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Nestlé Very Best In Youth 2009 Program
The Nestlé Very Best In Youth 2009 Program, sponsored by Nestlé USA, honors young people who have excelled in school and who are making their community and the world a better place. The young people, selected from nominations from volunteers, parents and teachers, will be featured in a special publication and honored at a black-tie ceremony in Los Angeles, California in July 2009. All entrants will receive a certificate and a host of Nestlé products.
Gates Millennium Scholarship
This years Gates Millennium Scholarship recipients received recognition from CPS CEO Arne Duncan and Mary Williams a Gates representative for their achievements at a breakfast held at the Marriot Chicago on Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
College Enrollment for CPS Grads Rises
Four-year gains outpace nation in all racial-ethnic groups
The college enrollment rate of Chicago Public Schools graduates has climbed 6.5 percentage points over the last four years –outpacing the national rate in almost every category—since the district created a department aimed at boosting the number of students who go on to colleges and universities across the country, officials announced Tuesday.
Mayor Richard M. Daley and CPS officials on Tuesday announced that half of all CPS graduates in the Class of 2007 had enrolled in a college or university within the first year of high school graduation. The CPS Department of Postsecondary Education and Student Development also announced that even bigger jumps have been gauged in the number of students attending four-year universities and in the number of male students attending college, particularly among black and Latino graduates.
“Our schools have worked so hard over the past several years to lift students’ expectations, to help them see high school graduation not as an ending, but as only the first step toward a successful career in their chosen field,’’ Mayor Daley said at John Hope College Prep High School, 5515 South Lowe Ave., which has seen an increase of 20.6 percentage points in its college enrollment rate since 2004.
“The conversations in all of our high schools across the city are changing from ‘How do I get to graduation day?’ to ‘Where is the best place for me to continue my education?’” the mayor said.
6 CPS teachers named winners of Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching
Congratulations to these extraordinary teachers and winners of the coveted Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching!
Golden Apple Foundation, which is dedicated to recognizing and developing excellence in teaching, today announced the names of 10 Chicago-area winners of the 2008 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching in grades 4 through 8.
The 10 winners include six CPS teachers; one Cook Co. suburban school (Sunset Ridge, Northfield); one Kane Co. school (Sunny Hill, Carpentersville); one Lake Co. school (Lake Zurich North Middle, Hawthorne Woods), and one Will Co. school (Kennedy Middle, Plainfield).
Congratulations to the counselors at Kenwood, Phoenix Military Academy and Von Steuben!
Kenwood, Von Steuben and Phoenix Military Academy’s counseling departments were all recently awarded the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) award. The counseling departments at each school won this award because they showed their communities and school boards that they’re committed to delivering exemplary counseling programs. Each of the schools submitted short essays that their students wrote about their counselors. Continue to read on to find out how counselors have helped each of these students and also learn why you need to schedule an appointment with your guidance counselor today!
Be sure to congratulate guidance counselor Dr. Wyatt from Kenwood High School!
We are so proud of Counselor Dr. Shelby T. Wyatt from Kenwood Academy! If you see him in the hallway be sure to say “congratulations.” For those of you who do not know Dr. Wyatt, he is a counselor at Kenwood Academy and he won the National Advocacy Award for Family/Community Empowerment. He was given this award for his work with the Brotherhood Program.
UPDATED!! Now hiring sophomores and juniors for youth leadership positions
UPDATE 4/16/2008: The KidStart website is currently offline for maintenance and should resume operation on Tuesday 4/22/08.
If you are a current sophomore or junior and are looking for a meaningful job this summer then look no further. We are hiring students to assist in a summer program for incoming freshmen in CPS high schools. The program is called Freshman Connection and you can find more about it here. As a Freshman Connection youth leader, you will help your peers get ready for high school by participating in teambuilding exercises, cultural enrichment and sports activities.
Scholarship for Academically Talented 7th Graders
If you know a really bright 7th grader who’d set the world on fire if she/he only had the opportunity, read on!
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is offering students the opportunity to apply for their Young Scholars Program. As the manager of community outreach for the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University, I want to make sure as many teachers, groups, organizations, individuals, and parents as possible become aware of this opportunity. The Foundation provides exceptional students with individualized educational guidance and educational services, which could include tutors, summer programs, on-line classes, computers, camps, tuition etc., throughout high school.
Are you looking for a summer job?
If you are between the ages 14-21 and are a resident of Chicago then you are eligible to apply for a job through Mayor Daley’s Summer Job Program. You will learn skills and explore careers you want to know more about.
Spring Break College Tours Have Taken Off!
This past Sunday, March 16 and Monday, March 17 CPS students packed up their things and boarded buses to visit colleges located all over the country. Approximately 450 students are currently in route to see Ivy League schools, Historical Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions and many more.
