Chicago
Public Schools website (cps.k12.il.us)
Watch
for the Hyde Park
Herald comprehensive back to school pull outs, spring and fall.
Here:
About
education, meetings, classes, workshops etc.
The HPKCC Schools
Committee meets tba, 7 pm at United Church, 1448 E.53rd (use Blackstone
entrance).
Next June 16, Monday. A major project of ours is getting resource
information, including availability of programs, to parents.
Area
demographics (2000 census. May run from north of 47th. From Chicago
Public Library)
Service Area
Population: 50,084
Ethnic Grouping
(1990 Census)
African American 53.3%
White 37.8%
Hispanic 2.4%
Asian American 6.1%
Native American 0.2%
Other 0.3%
Age distribution
(1990 Census)
0-17 years 19.6%
18-34 years 33.8%
35-64 years 33.1%
65+ 13.5%
Average School
Years Completed: 12.8
Schools Served:
Elementary: 17
High School: 4
Shared with other branches: 1
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Resource
happenings
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Here
are some South Side providers that were at a South Side Parents fair
on Enrichment and Summer programs for kids in March 2007.
Donoghue
Campus - University of Chicago Charter School
707 East 37th Street, Chicago, IL 60607 Some of the Participating
Vendors: Ancona School
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
Cambridge School
Camp Kupugani
Chicago Park District
Enso Yoga and Martial Arts Studio
ETA Creative Arts
Gymboree – South Loop
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Joan's Studio for Performing Arts
Lil’ Kickers Soccer
Little Black Pearl
Looking Glass Education Camp on the Lake
Marsha's Music Together
Merit School of Music
Music Teachers of Hyde Park
Negro League Baseball Academy
One on One Basketball, Inc.
Russell Talbert Dance Studio
SCORE! Educational Centers
Sherwood Conservatory of Music
South Side YMCA
South Side Parents (SSP) is a not-for-profit organization that connects
parents and their young children to other South Side families and
organizations striving for access to educational and enrichment
program excellence. We are a support group for our members who have
an interest in, live or work on the South Side of Chicago. All activities
and events are lead by our team of dedicated volunteers.
Top
Higher
education in Hyde Park and beyond
College / University
There
are also many books on apply for college and win a share of the scholarship
money that goes begging.
One that walks one through the life-approach and skills needed is
Anthony Moore's Scholarship Rich:
Get paid (not played) to go to college! Scholarshiprich.com.
773 636-4505.
Check
also with Gear Up Chicago, related to UC CUIP program:
http://www.gearupchicago.org, cuip.uchicago.edu/schools/gearup/chicago/ressources
(.htm?)
Office
of the City Clerk of Chicago with the Tax Assistance Program offers
on-on-one training on Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and College Illinois! 529 Tuition
Program. Every Tuesday evening 5:30-7:30 January 29 2008- April8 (no
appointment). 121 N. La Salle Room 107.312 466-0771, www.taxassistance.org.
Jobs
and learning/growing opportunities outside the classroom:
HPKCC's
Youth Programs Database- http://www.hydepark.org/schools
Expanded and topical HPKCC After
School programs and providers database-
Project Exploration's nationwide and local opportunities in Discover
Your Summer (book form or online at http://www.projectexploration.org/dys.htm
Black Excel KidSmart Summer Jobs database at http://www.blackexcel.org
CUIP Chicago University Internet Project: cuip.uchicago.edu/schools/gearup/chicago/resources
(.htm?)
Gear Up Chicago-
http://www.gearupchicago.org
Chicago Park District- http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Chicago Public Schools- http://www.cps.k12.il.us
City
of Chicago- http://www.cityofchicago.org
Visit
our Helpline
and Government
Services and Resources pages.
Divinity
Schools (more in Religious
Organizations resource directory)
Tutoring,
after/'tween/summer schooling
(More in Community
Support Resources). Formal schools--see Schools
Directory and After
School and other Kids offerings.
KidStart--see
in Help Line page/Children.
Most schools as well as parks with fieldhouses have afterschool and
day0ff from school programs that include tutoring, some schools have
mandated on-site or web tutoring under "No child left behind."
There
are many commercial tutoring companies including Education Solutions,
Huntington, Kumon (which has a local school at United Church of Hyde
Park), Kaplan, Princeton, Sylvan, and web based such as Brainfuse and
Tutorial School http://www.tutorialschool.com
.) Tutoring is a major initiative of the Blue
Gargoyle.
There are many online/in home programs now, such as ClubZ. www.clubztutoring.com,
708-534-3981.
To Chicago Public
Schools Office of Afterschool Programs,
CPS Student Zone:
http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/,
www.tutormentorconnection.org.
Schools
post homework, notices etc. in CPS' School
Notes.
In addition, The Hyde
Park Neighborhood Club, the Hyde
Park Art Center, Blackstone Library offer classes including day-off-from-school
programs. For such and general cultural classes check the Cultural
Resources Page or the Cultural
Calendar. Ask local churches and synagogues also. See also the
Recreation and Fitness Resources Directory, Nichols
Park Gym.
University
of Chicago's Center
for Infant Studies seeks
participants (0-5 years) for research on cognitive development and language
acquisition. Play games and find out what children are thinking. Older
and younger siblings welcome. 773 702-2246.
SAT
PSAT etc. prep courses. In
addition to such nationwide companies as Kaplan, or smaller web-bases
such as PrepMe.com
(by U of C alumni), there are small tutorial groups such as:
Alumni
in Public Schools, other UC intiatives- see in U
C and Schools.
Major Hyde
Park and some Mid South Tutoring and similar programs
- Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago tutors in Hyde Park
(and many other) schools. To volunteer.
312 727-0637.
- Black
Star Project, Black Data Processors Association encourages
schools, families, students to participate in its High School Computer
Competition. Students learn html, web page design,
flow charting, Java, other applications. Starts January, 2005. www.bdpa-chicago.org.
BSP sponsors many clubs and programs, including at Afrocentric Bookstore,
4655 S. King Dr., and the University of Parenting at St. Paul and
the Redeemer.
- Black
Star's programs are for youth and for parents (based at St. Paul &
the Redeemer): 312 842-3527, blackstar2003@ameritech.net
- Blue
Gargoyle (incl. child and adult literacy),5638 S. Woodlawn., 773
955-4108.
At the main location on University Avenue, the counseling department
offers professional counseling. Counseling is also available for individuals
or group sessions at Fiske Elementary, Bret Harte..., Ray..., or McCosh
Elementary schools. According to Jennifer Cutilleta, Blue Gargoyle
child and family therapist, there are eight weeks of counseling offered
at these elementary schools that deal with anger management, role
models, drugs or general wellness.
- Centers
for New Horizons After School Programs (hq. 3950 S. State), 773 667-0666.
- Chicago
Academic Games League A committee of HPKCC, this program brings
kids from several schools to the UC Lab School monthly for math game
teaching. Participating schools must cosponsor and provide a teacher.
There is an annual tournament. Contact University of Chicago Service
Center.
- Creative
Mansion Children's Academy. 4745 S. Ellis, 773 268-6066. creativemansion@sbcglobal.net.
- Futureworld
Learning Centers Nfp, 1744 E. 55th St. Chicago,
IL 60615, 773 256-1570, details at 312 719-4907. Ms. Parham. futureworldhydepark@hotmail.com.
http:/www.futureworldlearningcenters.org
or http://www.futureworldhydepark.org.
Links other than email do not currently work.
Before and after school centers- partnering with computers in park
fieldhouses, internet fun learning, afterschool homework help using
computers and competition and teaching blitz math, speed reading,
photo/graphics, website creation. Can be affordable or free.
- Education
Station. Free in conjunction with CPS and schools. Small group. Parent
Helpline 800 246-2154.
- The
Homework Mastery Center. 5220 S. Blackstone. 773 684-2555. K-12. State
approved, certified teachers on staff.
- Hyde
Park After School Programs. 5234 S. Blackstone Ave., 773 363-5844.
- Hyde
Park Art Center. 5307 S. Hyde Park Blvd. 773 324-5520. Creativity
and Summer camps, - in the Cultural
Calendar.
- Hyde
Park Development Center (preschool two to five years of age, after
school 6-10 years). 773 324-0947. Hyde Park Development Center.
. 773 324-0947. Preschool two to five years of age, after school 6-10
years. 5325 South Hyde Park Blvd. #2A 60615. Hyde Park Development
Center's home based pre-school program may extend into lower grades.
Includes Music Together, yoga, and more. Contact Miss. Ahzea Makhubu
at 773 324-0947, hydeparkcenter@sbcglobal.net.
Hyde
Park Development Center offers a comprehensive pre-school program
within a unique home-like, literacy rich environment. Teachers provide
a nurturing atmosphere in which children learn and develop on a variety
of levels, including socially, cognitively, linguistically, and physically.
The families admitted to the program place a high-value on education
and expect the best for their child. Hyde Park Development Center
maintains exceptional parent-teacher communication through daily reports,
photos e-mailed to parents, and family events designed to foster the
school community. The center takes a holistic approach to children’s
health and wellness through providing healthy vegetarian meals and
daily time spent outdoors for fresh air, physical activity, and sunshine.
The development center provides an exceptional level of quality programming
through the gentle care provided to the students, professional communication
with parents, and attractive classroom layouts.
- Hyde
Park Learning Resources Center.
http://www.hplrc.org. 5114 S. Dorchester.
312 209-3852.
Call and ask for Lillie Goodwin, lillie.goodwin@sbcglobal.net.
Tutoring and homework, test preparation centering on academics for
all grades. 2 pm earliest to 6 pm. Safe Haven.
- Hyde
Park Neighborhood Club. 5480 S. Kenwood. 773 643-4062. Year-round
Before and After school and Days Off, Summer Camp 7 am-6 pm ages 6-12
Reg. opens May 2.
- Hyde
Park Parent Support Network- parents and young kids play interactive,
stimulative games. 5230 S. Blackstone. 773 684-2555.
- Ivy
League Tutoring. One-to-one tutoring, elementary through adult, leading
to success including at top flight universities. Targeted especially
to an African-American population. Office near the University of Chicago.
Carol Young or Adrian Hunter at 773 752-2222.
- Kumon
Math and Reading Centers. Has a site at United Church, 1448 E. 53rd
St. Use the general no. 800 937-6284.
- Literacy
Works (773
334-8255). http://www.litworks.org.
- Little
Black Pearl Workshop. Moving
Sept. 25, 2004 to 1040 E. 47th. Cur./old phone 773 285-1633. An extraordinary
new facility- arts, computer, tutoring, restaurant. Adding music,
family progs. in early 2005.
- Music
Teachers of Hyde Park. 773 643-9251. (Ties in with Hyde Park Youth
Symphony and Blackstone Library 4thonday recital series. (See Cultural
Resources, Cultural
Calendar).
- The
Next Step. A program for teen mothers to transition from high school
to junior college. By the Junior League and UC Pediatrics Dept., 5440
S. Drexel (Friend Center), 773 834-4504. Search in UChospitals.edu.
- hold
this space for Text and Tutor book-ordering and one-on-one web based
personal tutoring. Coming late 2004.
- Church
of St. Paul and The Redeemer seeks volunteer tutors for 1st and
2nd graders and students. Wednesdays, 3:14-4:15 starting in January.
Linda Thisted, 773 947-9243.
- God
Squad Christian Summer Camp. 6-14 yrs, 12-5 M-F. 4941 S. Drexel Blvd.
773 548-0400.
- Youth
at the Crossroads. 1300 E. 47th St. Suite 223, Chicago Il 60653, yac312@yahoo.com.
Assist youth in creating and achieving goals including networking,
entrepreneurship, college and scholarship searches, life skills, mentoring,
counseling, tutoring.
- Other
summer camps: Ancona School, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park Neighborhood
Club Jewish Community Center, Little Black Pearl, Parks, University
of Chicago Laboratory Schools Summerlab,
U
of C Super Summer Sports Camp, and more.
Chicago
Child Care Society
5467
S. University Avenue. 773 643-0452. http://www.cccsociety.org
Interim exec. director: Jenneth Joe
Since 1849, Chicago's and Hyde Park's oldest child welfare agency.
To safeguard vulnerable children and reinforce their families first.
Child and Family Development Center serves 2-5s in Community Day Care
for working parents. There is also Homeless Day Care and Protective
Day Care. Takes both community and DCFS kids including pick up to
and from shelters. "
Clinical family services such as foster care and adoptions. Licensed
therapists. Next Step program prepares teenage mothers with one child
for college
Additional
providers of programs and resources in schools and parks
- Futureworld
Learning Centers, 1744 E. 55th St. Chicago, IL 60615, 773 256-1570,
details at 312 719-4907. futureworldhydepark@hotmail.com
Before and after school centers- partnering with computers in park
fieldhouses, internet fun learning, afterschool homework help using
computers and competition and teaching blitz math, speed reading,
photo/graphics, website creation. Can be affordable or free
- Urban
Gateways Center for Arts Education. All kinds of programs in schools,
including instrument donation (x252). 312 922-0440.
- http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com,
Adult
continuing education (see also Cultural
Resources directory)
Information
& Resource Links (a few of these are to alternative approaches to
education)
- Catalyst-Organization
for Chicago School Reform (Community Renewal Society)
- Center
for Urban Pedagogy (Philadelphia based alternative approaches
to learning and change, based on exploring the world around us)
- Chicago
Community Trust including Chicago Matters
- Chicago
Public Education Foundation
- Community
Media Workshop (posts information, papers for and about communities
and their orgs.)
- Designs
for Change
- IFF
(formerly
identified as Illinois Facilities Fund; furnishes research results
on performing and non performing schools and neighborhoods)
- Metropolitan
Planning Council
- Mid
South Education Association, an advocacy and lsc/teacher/parent support
and training provider, offshoot of KOCO. Jitu Brown, jitubrown@yahoo.com.
- Neighborhood
Capital Budget Group
- Ounce
of Prevention Fund
- Pedagogical
Factory (Stockyard Institute?)
- Pure
(Parents United for Responsible Education)- advocacy, information,
lsc training. pure@pureparents.org
- Relocation
Guide-Hyde Park
- SEPA
updates
- Working
In the Schools-connected to South Side Volunteers
Working in the Schools (WITS) is a literacy organization that increases
the reading proficiency and learning capacity of low-income and minority
students in Chicago Public Schools. WITS recruits and supports dedicated
business, government, and community volunteers who deliver measurable
and consistent tutoring and mentoring services. Founded in 1991 by
Chicagoans Joanne Alter and Marion Stone, WITS began at one urban
school
in the Cabrini Green housing development. Today, WITS hosts more than
1,300 volunteers consisting of corporate and government employees,
retirees and community volunteers of all ages and backgrounds. Through
the programs at WITS not only do the students benefit but the schools,
teachers, volunteers and business partners benefit from the experience
as well.
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
WITS
provides volunteer opportunities for businesses,
organizations and individuals. The Power Lunch and Workplace Mentoring
programs are sponsored by businesses and organizations as volunteer
opportunities for their employees. Individual volunteers participate
as
Early Childhood Volunteers, Classroom Assistants or in the Saturday
Program.
Programs
for Individuals:
Early
Childhood - Once or twice a week volunteers travel by school bus
to an elementary school and work with three and four year old students
using dialogic reading. (All volunteers are trained prior to first
session).
Classroom
Assistants- Volunteers are assigned to one classroom and work
either one on one, in small groups or with the whole classroom.
Assistants volunteer for 3-4 hours a week, once a week.
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CPS,
Chicago Public Schools Department of External Resources and Partnerships
CPS
is the nation's third-largest school system- 600+ schools, 45,000
employees, 425,000 students (85% low income). In 2006, 62.5% met or
exceeded state standards (up 15%)
Chicago Public Schools Department of External Resources and Partnerships
Goals:
Garner
resources in the form of money, materials and volunteers in order
to promote student achievement and improve education.
Free
Things for Schools. Businesses and individuals contact the
Department. If accepted, the gifts (tax deductible) are posted on
the CPS Free Things website. First come, first served.
http://www.cps.k12.il.us/Community/Resources_and_Partnerships_Group/Free_Things/free_things.html.
Telephone: 773 553-1540.
Futures
Exchange- companies, organizations and individuals are paired with
Chicago public schools. To
request a partner, visit
http://www.cps.k12.il.us/Community and click Futures Exchange,
or email Futures-Exchange@cps.k12.il.us.
Principal
for a Day. Site
and signup:
http://www.pfad.cps.k12.il.us
Volunteers-
directory of opportunities. http://www.volunteers.cps.k12.il.us
CPS
Dept. of Child and Youth Services: Daisy
Lezama, 313 743-0258, Patrick Milton after school programs scholl
applications.
Reference
Links for Resources: (Sorry,
you will have to Google these to get the addresses.)
After
School Matters
DonorsChoose.
Teachers
submit proposals for materials, experiences for their projects.
Donors
Forum. A
host of links and descriptions, on line or on site, for foundation
and other giving.
Fundsnet
Online Services. Hundreds
of links to funding sources and tips on grant-writing and fund-raising.
Illinois
State Board of Education. Formula
and competitive grant programs.
Mickey's
Place in the Sun Grants and Grant writing Resources.
Research
Grant Guides, Inc. Publishes
directories for grant-seekers. By state, profiles with verified
areas of support, restrictions, etc.
The
Foundation Center (Online)
U.S.
Department of Education. Notices
from the Federal Register.
Welcome
to School Grants
Women's
Sports foundation
Top
Programs
and resources of Kenwood Oakland Community Organization and
Mid South Education Association
A
response to massive school closures and transformations and the 2004
Mid South Plan and an outgrowth of KOCO ongoing education initiatives,
MSEA was formed. It meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at Kennicott
Park fieldhouse, 4434 S. Lake Park. Contact is Jitu Brown, 773 748-7500
or jitubrown@yahoo.com.
- With
ACORN and Target Area Development Corporation administers $1.5 million
in Grow Your Own Teaches Act funds: to place 1000 new teachers by
2016;
- LSC
Facilitator Institute preparing parents and community members to
become certified LSC facilitators;
- Working
with others on legislation to strengthen the LSC legislation;
- Advice
and counsel to LSC's on how to work effectively;
- Teacher
Recruitment, Training, and Development (Teacher Training Institute
at Lane Professional Development;
- Education
Forums and Local School Support, assists area schools to plan and
implement parent involvement strategies. Works for revision of school
closing policies to ensure the process is respectful of parents
and community.
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40
assets children need to master to become successful adults
The
Search Institute encourages a one-on-one approach with youth and
has identified and categorized 40 needed assets. These were assigned
to 8 developmental areas, and each was surveyed, revealing a very
wide disparity between acquisition of related assets, strong correlation
between the number of assets acquired and posite behaviors and attitudes
(specifically exhibiting leadership, maintaining good health, valuing
diversity, and succeeding in school--the weakest correlation, though)
and avoidance of high-risk behavior (alcohol, violence, drugs, sexual
activity). Ony 8 percent have the benchmark 31 of 40, more than half
have 20 or fewer. The lack of assets is spread quite evenly over gender,
grade, and geography. The need for communication and real dialogue
comes out clearly, as it does in Dawoud Bey's new book of teen photos
and views, Class Pictures-- a parent of teens must reading.
Categories. The
first 4 are external, dealing with structures, relationships, and
activities that create a positive environment:
- Support:
Young people need to be surrounded by pelplel who love, care for,
appreciate and accept them.
- Empowerment:
...need to feel valued and valuable, safe and respected.
- Boundaries
and expectations: ..need clear rules, consistent consequences, and
encouragement to do best.
- Constructive
use of time: ...need opportunities in and out of school to learn
and develop new skills and interests with other youth and adults.
The
next four categories reflect internal values, skills, and beliefs
to function in the world.
- Commitment
to learning. A sense of the lasting importance of learning, belief
in own abilities.
- Positive
values. Stong guiding values, principles for healthy life choices.
- Social
competencies. Skills to interact effectively with others, make difficult
decisions, cope with the new.
- Positive
identity. .. believe in their own self-worth and feel they have
control over what happens to them.
Here are the
assets by category (weak=30% or less perceive it, strong=over 47%
do)
External
Support
1.
Family support (very
strong)
2. Positive
family communicaopm (weak)
3. Other adult reltionships-- 3 or more nonparent adults
4. Caring neighborhood
5. Caring school climate (weak)
6. Parent involvement in schooling (weak)
Empowerment
7. Community
values youth
8. Youth used as resources (weak)
9. Service to others (hour or more per week) (strong)
10. Safety (at home, at school, in neighborhood)
Boundaries
and Expectations
11. Family
boundaries- clear rules and consquences and monitors whereabouts
(strong)
12. School boundaries (strong)
13. Neighborhood boundaries- neighbors monitor youth behavior
(strong)
14. Adult role models (weak)
15. Positive peer influence (very strong)
16. High expectations (strong)
Constructive
use of time
17. Creative
activities (3 or more hours per week) (weak)
18. Youth programs (3 or more hour per week) (strong)
19. Religious community (one or more hours per week) (strong)
20. Time at home (out with friends doing nothing 2 or fewer hours)
(strong)
Internal assets
Commitment
to learning
21. Achievement
motivation (very strong)
22. School engagement (strong)
23. Homework (at least an hour a day) (strong)
24. Bonding to school (strong)
25. Reading for pleasure (3 or more hours a week) (weak)
Positive values
26. Caring
(strong)
27. Equality and social justice (strong)
28. Integrity (acts on convictions and stands up for beliefs)
(very strong)
29. Honesty (even when it's not easy) (very strong)
30. Responsibility (accepts and takes) (very strong)
31. Restraint (important to be not sexually active, use alcohol
or drugs)
Social competencies
32. Planning
and decision making (weak)
33. Interpersonal competence (empathy, sensitivity, friendship
skills)
34. Cultural competence (with people of different backgrounds)
35. Resistance skills
36. Peaceful conflict resolution
Positive identity
37. Personal
power
38. Self-esteem (strong)
39. Sense of purpose (strong)
40. Positive view of personal future (very strong)
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