A March 11, 2019, event gathered more than 10 Catholic schools from the Archdiocese of Chicago at St. Agnes of Bohemia School to discuss the tax-credit scholarship program with Empower Illinois. Families from schools in the Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards and Brighton Park neighborhoods and the village of Summit spoke about how tax-credit scholarships have allowed their children to attend Catholic schools.
Students at Chicago Jesuit Academy learning culinary skills On a Tuesday afternoon in January, about 20 students in fifth through eighth grade at Chicago Jesuit Academy, 5058 W. Jackson Blvd., crowded around Chef Sebastian White at a table in the cafeteria for their weekly culinary lesson.
St. Ferdinand students pack 300 lunches for people in need Students at St. Ferdinand School took time out from their classes on Jan. 27 to make 300 packed lunches to feed people in Chicago over the next 24 hours.
Josephinum Academy making plans to stay in Wicker Park Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart, a 134-year-old high school for girls, is hoping to take control of its future with an agreement to buy the property on which its facilities stand and launching a capital campaign with a goal of $23 million.