare).
Phillip D. Armour. George Armstrong. Ashburn.
Arthur R. Ashe.
John J. Audubon. Avalon Park. Mariano AzuelaZoned K-8 B. Alice L.
Barnard. Clara Barton. Perkins Bass. Newton Bateman. Jean Baptiste Beaubien. Ludwig Van Beethoven.
Jacob Beidler. Hiram H.
Belding. Belmont-Cragin. Frank I. Bennett. James G. Blaine. Carrie Jacobs Bond.
Daniel Boone. Edward A. Bouchet (formerly Bryn Mawr). Myra Bradwell.
Joseph Brennemann. Lorenz Brentano. Norman A. Bridge. Orville T.
Bright. Brighton Park. Ronald Brown (formerly Samuel Gompers). William H. Brown. Milton Brunson.
Lyman A. Budlong. Luther Burbank. Edmond Burke. Augustus H.
Burley. Burnham (formerly Luella).
Jonathan Burr. John C. Burroughs.
Michael M. ByrneZoned K-8 C. Charles P. Caldwell.
Calmeca. Daniel R. Cameron. Marvin Camras. Arthur E. Canty. Lazaro Cardenas.
Andrew Carnegie. Carroll/Rosenwald Specialty School. Rachel Carson (formerly Gage Park). William W.
Carter. George Washington Carver. Pablo Casals. George F.
Cassell. Willa Cather. Thomas Chalmers. Eliza Chappell. Salmon P. Chase. Cesar E.
Chavez. Frederic Chopin. Walter S. Christopher. George Rogers Clark. Henry Clay. Grover Cleveland.
Henry R. Clissold. Johnie Colemon. Edward Coles. Columbia Explorers Academy. Christopher Columbus. John W.
Cook. John C.
Coonley. Peter Cooper. Daniel J. Corkery.
Mary E. Courtenay (formerly Stockton). Crown. Paul Cuffe. Countee Cullen.
George W. CurtisZoned K-8 D. Ricard J.
Daley. Charles R. Darwin. Nathan S. Davis.
Everett McKinley Dirksen. John C. Dore Elementary SchoolZoned K-8 E.
Christian Ebinger, Sr. John F. EberhartZoned K-8 G.
Frank L. Gillespie. Goethe. Virgil GrissomZoned K-8 H. Charles G. Hammond. Helen M.
Hefferan. John Hay. Robert HealyZoned K-8 J.Zoned K-8 L. Decatur. Edgar Allan Poe. McDade. Skinner North.
Skinner West. Bronzeville. Sor JuanaInternational gifted program.Magnet schools.
Black. Burnside (formerly Ambrose). Clairemont (Zoned Magnet School). Davis. Disney. Disney II. Drummond.
Ericson. Franklin Fine Arts. Frazier Prospective. Galileo.
Gunsaulus. Jackson, Andrew. Kershaw. LaSalle. LaSalle II. Murray.
Newberry. Owen. Prescott Magnet Cluster School. Sabin.
Saucedo. Suder. Thorp. Turner-Drew. Vanderpoel. WildwoodRegional gifted centers There are eleven regional gifted centers. Academy of Communications and Technology Charter School - closed in 2010, the school building at 4319 W.
Washington Blvd. Was built in 1906 as St.
Mel Catholic grade school. Richards Vacational High School - located at 5516 S. Maplewood Ave.
now houses Rachel Carson Elementary School since 1991. The former Florence B. Price Elementary School, North Kenwood, Chicago. R.S. Abbott Elementary School - located at 3630 S. Wells; opened in 1881 and closed in 2008; the building currently houses Air Force Academy High School.
John D. Altgeld Elementary School - located at 1340 W 71st St.; closed in 2014. Renamed Daniel S. Wentworth Elementary School after moving to the site of this school. Louis Armstrong Elementary School - located at 5345 W Congress Pkwy; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to Rivers of Living Water Ministries International on April 26, 2017 for $250,000.
Slated for use as community center. Crispus Attucks Elementary School (formerly John Farron Elementary School) - located at 5055 S State St; voted to be closed in 2013, phased out in summer 2015. The Board of Education approved a sale to KMIS Developers on May 24, 2017 for $100,000. Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School - opened in 1960 and closed in 1979; in 1981 Tabernacle Christian Academy moved into that same building at 1203 W. 109th Place, and is currently in operation.
Blair Elementary School - located at 6751 W 63rd Pl; converted into Blair Early Childhood Center. Arna Bontemps Elementary School - located at 1241 W 58th St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF on Jun 28, 2017 for $50,000. School slated to become mixed-use workforce housing development with at least 46 affordable units.
Gym will be converted to commercial leased space. Outdoor area will become urban farm. Offer contingent on receipt of low-income housing tax credits from city. Kate S. Buckingham School - located at 9207 S. Phillips Ave; voted to be closed in 2013. For sale.
Daniel H. Burnham School - located at 1903 E 96th St.; voted to be closed in 2013. For sale, main building and annex are being sold separately. Calhoun North Elementary School - located at 2833 W Adams St.; voted to be closed in 2013.
The Board of Education approved a sale to Heartland Housing on May 24, 2017 for $200,000. Slated for use as affordable housing. Use restriction: Must be used as housing. Gym and auditorium must be preserved and made available for community programming and partnerships. Cannot be used as any kind of K-12 school or for commercial, retail or industrial development. Owner must provide and maintain a playground for neighborhood children. Sale price will also include about $360,000 in donation tax credits.
Zenos Colman Elementary School - located at 4655 S Dearborn St.; closed in 2005. Converted to the School district's Administration office. Cornell Elementary School - located at 7525 S. Maryland Ave, closed in 1975 and demolished in 1980. Dodge Elementary School - Now served as Chicago Public Schools, Garfield Park Office. Ana Roque De Duprey School - located at 2620 W Hirsch St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF Von Humboldt on Jul 22, 2015 for $3,100,000.
Main building slated to become mixed-use community for teachers. Annex and adjoining playground to be sold to Puerto Rican Cultural Center for $1 and converted into a day care center. Farragut Elementary School - Became a Junior High School and then a High School which is now known as. Froebel Elementary School - Demolished in 1980 for housing. U.S. Grant Elementary School. Hardin Elementary School - closed in 1950's, homes built on that site.
Herman Felsenthal Elementary School - Demolished in 1983. Henry Horner Elementary School - building converted into residential condos in 2013. Amelia Dunne Hookway Elementary School - closed in 1981 due to underenrollment.
A transitional high school for ninth graders, Academic Preparatory Center was later housed in that same building. Partee was later relocated to. In 1988, opened a selective admissions elementary school in that site. Jefferson Elementary School. Jirka Elementary School - building converted to Pilsen Community Academy. John V. LeMoyne Elementary School (formerly Theodore Herzi Elementary School) - Merged with Inter-American Magnet School.
Lafayette Elementary School - Located at 2714 W. Augusta Boulevard. Became Chicago High School for The Arts in 2015. Langland Elementary School - Located at 2230 W. Cortland Street. This School was demolished in 1960 to make way for Ehrler Park. Longfellow Elementary School - Razed in 1987 to make way for McKinley Branch Library.
Mayfair Elementary School - merged with in 1985. Moseley Elementary School - Demolished in 2009.
Nathaniel Pope Elementary School - Closed in 2014 as part of the closure of 54 schools. Florence B. Price Elementary School - Located at 4351 South Drexel Boulevard.
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