T4Youth 2016: Table Tennis for ChiTech
Learn why the Chicago tech scene has embraced T4Youth — and how the event gives back to the city. The T4Youth tournament brings Chicago’s top technology and fintech companies together [...]
Exhibitions Explained with TJ Pavlov
At ChiTech Academy, we believe every student’s work deserves to be seen. Hear TJ Pavlov, 12th grade psychology teacher and Real World Learning Manager, talk about the role Exhibition serves [...]
In the News: High School Seniors Get a Month Off School For Internships
This article originally appeared at Built In Chicago Seniors at at Chicago Tech Academy, a technology-centered high school in Pilsen, aren’t showing up for class this month. Instead, they’re [...]
In the News: ChiTech Students Weigh In on Chicago’s Startup Scene
This article originally appeared at ChicagoInno For all the conversation about retaining tech talent from local universities, there’s another pool of Chicago talent that is often [...]
In the News: ChiTech Partner Yolobe Inc. Succeeding at Connecting Chicago Youth
ChiTech is about to round out its monthlong senior internship program. Like any new initiative, year two of the program, which falls under the school’s Real World Learning Programs, had [...]
Students receive over $1.3 million in scholarships to date
FEBRUARY 17 — The birds are singing, the sun is shining, and spring is near. For ChiTech seniors, spring doesn’t just mean graduation, it also means college acceptance letters and scholarship [...]
Hidden Figures Not So Hidden For ChiTech’s Young Women
February 3 — A group of 27 students saw “Hidden Figures” Friday, an opportunity made possible through a generous donation from Board Chairman, Lance Russell. Director of School Climate and [...]
Press Release: Chicago Tech Academy Launches Second Annual Real World Learning Program
CHICAGO, February 8, 2017 – Chicago Tech Academy (ChiTech), a nonprofit charter high school in the University Village neighborhood and the only whole-school project-based learning high school in [...]
If You Aren’t Curious, You Aren’t Doing It Right.
February 2 — Not all superheros wear capes. Seth Thomson, this week’s Power Lunch Series speaker, prefers a simple button up. A comic book salesman turned talk show host turned CIO of DRW [...]
Presenters Show Up and Speak Up About Achieving Goals
January 26—”Make the most of your time” was the theme of this week’s Power Lunch Series. Through our partnership with Lumity, we were joined by two entrepreneurs. Ahmed “Flex” Omar of [...]