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The application period for the 2011-2012 school year will begin on October 1st.  The Options for Knowledge guide and applications will be available on the website at that time.

News

Blue Ribbon Committee Presentation on New Admissions Policy for Magnet and Selective Enrollment Schools
CPS 2010 – 2011 Calendar Now Available Online
Note three important OAE dates: October 1 (opening of application period), October 2 (Options for Knowledge Elementary School Fair), and December 17 (OAE applications due). A link to the calendar is provided here.
OAE Teachers in the News
Teachers at three magnet schools (Kershaw, LaSalle II, and Mayer) were featured recently in a Chicago Tribune article and on WBEZ’s “848” program.
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Events

OPEN HOUSE at Coonley Regional Gifted Center (K - 8)
Date: 9/16/2010
Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: 4046 North Leavitt Street
OPEN HOUSE at Orozco Regional Gifted Center for English Language Learners (K - 8) - Español
Date: 9/16/2010
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: 1940 West 18th Street

Featured News

This month's featured school: Brown Elementary School

Brown Elementary School, 54 N. Hermitage Ave., is transforming. It’ll open its doors in September as a newly focused technology magnet cluster school. But that change is just the tip of the iceberg, according to second-year Principal Kenya Sadler.
First Graders Become “Little Chemical Engineers” at Museum of Science and Industry Over Four Saturdays Each Semester

Thanks to a partnership with a local nonprofit, the Chicago Pre-College Science and Engineering Program (ChiS&E), 65 first-grade students and parents from five CPS schools explored chemical engineering concepts this past school year at the Museum of Science and Industry.