An alternative high school that grants a second chance at a high school diploma
Please contact: Anne Gottlieb at [email protected] or (773) 626-6988 to give a monetary donation or your time. We are seeking funding for a number of improvements to our school:
We currently have 21 computers from 2004 and one printer. Sometimes there are not enough computers for each student in a class. And many of the computers can no longer handle software and internet programs because of their limited systems. Our goal is to establish a lab with 25 newer computers.
Our current lab cannot accomondate all of the classes that need to use the lab. English classes publish work, Career Planning classes create resumes and portfolios, and History classes find primary sources for research for class projects. A portable lab that could travel by cart to classrooms would allow more students access to the technology to support teacher lessons.
Every semester the school chooses a book for all of the staff and students to read together. This is an important component of our literacy program and essential to our learning community. Every student receives a book to take home and keep. And students create various projects based on the book.
Hands-on learning also takes place in the community. Social Expressions
and African-American History classes have visited the Art
Institute of Chicago.
A class focused on August Wilson has seen a production at
the Goodman Theater. These field trips require busses and tickets
and sometimes
lunch.