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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Making an impact through internships
JOIN THE 30+ ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING INTERNSHIPS TO CHITECH SENIORS IN FEBRUARY 2017. In the last two weeks, we have made incredible progress toward our year-end fundraising need. This [...]
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!