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Academy for Global Citizenship Elementary School

Our mission is to create global citizens who achieve a high level of academic success so that they will positively impact their community and the world beyond.www.cps.edu/Schools/Pages/school.aspx?unit=2025

 Amundsen High School

Amundsen’s greatest strength is its students. Amundsen’s diversity and family atmosphere creates an environment that is both fun and challenging. Amundsen’s programs are on par with the highest level of education offered anywhere.www.amundsenhs.org

Austin Polytechnical Academy High School

APA will prepare all students for success in academically strong four-year colleges and careers in modern hi-tech manufacturing as production workers, technicians, managers and owners.www.austinpolytech.com

Beasley Elementary Magnet Academic Center

The Beasley Academic Center is a Math and Science Magnet School. The gifted program seeks to meet the individual needs of its students using content that is challenging and will promote creativity and the use of higher-order critical thinking skills.www.beasleyac.org

Juarez Community Academy High School

Benito Juarez Community Academy represents the cultural identity of the community through the display of murals and other works of art throughout the school.www.juarez.cps.k12.il.us

Black Elementary School 

Robert A. Black Magnet is a school where learning is a result of open communication among parents, teachers, students, and community. The guiding principle of our innovative educational programs will be the development of the total child.

Curie Metropolitan High School

For more than a quarter century, Curie High School has been helping students from diverse backgrounds meet their potential and achieve their goals in an exciting, challenging and state-of-the-art environment.www.curiehs.org

Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine

Williams Preparatory School of Medicine is a small school that offers a six-year college prep, math, and science curriculum for young people interested in pursuing a career in medicine or engineering.www.dhwprepmed.org

DePriest Elementary

DePriest is a newly constructed school featuring state-of-the-art facilities and a program of instruction that emphasizes the integration of technology. DePriest is preparing its students to become leaders, not only in their community, but in the world.

Disney Elementary

Walt Disney Magnet School is committed to high academic standards and believes that learning is fun! As we prepare the “Children of Today for the World of Tomorrow,” we attempt to meet all student needs through a gifted track, special programming, multiculturalism, remedial grouping, varied instructional methodology and the infusion of technology.www.disney.cps.k12.il.us

Franklin Elementary Fine Arts Center

Franklin Fine Arts Center is dedicated to encouraging and fostering academic and artistic excellence. It offers a challenging, well-rounded academic curriculum that also includes a strong grounding in the arts.www.franklinfineartscenter.org

Jahn Elementary

Jahn features a strong emphasis on second language education including dual language instruction in K-3 that introduces and reinforces a strong listening and speaking foundation in Spanish

Kenwood Academy

Kenwood Academy is a neighborhood high school offering a rigorous college prep curriculum and an accelerated magnet program in partnership with the University of Chicago. Located in the racially and economically diverse Hyde Park community, Kenwood provides a wide array of academic, leadership, and co-curricular opportunitieswww.kenwoodacademy.org

Lane Tech High School

The vision of Lane Tech College Prep High School is to provide all students with a superior academic, technical, and fine arts education that prepares students for success in their post-secondary endeavors of school, career, community and family life.www.lanetech.org

Morgan Park High School

Morgan Park offers a college preparatory curriculum enhanced by numerous specialty programs that challenges students by linking the classroom and real-world experience.www.morganparkcps.org

Nettelhorst Elementary

Nettelhorst offers an International Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Program, combining the visual and performing arts with world culture. The school maintains a global perspective, stresses high expectations, values diversity, and promotes life long learning.www.nettelhorst.org

Philip Murray Elementary Language Academy

Murray Language Academy’s vision is to prepare and inspire students to be life-long learners and active, responsible citizens in a global society.www.murray.cps.k12.il.us

Pritzker

Pritzker School provides fine and performing arts for all students, including drama, music, and visual art instruction. We tailor instruction to suit the needs and capabilities of our students. We offer a differentiated and enriched curriculum.pritzkerschool.org

Roosevelt High School

Roosevelt High School (RHS), located in the highly diverse, multiethnic community of Albany Park, serves students who trace their roots to 58 different countries and speak more than 30 languages. Being a College Board EXCELerator School, our priority is to prepare students for postsecondary education and careers.www.rhsroughriders.org

Whitney Young High School

The vision of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School is to create a positive, diverse, friendly, and challenging learning community where students grow toward fulfilling their potential in academic, artistic, physical, and socio-emotional dimensions. We value the uniqueness of each student and prepare our graduates both to succeed in their own lives and to make positive contributions to society.www.wyoung.org