Real World Learning in a Big City
Chicago is full of opportunities, and ChiTech wants to take advantage of those opportunities for our students. In addition to project-based learning, real-world learning is an integral part of [...]
Press Release: ChiTech’s Young Women’s Leadership Society and CNA Insurance Present 3rd Annual Little Black Dress Night
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chicago, IL, March13, 2017 — ChiTech’s Young Women’s Leadership Society and CNA Insurance will present the 3rd Annual Little Black Dress Night, taking place at CNA Insurance [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
First Power Lunch of 2017: Using Technology to Solve Real-World Problems
January 12— Chicago Tech Academy rounded out the first week of school in 2017 with inspirational guest speakers. This was the first of several planned in 2017 our Power Lunch Series, which [...]
Press Release: CHITECH RECEIVES $10K GRANT FROM THE JOHN S. AND JAMES L. KNIGHT FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
Chicago, IL, January 17, 2017 –Chicago Tech Academy, an organization committed to inspiring, educating, and connecting the next generation of tech and entrepreneur leaders announced today that it [...]
Save the Date – 2017 Winter Exhibition
Each year, ChiTech hosts 2-3 exhibitions per year as part of its project-based learning curriculum. Exhibitions serve as public displays of students’ work. Many of the projects have been [...]
In the News: This tech academy is using project-based learning to close the STEM gap
ChiTech was again featured in an issue of eSchool News about our efforts to close the STEM gap through project-based learning in partnership with SAP. Read on to learn more!