Student Fun Events


Chicago Cubs Game sponsored by the Chicago Urban League

On Monday August 16th, Chicago Scholars students and their mentors who had near perfect attendence at our summer workshops were rewarded with an evening of Chicago Cubs Baseball! Here are a few pictures of the students and their mentors enjoying themselves at the game. Thanks so much to our friends at the Chicago Urban League for making this night possible for our students and mentors


 

Battle of the Classes 2010 @ Montrose Beach

Over 70 Chicago Scholars, including World Sport Chicago Scholars, have gathered at a beautiful Montrose Beach for an afternoon picknick and games. Scholars represented their respective classes in games of:

  • Tug of War
  • Donut Eating Contest
  • Three-legged Race
  • Balancing the Marshmallow Race
  • Water Balloon Tossing
The event was a blast and scholars enjoyed spending time together outside.

 

Chicago Scholars Community Service Project 2010 @ Garfield Park Conservatory

Chicago Scholars had a great turnout of volunteers yesterday at the Garfield Park Conservatory this past Wednesday. It's so nice to see that scholars care about their environment and are not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirtry. In a 90 degree weather scholars planted 6 trees and enjoyed a beautiful Garfield Park Conservatory.

For the second year Thomas Costanza, a foreman at the conservatory, provided a fun and relaxed supervisory role for the scholars and spoke about tree planting practices and our role in the environment. Mattie Wilson, Volunteer Program Coordinator, helped to arrange this event and was a saviour in helping scholars avoid dehydration in the 90 degree weather by providing cold water and snacks. Thank YOU Mattie and Thomas! We hope to see you again next year!

 

Battle of the Classes 2009

Chicago Scholars enjoyed an afternoon at the Grant Park and played games, had a good time and interacted with Chicago Scholars from Classes of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. 

This event was organized by the scholars, for the scholars and students said they can't wait to participate in more informal events such as this. 

 

Chicago Scholars Community Service Project 2009 @ Garfield Park Conservatory

This past weekend the Chicago Scholars Class Officers (see who they are) organized the first Civic Engagement Project. It took place at the Garfield Park Conservatory on June 6th, 2009. Despite the forecasted thunderstorms and showers, 12 scholars, 1 mentor and Karen G. Foley, President of the Chicago Scholars Foundation, attended and rolled their sleeves up to work. Though Thomas Costanza, a foreman at the conservatory, was surprised when 14 volunteers showed up to do the work allocated for 30, the Scholars quickly proved that no task was too big. Ambition prevailed and the Chicago Scholars helped spread mulch, soil, and cleaned the grounds for tree planting.

The Class Officers will organize more events like this in the future, so stay tuned for new announcements. Our goal is to build a strong community of Chicago Scholars & Alumni to create a positive impact on Chicago.

The Class Officers are extending a warm THANK YOU to all the volunteers that showed up and put a tremendous effort and dedication to finish our task before it started raining in the afternoon. Also BIG THANKS goes out to Thomas Costanza at the Garfield for arranging everything, DeRell Bonner for reaching out to Garfield Park and everybody who showed up on this early Saturday morning. You are all great! (See more photos on our Facebook page by clicking here)