Tuesday, June 5, marked the second annual Ideas Day held at Chicago Tech Academy High School. Students chose gun violence in their community as the topic of their Ideas Day. The school was split into 15 business teams to develop ideas that may help raise awareness to slow rates of gun violence. Javonte Peoples, a…
As a leader in Real-World Learning education in Chicago, ChiTech hosted a group of attendees from the Schools That Can Forum. The annual forum was held in Chicago this year on May 2-3. School principal, Linnea Garrett, led a small discussion where she explained ChiTech’s mission, project-based learning, the senior internship program, and more. ChiTech…
Chicago Tech Academy High School is showing students that there are more career options than they could have imagined. Through a re-imagined partnership with GoGo Air, an in-flight internet provider, the organizations have just completed the first full semester of Project Jumpseat. The program addresses the need to expose young ladies and students of color…
Businesses who fall behind in the post-modern digital Wild West will suffer most of all. That’s where Solstice comes in. The B2B design, strategy and engineering firm helps big-name Fortune 500 clients shift their strategy to be digital-conscious Solstice’s work shows just how quickly the tech and business industries are evolving, providing an opportunity for…
Tax time is upon us. While we dig for our TurboTax passwords and pre-spend our returns, we often do not put much thought into thinking about how we learned the ins and outs of the process. To be honest, I still get confused about whether to claim 1 or claim 0. Filing taxes is not…
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 gaining real-world work experience with startups, marketing agencies and tech organizations throughout the city. The program is designed to give the high school’s diverse student body…
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 overlooked: high school students. Given Chicago Public Schools is the first district in the country to make computer science a graduation requirement, Chicago’s teenagers will soon be among the…
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 some victories and some defeats. For the most part, students will move into March with a greater sense of what life after college and high…
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 Culture, Tiara Wheatley, and math teacher Ayanna Banks Harris led the group of students. “Hidden Figures” tells the story of three mathematicians and women of…
January 26 — On Monday, January 30th, four Chicago Tech Academy students will kick off our February Senior Internship Month with their first day at DDB, a global advertising agency. These students, Devante Jordan, Julian Sample, Dominic Hines and Tijadah Nelson are thrilled to get their feet wet in the advertising game. DDB hosts clients…
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