Chicago International Charter School

Teen standing in group shot, wounded

2011-07-10 23:09:00

A teenager was shot and wounded in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the city's South Side, police said. Police, citing early reports, said the shooting happened just before 10:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of West 96th Street, near the Chicago...

Tales for the young at heart

2011-05-28 00:00:00

Fifteen years ago Susan Katz sat down with HarperCollins' editor-in-chief to discuss the future of their young adult category. They considered whether they should stop publishing young adult books altogether. Now, young adult book sales make up about...

Young author group abuzz over @MayorEmanuel

2011-03-03 18:32:00

News spread quickly after Dan Sinker, the man behind the wildly popular Twitter account @MayorEmanuel, announced Young Chicago Authors as the charity of his choice to receive a $5,000 donation from Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel. “The festival director&...

Emanuel sworn in as mayor: 'Let us share the necessary sacrifices'

2011-05-16 10:26:00

Rahm Emanuel took the oath of office as Chicago's 46th mayor. The city's new mayor then laid out the challenges ahead: Improving schools, ending gun violence and downsizing a city government taxpayers can no longer afford. And he asked Chicagoans, the...

Emanuel visits South Side charter school

2011-02-25 16:32:38

Rahm Emanuel sworn in as Chicago's new mayor

2011-05-16 04:32:47

Teen shot at softball game: 'It could've been a lot worse'

2011-04-07 05:11:00

Kiara Faniel knows she’s lucky. The 14-year-old freshman softball player at Morgan Park High School was shot in the right leg after a game Tuesday on the Far South Side. “It could’ve been a lot worse,” Faniel said Wednesday...

Chicago Cares

2009-06-13 00:00:00

Two bus loads arrived with one mission: to make a difference in the place where students learn. Volunteers grabbed a bucket of paint, a few brushes, and they set off to help Chicago Public School buildings. This year's 16th annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-...

Bucktown: Little neighborhood with a lot to offer

2008-08-22 00:00:00

It's a sweltering summer evening, and the Damen Avenue streetscape north of North Avenue is pulsating. There are walkers, joggers and bicyclists. There are parents pushing infants in strollers and pulling toddlers in wagons. There are al fresco diners,...

Más apoyo para escuela 'charter'

2008-11-21 00:00:00

Rechazan la solicitud de establecer una escuela 'charter'

2008-12-08 00:00:00

Thresa A. Nelson has joined the Chicago Urban League as chief financial officer. She will direct the Urban League's financial planning and accounting practices, as well as its relationship with lending institutions and the financial community.

2011-01-31 00:00:00

Art Smith (center) attends a Cooking Skills & World Cuisine class at the Chicago International Charter School in Bucktown on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.

2010-02-12 00:00:00