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Increasing Awareness of Suicide Risks to Save Lives
According to recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates in the United States have risen nearly 30 percent since 1999. To help address… Read more
Summer Learning Challenge Returns
Chicago Public Library (CPL) launched the 2018 Rahm’s Readers Summer Learning Challenge. This summer, the Earth Explorers will be challenged to read 20 minutes a day, participate in STEAM activities… Read more
CPS, Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center to Prevent Sexual Abuse
Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) announced the launch of an extensive partnership to help improve the district’s response, outreach, and prevention of sexual abuse. This partnership… Read more
Comcast NBCUniversal Awards Scholarships to H.S. Seniors
Comcast NBCUniversal announced that it has awarded $175,000 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers(r) Scholarship Program to 175 students in its… Read more
City Colleges of Chicago Recognizes One Million Degrees Graduates
Gradates of the One Millions Degrees received recognition from City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado and CEO of One Million Degrees Paige Ponder attended the One Million Degrees Scholar… Read more
Cicero School District 99 Opens Sixth STEAM Lab
Caption by Ashmar Mandou Cicero School District 99 hosted its latest ribbon cutting ceremony on May 29th unveiling the sixth STEAM lab, this time housed at Burnham Elementary, 1630 S…. Read more
Meet Your Teacher in the Library
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon announced results from a Chapin Hall Collaborative analysis indicating that the Library’s Teacher in the Library (TIL) program is… Read more
Alderman Cardenas Announces Davis Schoolyard Reconstruction
12th Ward-Alderman Cardenas announces that Nathan Davis Schoolyard, 3014 W. 39th Place, has been fully reconstructed. The schoolyard went from a huge concrete slab to a soccer field, basketball court,… Read more
Walgreens to Move into Old Post Building
Walgreens announced its plans to open a new office in Chicago where it anticipates 1,800 people will be based. The new office space will include approximately 200,000 square feet in… Read more
Emanuel Names Tabares New 23rd Ward Alderman
Following an application process that was open to the public, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday announced that Illinois State Representative Silvana Tabares will be the new Alderman representing Chicago’s 23rd Ward…. Read more
