By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison When Mercedes Z. Sheppard, Morgan Park Academy’s Head of School, was a teenager, she loved math and analytics. With an undergraduate degree in accounting and an
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison What a difference one month can make, certainly when it comes to COVID-19 whose evil twin, the Delta Variant has increased complications and concerns. For
By Kristin Boza Neighbors, St. Barnabas parishioners, and friends Meg Dunneback and Brendan Conroy coincidentally both stepped into new leadership positions at area Catholic high schools. Dunneback is the incoming principal at
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison Logan Killelea: See a Need, Do Something In 2014 at the age of 8, Logan Killelea started making homemade crayons and selling them in the neighborhood to raise funds for Ronald
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison We made it through! Another school year successfully completed with a pandemic twist. Thinking of this school year, I realize the African proverb “it
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison My mom had a saying when we faced seemingly impossible odds: “We will make a way out of no way.” Her words resonate with me when I
Lynda Pariso will retire in June after 41 years, bringing to a close a physical education (PE) teaching and coaching career that touched the lives of generations of children at Morgan Park Academy. Over the course of her career, Pariso taught
The need for food and hygiene essentials is still high in Beverly/Morgan Park; so many more people have been in need of these items since the COVID-19 pandemic began and many
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison For many parents and their children, the opening of Catholic and private schools last fall and recent the return of PreK-8 Chicago Public
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison Diversity is a multifaceted term, according to Dr. Carole Rene’ Collins-Ayanlaja. It is the practice of including or involving people from a range
About half of BAPA’s budget comes from annual memberships from neighborhood residents and businesses.
The Beverly Area Planning Association (BAPA) is a not-for-profit, community-based alliance of more than a dozen civic and business groups dedicated to serving the historic Beverly Hills/Morgan Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Beverly Area Planning Association
1744 W. 99th Street
Chicago, IL 60643
773-233-3100
