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The Advancing Via Individual Determination (AVID) program at CPS places underserved students in academically advanced classes. Chicago Scholars works with AVID during its Annual Onsite Admissions Forum.One of the top priorities in the Chicago Public Schools and the City of Chicago is to provide unique learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. To accomplish that goal, CPS and the City of Chicago are always working together to develop new initiatives and programs that will help our students move to the next level of their education. Chicago Scholars is pleased to partner with Chicago United to help close the gap between race and business. Chicago United is at the forefront of identifying and celebrating diversity.Chicago Scholars is the official scholarship organization of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. CircEsteem's mission is to unite youth from diverse racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds and help them build self-esteem and mutual respect through the practice of circus arts. ClearChannel RadioCC Media Holdings (OTCBB:CCMO) is the parent of Clear Channel Communications, a global media and entertainment company specializing in providing mobile and on-demand entertainment and information services for local communities and premier opportunities for advertisers - through outdoor, radio and digital platforms. Click here to read more...College Bound Opportunities (CBO) is a not-for-profit organization centered in the ten communities within Deerfield and Highland Park High School District 113 and Lake Forest Community High School District 115. CBO identifies high-achieving young people who, without support, would likely forgo post-secondary education and assists them in applying to and completing college. CBO goals are achieved through a program of one-on-one coaching between volunteers and scholars. Additional aid provided by CBO includes tutoring, training services, laptop computers, and up to $4,000 per year in scholarships. Hip-Hop artist, Actor, and Children's author Lonnie Rashid Lynn, known as "Common," is the visionary behind the Common Ground Foundation. Our premise is to identify and develop tomorrow's leaders through programs that promote holistic leadership and education. We are committed to empowering youth to achieve greatness while developing leadership and life skills needed to fulfill their dreams and make an impact on their world. The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund provides four-year high school scholarships to marginalized youth. DMSF partners with Chicago Scholars during its Annual Onsite Admissions Forum. Evanston Scholars is a Non-Profit Organization that improves college access and success for a diverse group of ambitious underserved Evanston students, starting with the college admissions process and continuing until graduation. The program offers workshops, mentors, college coaches, and a $1,500 scholarship to students lacking financial, academic, family and/or community resources. Mission To positively impact the American workplace by cultivating the pipeline of Latino talent and providing Latino professionals the insight, access, and support to be successful in their careers.One of the nations oldest, largest, and most reputable study abroad providers, IES Abroad is a Chicago-based, not-for-profit academic consortium that enrolls more than 5,500 students from 185 U.S. colleges and universities annually. The Illinois College Access Network is made up of more than 57 organizations including educational institutions, service organizations, funding institutions, businesses and interested individuals.The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program at CPS provides students with rigorous coursework that result in an internationally recognized diploma. Chicago Scholars works with IB during its Annual Onsite Admissions Forum. In today's rapidly changing world, science, engineering, technology, and critical issues related to our global environment are evolving at a dramatic pace. Yet the worldwide demand for college graduates prepared for careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields is not being met. This is especially true in the United States, where many of our most promising youth do not pursue opportunities in these areas. The Kappa Leadership Institute, or the Kappa League, provides African American youth with a leadership and mentorship program. Students are provided with "social, cultural, and educational resources" to prepare them for collegiate study. Chicago Scholars works with the Kappa League during its Annual Onsite Admissions Forum. LINK Unlimited is a non-profit organization that provides marginalized, African-American youth with educational opportunities. Their students are provided with mentors and scholarships to attend a private secondary-education institution. Chicago Scholars works with LINK Unlimited during its Annual Onsite Admissions Forum. Loop Capital is a creative and highly client-focused provider of a broad range of integrated capital solutions for corporate, governmental, and institutional entities.Roseland Children's Initiative SGA's comprehensive, collaborative and intensive social service model anchored in and around schools. Designed to provide a continuum of services from birth through career, supporting the social, emotional and educational development of children and their families while helping to rebuild community infrastructure and norms. The Archdiocese of Chicago The Archdiocese of Chicago is devoted to schools and parishes, soup kitchens and counseling centers, to aid the homeless and those in church, where people of all backgrounds in every neighborhood of the Archdiocese of Chicago are served. The CHANCE Program: The University of Illinois at ChicagoThe CHANCE Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago was established to foster partnership among Chicago's Public High Schools, the City Colleges of Chicago in helping under-served high school students make a successful transition from high school to the demands and challenges of college and beyond.The Chicago Urban League is dedicated to "the economic empowerment of African Americans." In doing so, it utilizes the Chicago Scholars as a community partner to provide unique college access opportunities via our Annual Onsite Admissions Forum. More information about the Chicago Urban League can be found online at www.thechicagourbanleague.org. UNO Charter School Network With the power and experience to enact widespread change, we opened our first charter school, located at two sites in Greater Tri-Taylor and Little Village, in 1998. UnivisionThe multiplatform national brand that Univision is today came from decidedly humble beginnings. The roots of the company trace back to KWEX-TV in San Antonio - the first full-time Spanish-language station in America and the first UHF station in the country.By the 1970s the company had grown into a national network in the United States to broadcast the World Cup soccer tournament. In 1979 Galavisión was launched as the first Spanish-language cable network in the United States. Univision Online launched in 2000. Click here to read more...Urban Students Empowered Urban Students (US) Empowered is a non-profit organization that provides Chicago youth with four-years of academic tutoring and college preparation. US Empowered works with highly-effective teachers to guide under-performing youth to success at university and beyond. World Sport Chicago Chicago Scholars is pleased to administer a new $40,000 scholarship program offered by World Sport Chicago, the living legacy of the 2016 Olympic bid. Young Professionals of Chicago Young Professionals of Chicago (YPC), a non-profit, all volunteer organization, is dedicated to building a better Chicago. They are made up of motivated, energetic young professionals certain to become the community's future leaders.
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