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Academy of Scholastic Achievement awarded grant
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The Austin non-profit, public alternative high school received $2,000 from Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest.
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The Austin non-profit, public alternative high school received $2,000 from Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest.
Five elementary schools received awards, but the high schools are still among the lowest performing in the area.
Representatives from more than 30 schools answered questions and showed students their many options.
Journalist Brittany Douglas learns what her classmates want offered at V.O.I.S.E. Academy.
The dance troupe comprised of students from the Austin high school campus as well as others from the West Side took part in the March 23 show. See what you missed.
Move Me Soul, a 30-member troupe, hopes to repeat last year’s showing when it won a best campus award.
Nearly 70 West Side residents earned their diploma from Austin Career Education Center earlier this year.
The 5-year-old Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy will transition from a contract school to one run by Chicago Public Schools at the end of this school year.
Students at Austin Business and Entrepreneurship Academy will be able to attend either of the other two schools located in the same building or go elsewhere within CPS.
The Chicago Board of Education approved another magnet in University Village, causing some to question why the West Side isn’t being considered for such a school.