Enrichment Opportunities

This page is dedicated to providing students and families with information regarding enrichment opportunities available during the school year and over the summer to enhance student learning! These are life-changing, career-inspiring experiences.

•  Agriculture, Urban Gardening

  • Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps Summer Intern Application
  • Young Leadership Free Summer Program - Apply today! https://kamii.org/ylsp

• Computer Science

  • http://lit.eecs.umich.edu/girls-encoded/  at the University of Michigan for young women.

• Entrepreneurship 

  • Chicago Summer Business Institute applications due Friday, April 10, 2015. Click here.
  • Rotary Club of Chicago Job1 Summer Internship Program due March 6, 2015. Click here.
  • http://www.catapultincubator.org/admissions/ due September 21, 2014

• Law & Law Enforcement

  • "So you think you want to be a lawyer?" RSVP for this 3-part program here.

  • Open House events attached below.
    

• Leadership

  • Summer Session at Duke University - Leaderships and Global Citizenship - Apply now.
  • https://www.experiment.org/pn/apply/apply-now/ full scholarships available for 4 young men of color in Chicago. Apply by Feb. 15, 2015.

• Media Arts

  • Splash Course Catalog at the University of Chicago - Apply today!
  • EduGuide film contest due Feb. 20, 2015. Click here.
  • Princeton University Summer Journalism Program 2015 for juniors due Feb. 20th. Click here.

• Medicine and Medical Sciences

  • The Young Scientist Program (YSP) for grades 7 - 10. Application
  • Perry OUtreach Program Application due April 16th.

  • Scroll down to download application. Due October 6th, 2014

• STEM

  • NXTGEN Tech Program - apply now!
  • US Naval Academy Summer STEM program - apply by April 15th.
  • Project Syncere High School Summer STEM Camp - application.
  • Diversity and Outreach Programs in ACES at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Due March 9th. Click here.
  • Women in engineering at UIC for rising juniors and seniors - June 22-July 10. Due March 30th. Click here.
  • Free 5-week program for high school juniors at Kettering University. Due April 20th. Click here.

• Volunteerism

  • Prudential Spirit Community Award application due November 4th! http://spirit.prudential.com/media/managed/instructions_88882.pdf

Questions or concerns, contact Mr. Bauer at debauer@cps.edu or 773-535-9937.