Today the students lunch-room of Alexander Graham Bell School was a beehive of Girl Scout activity. The school has 150 students involved in Scouts from the youngest kindergartner, Daisy to upper grade Juniors. These 6 troops managed to sell 900 cases or 10,572 boxes of every assortment of sweet munch-ables. Barbara Hinch the Troop Leader...
Catalyst, in a report issued earlier this week, noted that neighborhood high schools have fewer and fewer students from within their attendance area. “Five years ago, no high school enrolled fewer than 20 percent of the students in its attendance area,” Catalyst notes. However “the flight from neighborhood school is the result of the...
A forum hosted by the education reform organization Raise Your Hand will be held at Coonley Elementary School this Tuesday at 6:30 PM. RYH has organized this forum to solicit input on the longer school day and current waiver situation. Alderman Ameya Pawar, it is reported will be in attendance for the meeting. Tuesday, September 27,...
Bell School was given an “A” grade by the Chicago Public Schools and was ranked 13th among all Chicago Public elementary schools in an internal school board report of academic performance. In the Ravenswood neighborhood 3 neighborhood elementary schools are given D+ or D- grades. Three of 4 neighborhood high schools are rated C-.
The Waters Elementary School Field House was demolished on Monday. The Field House, located in a garden at the south end of the property, had become a center for a community garden and an ecology program at the school. The school plans to replace the building with a much smaller structure, according to Pete...
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