School & Community

Project - Chicago Public

Schools
Bella Roumain
Lincoln Park Community
Continued

● Mostly young people graph shows that most amount of

people are between 20s to early 40s
● Median household income - $138, 558
● Median house mortgage - $575k
Chicago Public
Schools System
(CPS)
● Serves 361,000
students in 644
schools
● 3rd largest school
district nationally
● 20 of CPS high
schools were
among the top
100 across Illinois
● 16 different
regions
William H.
Prescott
Elementary School

● Part of the Greater

Lincoln Park Region
● Magnet school: a public
school offering special
instruction and
programs not available
elsewhere
● SEL is critical
Demographics

● Grades K - 8
● 409 students
● Dress Code
● Selection by lottery
(random)
● Attendance: 96.7%
● Blue Ribbon School in
2019
Continued

● Around $13,000 student expenditure

● Free & reduced lunches: 32.5%
● Diverse Learners: 16.1%
● Low income: 29.8%
● Diverse learners: 16.1%
● Limited English: 8.6%
Testing

● Scores in the top 9% of schools nationally in reading & 11% in

math on NWEA/MAP test

● 91st percentile of schools nationally in reading

● 89th percentile in math

● Chicago Magazine ranked Prescott #13 out of 400+ elementary

schools in city of Chicago
Community
Local School Council
● Active board within school
● Public participation
encouraged
● Meetings are held every
other month
Prescott Parents
● An organization that
offers support for school
and to engage
community & fundraise
● purpose: to keep parents
and members of
community connected
with school
Local School Board
Principle

Assistant Principle

LSC Chair

Parent Representative

3rd Grade ELA Teacher

1st Grade Teacher

Special Education Classroom Assistant

Principle Roche
Middle School Math Teacher
Additional Care
● Offers a before and after school program through organization
called "Right At School"
○ Uses an enrichment curriculum through Disguised Learning
methods
○ Focuses on homework completion
○ Physical activities
○ Snack (after school)
● Ranges from $81 - $300 for after school based on number of days
● Ranges from $55 - $200 for before school based on the number of
days
● $35 a day
● Can apply for a discount
 1. Student show mastery of learning in science content

2. Student show mastery of social-emotional

skills/growth-mindset

3. Visual & Performing Arts

4. Physical Education & Wellness

Prescott's Strategic
Plan
5. Students show mastery of math and solve collaboratively
challenging problems
6. Students show mastery of social studies content
A plan for 2021 that
7. Vision for learning facilities includes what needs to be
inputted, what the
8. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support & early intervention outcomes will be, and what
the impacts will be
9. Teacher & Staff capacity to support high-level, holistic
student learning

10. Student writing

11. Financial stability

Extracurriculars
● "Emerald City Theater – drama club –
meets once/week
● Art Club
● Girls on the Run
● Chicago Children’s Choir—performed at
Blue Man Group, Navy Pier, and Millennium
Park
● We Got Game
● Right At School – fee based after school
program – runs 3:45pm-6:00pm daily:
supports wide ranging enrichment
programming that is coordinated through
RAS
● Chess Wizards –chess program teaches
chess and accompanying analytical skills
● Ballroom Dancing & Open Mic Nights
● Battle of the Books and Mathletes
● Reading and math tutoring programs
● We Got Game
● Lego Engineering
● Karate
● Yoga
● Smiling Strings – before school violin
● Soccer, volleyball, track, softball, and
Basketball
Partnerships

● DePaul University Science Education

○ Recruits school to mentor teacher candidates from School of
Education (over 50 university student per year observe or
student-teach at prescott)
● GreenStar Movement
○ Worked with students on the mosaic in parking lot
● Alliant Credit Union
○ 7th largest credit union in U.S., provides support for school by
Family Book Program, school supplies, & Prescott Service
Day