Education Initiatives

Welcome to the education section of the Auburn Gresham Community Web Portal. We hope you find all information listed in this section useful and beneficial to you and the Auburn Gresham, Englewood, and West Chatham communities.

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Registration Still Open for Chicago Teens Seeking Paid Summer Jobs Through After School Matters®: Apr 30, 2013; Approximately 7,000 apprenticeship and internship opportunities in the arts, communications, sports, science and technology will be offered to teens at nearly 150 locations across Chicago this summer
Collins and the Chicago Football Classic Welcome Simeon Wolverines, Jabari Parker to Springfield: Katharine Eastvold, Apr 23, 2013; Wolverines recieve Senate recognition
How do we reduce Chicago's youth violence problem?: Apr 18, 2013; Faculty Fireside Chat with SSA Professor and UChicago Crime Lab Co-Director Harold Pollack: “How do we reduce Chicago's youth violence problem?“ Monday, April 22, from 4:30pm to 6:00pm,…
Come and Meet "MOLLY" Roundtable 4/17/13: Aurora Cruz, Apr 17, 2013; A discussion about drugs, alcohol and tobacco our youth are abusing. Come learn and do ask questions! RSVP is required Maya Hodari mhodari7@yahoo.com or 773.483.3693
Local bank to offer identity theft prevention and shredding programs: reprint Chicago Defender, Apr 17, 2013; Urban Partnerhip Bank is joining with the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation to present "Putting Your Financial House in Order, " on April 24th a free identity theft prevention program…
CPS Attacks Excelling Clara Barton With Turnaround: PABUS Chicago, Apr 2, 2013; Chicago Public Schools Board is arbitrarily clarifying Clara Barton Elementary School for Turnaround status. Usually the Turnaround process takes place after a school has been formally placed on…
Mandatory school age could fall from 7 to 5 in Illinois: reposted from Chicago Tribune February 11, 2013, Feb 26, 2013; In a move aimed at countering Chicago’s crisis in K-8 truancy and absenteeism, state Sen. Kimberly Lightford has introduced legislation to lower Illinois’ compulsory school age from 7 to…
Oglesby's First Father-Daughter Dance A Big Success: Feb 22, 2013; Oglesby Elementary School held it's first Father-Daughter Dance, on February 13, 2013.
Greater Auburn Gresham Proudly Celebrates Community History: Feb 1, 2013; Share your community story, during the month of February! We want to open more doors for readers who, do not know a lot about the African American experience or thriving community of Greater Auburn…
Registration Still Open for Chicago Teens Seeking After School Matters Spring Programs: Jan 17, 2013; Registration Still Open for Chicago Teens Seeking After School Matters ® Spring Programs
Adopt an Auburn Gresham School for Arts Sake: Dec 26, 2012; There is still time! This holiday season, Urban Gateways has launched the Adopt-a-School program, which gives thier supporters the opportunity to donate to an Urban Gateways school of their choice.…
79th Street Art Gallery GRAND OPENING!: Nov 1, 2012; With such an excellent addition to the Ashburn/Auburn Gresham community, let's embrace the Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature. That in its self is Artistic…
Free Diabetes and Kidney Screening!: Most Worshipful Prince Grand Lodge of Illinois, Nov 1, 2012; Free Diabetes and Kidney Screening
ONE YEAR TO A CAREER: Oct 11, 2012; About Year Up Year Up is an intensive, one year training program for 18-24 year olds that focuses on computer and professional skills. It’s free, and students can earn up to 18 college credits.…
St. Bernard Hospital Holds Health Fair for School Kids: St. Bernard Hospital, Oct 8, 2012; St. Bernard Hospital along with Illinois State Representative Esther Golar (D), will host a free health fair for school-age children on Saturday October 13, 2012 from 10am until 4pm.
Volunteer at Fairfield Elementary - Help Students Become Published Authors!: Ava Zeligson, Oct 8, 2012; Open Books, a literacy non-profit organization and social venture in Chicago, is bringing Read Then Write , a reading, writing, and publishing experience for teens, to Fairfield Elementary in Chicago…
Perspectives Graduate Nakeya Boyles Spirit of Giving: She Chooses to Participate: Oct 1, 2012; Nakeya Boyles, 18, is one of the older students who mentors underclassmen. A former hedge fund manager says he is passionate about three things: politics, education, and entrepreneurship.
Chicago Architecture Foundation CITY WIDE Open House!: Sep 25, 2012; Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Open House Chicago is a free public event that offers behind-the-scenes access to over 150 buildings across Chicago
Community Antiviolence & Restoration Effort: Sep 25, 2012; CARE FOR CHICAGO The leadership, of the 6th District Care Collaborative
Southside NAACP ACT-SO Is Here!: Jimmy Prude, Sep 25, 2012; The NAACP's Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics is a yearlong achievment program to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among…
Northwestern Students Canvas Auburn Gresham: Jimmy Prude, Sep 24, 2012, 1 comment; On Thursday, September 20 th students from Northwestern FUP (Freshman Urban Program) coordinated their incoming freshmen, to come into the Auburn Gresham community to
To Strike! or Not To Strike!?!: Jimmy Prude, Sep 21, 2012, make a comment; To Strike or Not To Strike is the question. Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer The Slings and Arrows of leviathan , or to take Arms against a Sea of educational troubles. These are the…
CTU Announces Notice of Intent To Strike (Full Video): CAN TV, Aug 31, 2012; The Chicago Teachers Union president, Karen Lewis, announces the filing of a 10-day intent to strike notice.
Summer Workshops with YOUmedia: Camellia Boyd, Jul 5, 2012; Calling all Middle Schoolers! Free Summer Workshops Galore!
Community Welcomes New Faces: Amanda Hurst, Jun 28, 2012; The community of Auburn Gresham welcomes the new faces of Illinois State University students as they begin their summer intership of working in the education system as well as working with businesses…