Running to Raise Awareness for Technology Curriculum at Disadvantaged CPS Schools
By Tina Jenkins Bell BAPA School Liaison In his inauguration on Jan. 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy called Americans to action for their own and others’ greater good with these words, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Michael Mancini, an English teacher, reading specialist, and football coach at Chicago Public School (CPS) Wendell Phillips Academy in Bronzeville, recently asked […]
Lizzie G Brings Positive Messages to CPS Students
By Kristin Boza Lifelong Beverly/Morgan Park resident, Lizzie G, turned her love for the performing arts and rap into a career by motivating Chicago Public Schools middle and high school students. Through her company, Lizzie G Entertainment, she partners with schools to bring in programming that they often don’t have the funding for. Lizzie G’s […]
Vanderpoel Junior Beta Club Motto: ‘Let Us Lead by Serving Others’
By Maureen Cullnan The red brick schoolhouse at 95th and Prospect Avenue is entering its second century, and under Principal Kia R. Banks, Vanderpoel Humanities Academy continues to offer students a high-quality, very well-rounded curriculum. That curriculum includes Spanish, music, physical education, 21st Century technologies, fine and performing arts, sports and clubs. The Vanderpoel Junior Beta […]