The Business Club at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory proudly announces the Grand Opening of Brooks On The Grind - a Coffee Barista business and enterprise/incubator that allows students to apply what they learn in their business classes.
On Friday, January 20, 2012, 276 juniors and seniors in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Health Science program from 10 high schools (Crane, CVCA, Dunbar, Julian, Kelvyn Park, Manley, North-Grand, Sullivan, Westinghouse, and LPN) competed in the 2nd Annual Chicago Public Schools local Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Health Science Competition.
BuildOn, an international service organization has selected AVID junior Eunice Zepeda to participate in the Trek for Knowledge to Nepal. Eunice will travel to Nepal to learn about the country’s culture and to build a school. The trip is planned for March 24—April 8th.
Thanks to a partnership between the Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University, we are pleased to admit 25 high school juniors from Chicago Public Schools to the College Bridge Program at Northwestern University this summer.
Federal Student Aid is pleased to announce the launch of Federal Student Aid’s new Twitter account @FAFSA!
Their plan is to use Twitter to support an ongoing conversation around student aid. To kick this off, Martha Kanter, the Under Secretary of Education, will be hosting "FAFSA Office Hours" where she will solicit and answer students' FAFSA questions live on Twitter. The event will take place on January 26th at 4:30pm (Eastern Time) and will be the first in a monthly series of Q&A sessions that Federal Student Aid will host on Twitter.
Ariell Buckingham, a 2009 graduate from Gwendolyn Brooks High School and alumnus of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Entrepreneurship program, will be representing the University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC) College of Business at the 2012 Global Competitiveness Forum in Saudi Arabia! Ariell is currently a junior at UIC and is pursuing a degree in Marketing. Her trip is fully sponsored by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA).
The annual Black History Month Essay Competition is open to all Chicago Public School high school students. Sponsored by CPS, the American Bottling Company and Roosevelt University, all freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students are encouraged to participate.
James Cruz and Leslie Calderon (both from Schurz Business & Finance Academy) took won elections for state officer positions during the Business Professionals of America (BPA) Fall Leadership Conference (FLC). James was elected VP of Special Recognition (immediately below president) and Leslie won an alternate spot.
Six students won prizes at Walgreens Expressions Challenge. Foreman High School (host to a CTE Digital Media Program) won 2nd place in the Design category. Dunbar (host to a CTE Broadcast Technology Program) won 2nd place in the Video/Photography category. Congratulations!
