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 [...]
Friend of ChiTech: the Motorola Solutions Foundation
We are more than excited to have the Motorola Solutions Foundation as a sponsor for Little Black Dress Night 2018. The Motorola Solutions Foundation is the charitable and philanthropic arm of [...]
Sophomore Students Embarc on Journey to Covenant Harbor to Strengthen Leadership Skills
Thirty sophomore students involved in Embarc left their ChiTech classrooms on Thursday, April 5 to travel to Covenant Harbor. There they engaged in leadership activities alongside thirty other [...]
Chicago Tech Awarded $1,200 Grant for Community and Family Engagement
Director of School Culture and Climate, Ms. Tiara Wheatley, was awarded this grant on behalf of the school. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUSTIN, TX, June 15, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ — LivingTree [...]
Futures Taking Flight at GoGo Air
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 [...]
Ideas Day Motivates Students to Drive Change In Their Communities
There aren’t many things that get a group of high school students moving in the morning. But thanks to Chicago Tech Academy’s Class of 2017 delegates, Chicago Ideas Week YOU(th) program [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]