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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Scott Joplin 6th Graders Passion For Reading, Masters Painting With Joplin Pride!: Dec 2, 2016; Scott Joplin Elementary 6th Graders transforming a library the Joplin Spirit! It's not just any library, its a Little Free Library, that was donated by Northern Trust. This is part of an effort to…
City Colleges of Chicago Resolution Affirms “Welcoming Campus” Protection for All Students, Groups: City Colleges of Chicago, Dec 1, 2016; City Colleges of Chicago Resolution Affirms “Welcoming Campus” Protection for All Students, Groups: Resolution passed by Board of Trustees to protect students, staff and visitors from…
"Claiming the Wisdom of Our Faith Traditions: Shaping a Faith-Rooted Movement to Foster Resilience and Prevent Childhood Trauma" Workshop: Nov 30, 2016; Come learn about the impact of traumatic experiences have on brain and genetic functioning, how to foster resilience in both the individual and across communities. Space is limited. See information…
Join GAGDC On #GivingTuesday Help Families Go For The GOLD!: Nov 26, 2016; On November 29th, #GivingTuesday, join GAGDC in supporting thier mission to help Auburn Gresham GOLD children and families thrive. Your gift will support needed programming.
Westcott Family Game Night Promotes After School Fun!: Nov 24, 2016; Oliver Westcott Elementary has mastered a way to bring the students and parents together, just to have fun. The student and parent engagement "Family Game Night" was just the right ticket.
Open Your Path To A Successful Career: City Colleges of Chicago Open House, Oct 25, 2016; Find out how a degree or certificate from City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) can put you on the path to a rewarding career either right after graduation, or after a successful transfer to a four-year…
Quality of Life Plan Celebration of How Your Voice Matters Auburn Gresham!: Oct 24, 2016, make a comment; Auburn Gresham community, come out and celebrate all your hard work contributing to Your Voice Matters Quality of Life Plan planning process. The first celebration of our collective works, will be…
Outpouring of love, sweat and cleaning supplies at Leo Catholic High School: Reprinted from Chicago Tribune By Heidi Stevens, Contact Reporter, Sep 27, 2016; Leo Catholic High School principal Shaka Rawls put out a call for help, and the community answered.
UI Health’s Mile Square adds new school-based clinic at Drake Elementary: Sebastian Ortiz Communications Coordinator UI Health Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood, Sep 27, 2016; The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System will renovate and operate a new federally-qualified, school-based health center, in 2017 at Bronzeville’s John B. Drake…
PBS Documentary On ISU Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline Highlights Auburn Gresham GOLD Camp: Norma Sanders, Sep 19, 2016; GAGDC's Auburn Gresham GOLD, a community education initiative is highlighted in PBS Newshour, with Illinois State University partner.
We need your help to keep kids in school: State Senator Jacqueline Collins, Sep 7, 2016; State Senator Jacqueline Collins introduced legislation creating the Illinois Attendance Commission; my colleagues on both sides of the aisle passed it, and the governor signed it into law in…
IL State Treasurer School Supply Drive, Support the 79th Street Renaissance Festival: Aug 30, 2016; Thanks to the IL State Treasurer's Office, we will help lots of students enter the 2016-2017 school year with all the right supplies, at the youth pavilion, during the #79thStRenFest, September 10th.
STEM Competition Aims to Inspire Teen Girls: Reprinted WTTW Chicago Tonight | Matt Masterson | August 2, 2016 2:41 pm 4815, Aug 29, 2016; Team Flaming Zing celebrates its victory at ComEd’s 2015 Icebox Derby Race Day in Chicago. The four-week education program encourages young women to pursue careers in STEM. (Courtesy of ComEd)
Icebox Derby Girls Set to Race their Electric and Solar-Powered Refrigerator Cars in Showdown this Saturday: ComEd Media, Aug 11, 2016; Icebox Derby Girls Set to Race their Electric and Solar-Powered Refrigerator Cars in Showdown this Saturday, August 13, open to public 3pm. Teams will race solar-powered cars they built from recycled…
A Tradition of Being Non-Traditional: Ellen Lindsey, Aug 10, 2016; Maritza, a graduate of Greater West Town Wood Products Manufacturing Program, turns non-traditional skills into a great career, and looks ahead to growing her own business.
87th Annual Bud Billiken Parade: New Early Start Time At 9AM: Reprinted from Chicago Defender OnLine Aug 6, 2016 By Mary L. Datcher, Aug 8, 2016; The largest African-American parade in the U.S. has a brand new start time so set your alarm clocks for an earlier wake-up call. The 87 th Annual Bud Billiken Parade, live, Saturday, August 13th,…
You want to be a teacher? AND you want to teach in Chicago? Why?: Faith Overall, Aug 4, 2016; Auburn Gresham is great indeed. Here's why!
Application Now Open To Coach One Million Degrees Scholars: Michaela McGill, Jul 5, 2016; Application Now Open To Coach One Million Degrees Scholars Local, homegrown nonprofit recruiting 500 professionals to mentor community college scholars One Million Degrees (OMD)— a Chicago…
MAYOR EMANUEL AND CHANCELLOR HYMAN ANNOUNCE MODERNIZATION OF RICHARD J. DALEY COLLEGE WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CENTER: City Colleges of Chicago, Jun 8, 2016; City Colleges’ Advanced Manufacturing Center for Excellence to open in fall of 2018
I AM FOR PEACE: Jun 2, 2016; WTTW is hosting a FREE screening and discussion of Perspective 's student-led peace documentary, I Am For Peace, at the Chicago Cultural Center, Saturday, June 18 @ 2pm Chicago Cultural Center…
Northwestern Students Talk Trash With GAGDC!: Norma Sanders, May 20, 2016; Northwestern Students Talks Trash With the GAGDC and there is nothing dirty about this.
2016 Community Grand Rounds Youth Summit TODAY!: May 19, 2016; The May 19, 2016 Community Grand Rounds will be a youth summit focusing on obesity, asthma, CPR, sexually transmitted diseases/infections. The event will include presentations from various youth…
After School Matters, MAPSCorps STEM Summer Job APPLY NOW!: May 11, 2016; Teen applications for After School Matters MAPSCorps 2016! If you are interested in STEM and your community, APPLY FOR MAPSCorps @ Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation before the deadline!…
The Earle STEM Academy Girls' Chess Team Won First Place At Nationals: Reprinted from DNAInfo Andrea V. Watson, May 3, 2016; The Earle STEM Academy girls' chess team won first place in late April, at a recent All-Girls National Chess Tournament in Chicago!
City Colleges of Chicago Celebrates 2016 Graduating Class with Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: City Colleges of Chicago, May 2, 2016; Graduates of City Colleges of Chicago are getting ready to head off to in-demand careers or transfer to four-year colleges after receiving their associate degrees April 30th at the 2016 City Colleges…