Thanks to our Academic and Arts Enrichment Partners, our students are exposed to a wealth of opportunities.  These partnerships provide our school with the cutting edge programming that help us work toward a higher educational standard.

Our Academic Partners:

(Listed alphabetically)

Chicago Literacy Group 
Supporting schools in the implementation of effective balanced literacy instruction through ongoing, hands-on professional development and intensive classroom coaching.

Dell
With Dell's Techknow Program, Dell and Ravenswood School are partnering to bring computers and 21st century know-how to our middle school students.

DePaul University
Class projects, research, internships and experiential learning programs that bring theory to life are provided at Ravenswood School.

DeVry University
A leader in electronics and technology-based business education, DeVry offers on-site technical administration to Ravenswood School faculty, staff and students.

Northeastern University
Ravenswood receives student teacher placements by Northwestern, a University that combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries.

Ravenswood Community Services
Providing Ravenswood School with our annual educational Reality Fair and Focus Future, a mentoring program for our upper grade students.

Reading is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit children's literacy organization.

Rochelle Lee Boundless Readers Fund
Providing Ravenswood with literacy-rich programming, professional development, classroom libraries.  The Rochelle Lee Fund believes that every child deserves the opportunity to become a successful reader.

The University of Chicago
Ravenswood School participates in the University of Chicago's Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP), wherein the education of children is believed to be a serious intellectual task, and the study of teaching and learning has to be immersed in the daily life of a school.

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Through their student teacher placements at Ravenswood School, UIC embraces its mission of teaching, research, service, and economic development through hundreds of academic programs, community service initiatives, and research endeavors.


Our Arts Enrichment Partners:

(Listed alphabetically)

Chicago Teachers' Center (CTC)
An outreach center of Northeastern Illinois University’s College of Education helping develop comprehensive and sequential arts curriculum at Ravenswood School.

Illinois Institute of Art
Providing fine art tutors for Ravenswood School students.

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art
Ravenswood Backporch Gallery.

Lakeview Education & Arts Partnership (LEAP)
Integrating theater, dance, visual arts, music and language arts programming at Ravenswood. 

Lyric Opera of Chicago
Providing Ravenswood School's Neighborhood Opera & Opera in the Classroom workshops.

Old Town School of Folk Music
Providing Ravenswood School's Global Roots program. 

Urban Gateways
Artist in Residence programs at Ravenswood.


Return to Special Thanks To... page.