CICS 2015 Annual Report

2015 ANNUAL REPORT July 1, 2014 – June 31, 2015

01. Welcome p 2 02. Who We Are p 3 03. Where We Are p 4 04. From Our Scholars p 5 05. Advocating for Our Future p 6 06. Data-Driven Academics p 8 07. Academic Performance: High School p 9 08. Academic Performance: Elementary p 10 09. Financial Highlights p 14 10. Community Engagement p 16 11.

Every Child, Every Day p 17

12. Our Supporters p 18

01 92+V Welcome 8+

Dear Friends of CICS, Welcome to our 2014-2015 annual report. I am thrilled to share some of our tremendous accomplishments we have achieved during this school year and to reflect on the hard work of our scholars, staff, teachers, and families. This has been a year of change for CICS as we said farewell to our longtime Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Elizabeth Purvis. While Dr. Purvis is missed by those who worked with her, we know that she is working just as hard at the Governor’s office in Springfield to raise the standard of education for all children in Illinois.

As an indicator of our progress thus far, 95% of the graduating CICS class of 2015 was accepted to college, an exciting accomplishment compared to last year’s rate of 93% and 2013’s rate of 88%. Because of our organizational focus on preparing our scholars for college, this progress is incredibly encouraging and a testament to the work the staff and teachers have been doing to improve college-readiness at our schools.

Most importantly, it is a real indicator that CICS students are ready for and primed to succeed in the future that awaits them.

Under Dr. Purvis’s leadership, CICS saw the expansion of our network from 6 campuses to 16 campuses, which serve thousands of children in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois. As an organization, CICS strengthened and continued to fulfill its mission of providing, through innovation and choice, an attractive and rigorous college-preparatory education that meets the needs of today’s students. With significant academic gains and increasing college admission rates, we are confident that our network is moving forward.

In addition to our academic achievements, we are proud to share with you some of the programs and initiatives that promote the real-world skills and personal passions so vital to our scholars’ success in college and in life. From attending college-and-career-focused mentoring programs to organizing community events, our scholars are active participants in activities which supplement and incorporate their rigorous academic instruction to even better prepare them for life after graduation. Behind all of these programs and achievements are our parents, teachers, staff, and supporters. As a network, we are so grateful for everyone who has made a generous commitment to aid CICS in our mission and enable our scholars to be successful in college and in life. As we look to the future, CICS is moving forward with the clear knowledge that the work we are doing is shaping the lives of thousands of children who will, in turn, shape the future of our city and beyond.

In the 2014-2015 school year, we remained dedicated to our work on closing the “achievement gap” so that our scholars’ achievements were on par with national average. We also committed ourselves to ensuring that CICS scholars are equipped not just to be accepted to college, but to persist and succeed in college. These focuses require that we continually set high standards for our network and engage in thoughtful work around the ways in which we support our scholars in and out of the classroom. We have developed a new Programmatic Feedback Process in order to best inform the work of our School Management Organization partners and campus leaders. Through this process and the work of our Academic Accountability team, we have been able to better position each CICS campus to utilize data and real-time feedback to improve instruction and our scholars’ academic experience almost immediately.

Sincerely,

Laura Thonn, President of the Board of Directors Chicago International Charter School

We are so grateful for everyone who has made a generous commitment to aid CICS in our mission and enable our scholars to be successful in college and in life.

2

©2016 Chicago International Charter School | 11 East Adams Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60603 | www.chicagointl.org

16+84+V

02 Who We Are

CICS

555

8,873

16

TEACHERS

STUDENTS

CAMPUSES

16:1

STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIO COMPARED TO CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERALL RATIO

CICS

VS

18:1

CPS

HISPANIC 26%

DEMOGRAPHICS

650+26070 + +20 AFRICAN AMERICAN 65%

LOW INCOME FAMILIES

85%

2015 Annual Report

OTHER 2%

WHITE 7%

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

13%

7%

SPECIAL EDUCATION POPULATION

S + 5 95

NEARLY

95%

$16 MILLION

CLASS OF 2015 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS

CLASS OF 2015 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE

Our Mission Chicago International Charter School (CICS) aims to provide, through innovation and choice, an attractive and rigorous college-preparatory education that meets the needs of today’s students.

3

03 76+V Where We Are 24+ Rogers Park

Edison Park

1 2

CICS Avalon (K-8) AVALON PARK

West Ridge Forest Glen

Norwood Park

CICS Basil (K-8)

11

Jefferson Park

WEST ENGLEWOOD

3

CICS Bucktown (K-8)

4

CICS ChicagoQuest (6-10)

5

CICS Irving Park (K-8)

6

CICS Jackson (K-8)

7

CICS Larry Hawkins (7-12)

8

CICS Lloyd Bond (K-6)

9

CICS Longwood (3-12)

10

CICS Loomis Primary (K-2)

11

CICS Northtown Academy (9-12)

IRVING PARK

Lincoln Square

Albany Park Portage Park

LOGAN SQUARE (BUCKTOWN)

LINCOLN PARK

Edgewater

North Park

5

Irving Park

Rockford, IL

North Center

Dunning

Lakeview

Avondale Montclare

15 Logan Square

Belmont Cragin

Lincoln Park

3

Hermosa

4

ROCKFORD, IL

Austin

RIVERDALE (ALTGELD GARDENS)

Humboldt Park

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (LONGWOOD MANOR)

West Town

East Garfield Park

West Garfield Park

RIVERDALE (ALTGELD GARDENS)

Loop

North Lawndale

13

CICS Ralph Ellison (9-12)

14

CICS Washington Park (K-8)

15

CICS West Belden (K-8)

16

CICS Wrightwood (K-8)

Near South Side

Lower West Side Bridgeport

South Lawndale

NORTH PARK (PETERSON PARK)

CICS Prairie (K-8)

Near North Side

Near West Side

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (LONGWOOD MANOR)

12

WEST PULLMAN

Archer Heights

Brighton Park

Oakland

New City

Fuller Park

AUBURN GRESHAM (GRESHAM)

WASHINGTON PARK

Garfield Ridge

West Elsdon

Douglas

Armour Square

McKinley Park

Englewood Clearing

BELMONT CRAGIN (BELMONT CENTRAL) West Lawn

Chicago Lawn

CICS operates campuses in 4 out of the 10 neighborhoods in Chicago with the highest Hardship of Living Index as indicated by 2010 census data.

Kenwood Hyde Park

14

Woodlawn

West Englewood

2

Greater Grand Crossing

ASHBURN (WRIGHTWOOD)

16

Grand Boulevard

Washington Park

Gage Park

South Shore

1

Auburn Gresham

Ashburn

4

6

Uptown

13

Chatham

Avalon Park

Washington Heights

9

Burnside

10

South Chicago

Calumet Heights

Pullman

Beverly

East Side

Roseland Mount Greenwood

Morgan Park

South Deering West Pullman

12

7 8 Riverdale

Hegewisch

32+68+V

04 From Our Scholars

CICS

2015 Annual Report

Elementary Scholar: Briana M. CICS West Belden / 4th Grade (Graduating Class of 2023) “Today in school I learned how to stay healthy and take care of someone else and myself. I’m going to college to be a doctor.”

High School Scholar: Brandi J. CICS Ralph Ellison / 11th Grade (Graduating Class of 2016) “High school has prepared me for college in many ways. I have had the chance to go on college trips and see how college students learn in and out of the classroom... I also will have to follow vigorous expectations, and I believe Ralph Ellison has helped me understand that.”

Recent Graduate: Juan Gomez CICS Larry Hawkins / Class of 2015 Olive-Harvey College Class of 2017 “My favorite memory of Larry Hawkins is graduation because everyone was so happy to be there and finally be able to say they finished high school. I was very nervous speaking at graduation. My heart was racing and my palms were sweating, but I looked into the crowd and realized I had nothing to worry about. It was an environment full of nothing but love and admiration. It made me feel empowered seeing that my words mattered.”

Alumnus: Francisco Paredes CICS Northtown Academy / Class of 2012 Marquette University / Class of 2017 “At Northtown, they have a Student Leaders program that allows upperclassmen to help incoming freshman.

I really enjoyed doing that because I was able to see myself in some students and help them build a strong foundation for their high school careers. I was fortunate that my parents were very strong on education, but not everyone has that background. If I helped one student understand that going to school benefits you later in life—and that education is more of a privilege than an obligation—then I made a difference…. Northtown receives much credit for where I am today. I like to think they helped me become the person I am and I will always feel that I’m in debt to them.”

05 Academic Performance: 05 60+V Advocating for Our Future 40+ Elementary We are committed to our mission. In our schools, we are working to provide an attractive and rigorous college-preparatory education that meets the needs of today’s students. At the same time, we believe that all children should have access to a high quality education, whether from a traditional public school, a charter public school, or a selective enrollment school. Due to the highly politicized nature of education in Chicago and throughout Illinois, it is imperative that decision makers understand the changes that charter schools have made in the lives of families throughout the city and the state.

WITHOUT THE VOICES OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL NOT CONTINUE TO EXIST. These voices, which champion the right of families to have options, ensure the sustainability of school choice and the availability of high quality schools for all students in the state.

6

This year, CICS powerfully responded to myths, misinformation, and attacks on public charter schools in Chicago and Springfield. We led a team of Advocacy Ambassadors composed of CICS parents and staff members to create ten parent advocate cohorts across the CICS campuses. This approach has been viewed as a best practice across the charter sector and serves as a structure not only for our future advocacy efforts, but also for those of our fellow charter advocates from other schools.

Our team of passionate advocates attended local and statewide events in order to support our students. At the school level, the CICS Advocacy Ambassadors held a number of tours for local and state legislators at CICS campuses. These tours, hosted by school leaders, teachers, parents, and students gave legislators a firsthand view of the work we are doing in and out of the classroom. CICS also had parent representation at all twelve Chicago Public School Board meetings this past year to communicate directly to the Board why school choice makes a difference in our lives and communities. As part of the Illinois Network of Charter Schools’ Lobby Day in Springfield, we brought over 100 parents and scholars to the state capitol to advocate for charter schools.

Through our efforts, CICS has made progress in replacing the negative narrative about charter schools with the real and positive changes that charters have brought to education in the state of Illinois.

CICS

2015 Annual Report

Through our efforts, CICS has made progress in replacing the negative narrative about charter schools with the real and positive changes that charters have brought to education in the state of Illinois.

7

06 52+V Data-Driven Academics 48+

CICS is committed to using data to inform strategy around instruction as we work to prepare our scholars for college. Each year, CICS’s School Management Organization (SMO) partners provide a data-aligned strategic plan for each campus they manage. In this plan, each campus sets achievable growth goals and outlines the strategies and resources that will be implemented to meet those goals.

The PFP is a crucial step in the annual cycle of data collection, analysis, and feedback that informs progress towards strategic plan goals and better positions each campus to utilize the resources and capacity of the CICS network for continual growth. Since implementing the PFP, CICS has been able to establish a network-wide vision of excellence and a process to measure progress towards our goal of closing the college-readiness gap.

Through the newly-developed Programmatic Feedback Process (PFP), the CICS Academic Accountability Team reviews each campus’ strategic plan to ensure that all plans are fully data-aligned and contain measurable goals. As part of the PFP, the CICS Academic Accountability Team uses a combination of quantitative data from the CICS Mid-Year Review and campus visits to assess whether the strategic plans and priorities outlined for each campus are being met. The CICS Mid-Year Review, an integral piece of the PFP, aims to:

On the following pages are just a few of the data points and campus achievements from the 2014-2015 school year. We are proud to share the growth of our scholars and are confident that through the Programmatic Feedback Process, each of our campuses will continue to learn from one another and execute the most effective strategies to prepare every scholar for success in college.

• codify the growth mindset so critical to the success of CICS; • provide real-time feedback in accordance with each campus’ annual strategic plan; • provide reliable, relevant, and objective feedback that leadership can use to inform programming, professional development, and annual goal-setting; • ensure that CICS and the SMO have the capacity, tools, and resources that each campus needs to help students meet and exceed goals; and • provide opportunities for campuses and SMOs to learn from one another which leverages the expertise of the whole CICS network.

8

Since implementing the PFP, CICS has been able to establish a network-wide vision of excellence and a process to measure progress towards our goal of closing the college-readiness gap.

07 44+V Academic Performance: High School 56+

CICS vs. CPS ACT Comparison CICS high school data includes CICS Longwood, CICS Larry Hawkins, CICS Northtown, and CICS Ralph Ellison

16.8 16.6

2014 CICS Average Score

VS

17.4 16.8

CPS Non-Selective Average ACT Score

S + 7 93

2015 CICS Average Score

VS CPS Non-Selective Average ACT Score

Understanding ACT Data: The ACT is a national college admissions examination taken by students in their junior year of high school. The examination, which tests students on their knowledge of English, mathematics, reading, and science, helps to provide an indicator of college-readiness.

Nearly $16 Million

95%

In College Scholarships Awarded

College Acceptance Rate

The Graduating Class of 2015 was accepted to over 200 different colleges and universities, including: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Case Western Reserve University

Augustana College

Gettysburg College

Boston College

Middlebury College

Trinity University Wellesley College Northeastern Illinois University

University of Illinois at Chicago North Park University Saint Xavier University

Tuskegee University Marquette University University of Wisconsin, Madison

Campus Callouts 90% of CICS Ralph Ellison students agree that their teachers work hard to make sure students stay in school, are planning for life after graduation, and are encouraged to attend college.

93% of CICS Longwood freshmen were on track to graduate within four years.

9

08 36+V Academic Performance: Elementary 64+

Network Growth: Percentage of Students Meeting or Exceeding NWEA Growth Target Fall to Spring

READING

62%

MATHEMATICS

71%

Understanding NWEA Data: The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) test is taken by students in grades K-8 to measure performance in reading and math. Students take the exam three times per year and receive an attainment score each time. The attainment scores are compared to determine a student’s growth throughout the year. Teachers use NWEA results to help determine each student’s progress and identify areas where they may need additional instruction.

Network Attainment: Average NWEA Attainment READING

53%

MATHEMATICS

53% National Average (50%)

The average CICS Lloyd Bond student achieved almost double the neighborhood reading and math growth average.

10

CICS Bucktown had the highest attainment scores of all the public schools in their neighborhood.

CICS

2015 Annual Report

Fall-to-Spring NWEA Growth

READING

The NWEA growth target compares a student’s performance with national peer learning levels. These figures show the percentage of students at each campus meeting their NWEA growth targets from Fall 2014 to Spring 2015, alongside the average percent growth for each campus compared to national data (indicated by the gray 100% line). % of Students Meeting or Exceeding NWEA Growth Target

Average Growth % Compared to National Average

CICS Avalon

79%

152%

CICS Basil

79%

CICS Bucktown

75%

CICS ChicagoQuest

40%

CICS Irving Park

67%

CICS Jackson

50%

CICS Larry Hawkins

57%

CICS Lloyd Bond

83%

167%

CICS Longwood

70%

160%

CICS Loomis Primary

80%

CICS Prairie

50%

CICS Washington Park

75%

CICS West Belden

81%

CICS Wrightwood

69%

130% 120% 39% 95% 83% 131%

116% 96% 121% 152% 109% 100%

CICS Avalon students outperformed both the neighborhood schools’ and the district’s attainment averages.

CICS Basil scored almost twice as high as their neighborhood schools’ averages in math.

11

08 36+V Academic Performance: Elementary 64+ MATHEMATICS

Fall-to-Spring NWEA Growth

The NWEA growth target compares a student’s performance with national peer learning levels. These figures show the percentage of students at each campus meeting their NWEA growth targets from Fall 2014 to Spring 2015, alongside the average percent growth for each campus compared to national data (indicated by the gray 100% line). % of Students Meeting or Exceeding NWEA Growth Target

Average Growth % Compared to National Average

CICS Avalon

79%

165%

CICS Basil

79%

169%

CICS Bucktown

75%

CICS ChicagoQuest

42%

CICS Irving Park

67%

CICS Jackson

51%

CICS Larry Hawkins

57%

CICS Lloyd Bond

81%

CICS Longwood

69%

146%

CICS Loomis Primary

79%

153%

CICS Prairie

58%

CICS Washington Park

76%

CICS West Belden

81%

CICS Wrightwood

69%

150% 55% 130% 92% 133% 180%

117% 151% 167% 134% 100%

69% of CICS Irving Park students are at or above the national average NWEA attainment level.

12

CICS Wrightwood scored higher than the neighborhood schools’ and district averages in attainment.

CICS

2015 Annual Report

CICS West Belden students had higher attainment scores than both their neighborhood schools’ and the district averages.

CICS Larry Hawkins’ reading growth was nearly 1.7 times the national average.

CICS Jackson 8th graders achieved 130% growth in reading.

CICS Washington Park students surpassed the national growth average in math and reading.

13

09 28+V Financial Highlights 72+ CICS Balance Sheet

CICS Income Statement

Assets

FY15 FY14

Revenue

FY15 FY14

Cash & Investments

$24,618,694

$19,975,873

Chicago Public Schools

$92,888,944

$86,920,190

Accounts Receivable

$4,735,205

$6,930,383

Federal E-rate discount fundings

$877,016

$880,106

$950,668

$514,725

Contributed Goods and services

$2,761,683

$2,671,510

$90,921

$217,074

Grants & Contributions

$879,906

$779,741

PPE, net

$51,494,470

$54,423,622

$79,482

$109,557

Other non-current assets

$5,521,255

$5,281,581

$6,293,380

$5,463,802

$87,411,213

$87,343,258

$1,204,571

$1,081,700

$104,984,982

$97,906,606

$5,901,926

$7,473,916

Capital Leases

$672,812

$310,808

Deferred Revenue

$110,463

$99,581

Program services

$85,490,979

$80,788,416

$45,606,676

$46,999,687

Management & General

$16,635,398

$16,228,821

$418,385

$468,118

Total Liabilities

$52,710,262

$55,352,110

Total Net Assets

$34,700,951

$31,991,148

$87,411,213

$87,343,258

Prepaid Expenses Other Current Assets

Total Assets Liabilities

Other Student fees, bookstore income, and extended day income Total Revenue

Accounts Payable

Notes & Bonds Payable Deferred Rent

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

CICS Revenue

6% Other 3% Contributed Goods and services 1% Federal E-rate discount fundings 1% Grants & Contributions 1% Student fees, bookstore income, and extended day income

CICS Loomis achieved a 140% growth level in math, one of the highest growth levels in our network.

Expenses

Fundraising Total Expenses

$148,802

$291,757

$102,275,179

$97,308,994

$2,709,803

$597,612

Net Income

CICS Expenses

84+16

88+1+36

88% Chicago Public Schools

14

Interest Income

84% Program services 16% Management & General

CICS Northtown students achieved higher academic growth than the average student in the district from their sophomore year to their junior year.

CICS

CICS Rockford Charter School Organization Income Statement

CICS Rockford Charter School Organization Balance Sheet Assets

2015 Annual Report

FY15 FY14

Revenue

FY15 FY14

Cash & Investments

$1,049,570

$1,256,182

$4,686,158

$4,195,039

Accounts Receivable

$461,746

$353,933

Federal E-rate discount fundings

$25,312

$28,426

$43,108

$19,562

Contributed Goods and services

$-

$29,770

$2,302,930

$2,575,634

$3,407

$512,620

Other assets

$9,403

$5,099

$650,539

$553,264

Total Assets

$3,866,757

$4,210,410

$18,669

$30,219

$5,384,085

$5,349,338

Program services

$4,319,545

$4,077,764

Management & General

$1,057,932

$1,124,017

$5,377,477

$5,201,781

$6,608

$147,557

Prepaid Expenses PPE, net

Rockford Public Schools

Grants & Contributions Rent & other income Student fees and related income Total Revenue

Liabilities Accounts Payable

$1,166,069

$1,418,217

Notes Payable

$2,286,252

$2,375,000

Deferred Rent

$132,847

$142,239

Total Liabilities

$3,585,195

$3,935,456

Total Net Assets

$281,562

$274,954

$3,866,757

$4,210,410

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

CICS Rockford Charter School Organization Revenue

10% Grants & Contributions 10% Rent & other income 1% Federal E-rate discount fundings 1% Contributed Goods and services 1% Student fees and related income

96% of CICS Prairie students report that their teachers expect them to do their best all the time and expect everyone at the school to work hard.

Total Expenses Net Income

CICS Rockford Charter School Organization Expenses

78+22+

77+1+10

78% Rockford Public Schools

Expenses

78% Program services 22% Management & General

90% of CICS ChicagoQuest students agree that their classes really make them think and that they feel comfortable with their teachers.

15

10 20+V Community Engagement 80+ CICS scholars and their campus leaders are committed to excellence not only through academic pursuits in their school building but also through community service efforts focused on impacting their neighborhood, city, and—in some cases—the world. In addition, multiple important enrichment programs enable scholars to integrate themselves into professional environments and gain real-life experience in problem solving and other capacity-building skills. The following are powerful examples of the ways in which CICS students are engaging with their communities and building a solid foundation for success in school and in life.

In the Workplace At the high school level, partnerships with Positive Coaching Alliance, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Cushman & Wakefield, Accenture, Genesys Works, and Pass With Flying Colors offer CICS scholars hands-on workshops, mentoring, internships, and college exposure and readiness programming. Scholars are engaged with executive-style trainings on topics such as time management, interviewing skills, social media use and personal branding, as well as financial literacy and budgeting for college. These trainings and connections enable scholars to network with professionals while forming a community of college- and career-minded graduates prepared to make their mark on the world.

Alongside the City CICS Wrightwood hosted a dinner in concert with the Chicago Community Trust’s centennial celebration entitled “On the Table”, a citywide movement to bring Chicagoans together and share ideas about improving the City of Chicago. CICS Wrightwood students, along with Bella Cuisine Kids Cooking Club, an outreach effort that encourages children to make healthy eating a part of their daily lives, cooked and served a meal for CICS Wrightwood families and staff. Over dinner, the group held conversations about the school and what parents, teachers, and scholars could to do help improve the local community and the city.

16

Across the Globe CICS Bucktown was one of the pilot schools for the Free the Children program in the Chicagoland area. Free the Children is an international charity and educational partner that works both domestically and internationally to empower and enable youth to be agents of change.

Scholars from CICS Bucktown worked with Free the Children to develop a plan to hold a week-long food drive at the school. Over 2,500 food items were collected and donated to a local food pantry by the scholars as their first step towards fighting hunger at home and abroad.

Throughout the Neighborhood CICS Lloyd Bond invited scholars, families, and neighbors from the surrounding Altgeld Gardens neighborhood to a summer picnic with refreshments, music from local radio station WGCI, and several outdoor sporting activities. This picnic provided a fun, safe space for a summer community gathering where residents were able to get active, catch up with each other, enjoy the campus, and strengthen the bond between school and community.

88+12+V

11 Every Child, Every Day

Across its many underserved neighborhoods, Chicago’s youth face a distressing range of challenges including poverty, homelessness, and violence. Though not their fault, these circumstances often stand in the way of many children’s dreams of a secure future. CICS exists to give all our city’s children access to the education they need to lift them up and give them hope. We are fiercely committed to making sure that Every Child enrolled in a CICS campus has the support, encouragement and guidance they need Every Day. This year, CICS launched our Every Child, Every Day campaign—a fundraising initiative dedicated to supporting the comprehensive educational services and safe, functional learning environments so crucial to our scholars’ success. Thanks to the support of our many Every Child, Every Day donors, CICS scholars have access to a variety of opportunities that better prepare them for life after high school graduation.

Our efforts are succeeding. Across our network, we are proud to report that during the 2014-2015 school year, 95% of CICS graduates were accepted to college. This remarkable

milestone is a testament to the dedicated efforts of our teachers and staff. It also reflects the great strides made by our scholars, who often enter our campuses at lower academic levels and must show exponential growth in order to catch up to their peers outside the city.

Through hard work and perseverance, and with the focused support of the CICS network, our scholars are beating the odds and positioning themselves for the higher education that will safeguard their futures.

Getting into college is only the beginning.

CICS is wholly committed to making sure our scholars shine once they are enrolled. While recent ACT test scores indicate that only 28% of high school juniors in America are on track for college-readiness, CICS is dedicated to surpassing this national figure. We have set an aggressive but attainable goal that all CICS high school scholars are ready for college by the time they graduate. To reach and maintain this standard, we will continue to provide not only rigorous academic instruction but also opportunities for enrichment and additional resources that will better prepare our scholars for success in college.

CICS

2015 Annual Report

One such opportunity, the Accenture Mentoring Program, entered its seventh year in 2014.

CICS’s partnership with Accenture has enabled female scholars from the CICS Longwood and CICS Northtown Academy campuses to connect with professional women working at Accenture’s Chicago office. The young women from CICS talk with their Accenture mentors about their college experiences and career paths and get the chance to seek advice about their own future careers. Mentees communicate with their mentors regularly throughout the year which strengthens their relationships and builds lasting professional contacts.

The Accenture partnership served more than 250 young women throughout the course of the program and will expand to include a new group of young men in 2015 so that even more CICS students will have access to the mentoring resources.

We thank all those who have made gifts to support the success of CICS scholars—whether those were gifts of time, funding, hard work, or access to opportunities. It is precisely this heartfelt support that enables our scholars to reach the next level of achievement on their path to college.

You can join our supporters and help ensure Every Child, Every Day is ready for success in college.

Visit www.chicagointl.org/everychild to learn more today.

17

12 4+V Our Supporters 05 Academic Performance: 96+ Elementary

Thank you to our families, teachers, staff, donors, and partners.

Your dedication and generosity have been crucial to the success of our CICS scholars on their path to college.

Board of Directors, 2014–2015 LAURA THONN, President

CATHERINE H. GOTTFRED PH.D.*

CRAIG W. HENDERSON*, Treasurer and Vice President

TOM HAYDEN

ARTHUR J. RELIFORD, JR., Secretary

GERALD L. JENKINS

DAVID J. CHIZEWER*

ALBERTA JOHNSON

VIOLET M. CLARK

THOMAS J. NIEMAN *denotes founding Board Member

Donors & Partners

CLASSROOM LEVEL DONORS $3,560 AND ABOVE

SCHOLAR LEVEL DONORS $365 AND ABOVE

Ronald Lunt

PROGRAM LEVEL DONORS $9,125 AND ABOVE

Craig Omtvedt and Jane Omtvedt

Alberta L. Johnson

Violet Clark

Chris and Jessica Vodicka

Anonymous

William Blair & Company Foundation

The Broad Center

Food Service Professionals

Carmen Almazan

Catherine Gottfred

John & Weezie Gates Charitable Trust

Daniel Anello

Craig and Patty Henderson

Laura Thonn

Dolly Irizarry

David and Debbie Chizewer

ORBA

Elizabeth and Jeff Purvis

John and Jeanne Rowe

The Robert and Pamela Delaney Foundation

Elizabeth McKenna

LEAP Innovations Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Donor Advised Fund Philip M. Friedmann Family Charitable Trust

STUDY GROUP LEVEL DONORS $1,825 AND ABOVE Alex and Ellen Moore Fund

Rauner Family Foundation

Barbara and Richard Metzler

The Tobey Foundation

Digital Benefit Advisors James Murphy kCura Corporation Mary Thonn Mesirow Financial Tom Nieman

18

Gorter Family Foundation The Grossbauer Group Heather Kracik James Valenti Jennifer Naber

Stacy Beardsley

FRIENDS OF CICS UP TO $365 Academy of our Lady Alumnae Association Andrew Larsen Anne Kostyo Anthony Smaniotto Astrid Araya Barbara Manny

Jodie Laughlin

Barry & Hilary Weinstein Family Charitable Foundation

John and Kathleen Sfikas

Bossy Family Foundation Trust

John Bollero

Brian Moran

Kathleen Clarke

Bryan Pepper

Krista Gallagher

Cara Rogers

Maureen Miller

Carmen Almazan

Michael Petkovich

Cezar Froelich

Michael Sullivan

Charles Botthof

Nancy Gidwitz

Chris Shields

Rana Kahn

Daniel McCaffery

Richard Doppelt

Daniel Ryan

CICS

2015 Annual Report

Student Enrichment Programming

David R. Lind

Juliana Abbott

Stephen Voris

David Ryan

Karen Bloomfield

Steve Livaditis

David Thonn

Kathleen Iriarte

Steven & Gwenn Suvada

Edmund Woodbury

Kathleen Van Hecke

Steven Disse

Edward G. Lemire, D.D.S.

Ken Szady

Tara Shuman

Elizabeth Talbott

Kristin Schrepferman

Terry McKay

Eugene Walega

Laura Fisher

Thomas Davis

Finley Brown III

Lucy Rosales

Timothy Beechick

Focus Point Promotions, Inc

Mark & Helene Connolly

Todd Berlinghof

Francis Nkwocha

Mark Goodman and Associates, INC.

Tony Fuerst

Francisco Cortes

Mary Ann Boggs

Tonya Rambo

Fred Ehmke

Mary Beach

Virginia Glantz

Gary Beban

Meghan Schmidt

Warren Otto

Gary Kachadurian

Michael Bower

Wines for Humanity, LLC

Gary Kobus

Michael Crane

George Cibula, Jr.

Michael Dillon George

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES

USTA National

George Good

Michael J. Burns

Amazon Smile Foundation

USTA Midwest Section

George Pappas

Michael Jackson

BP Foundation

Gerald O’Malley

Michael King

Deutsche Bank

H. Patrick Hackett

Michael McLaughlin

General Electric Foundation

Heidi Hageman

Michael Richwine

Illinois Toolworks Foundation

Helen R. Wargel

Michael Ritter

Pfizer Foundation

Ifleda Q. Millon and Danilo G. Millon

Monica Green-Wilson

Jack Mackercher

Morrison Properties, LLC

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS

James A. Homan

Newcastle Limited

Aligned Modern Health

James Alexander

Norton O’Meara

Benjamin Dohmen

James B. Hoesley

Oxford Capital Group, LLC

Chicago Cubs

James P. Martin

Patricia Costante

Chicago White Sox Charities, Inc.

James Sheridan

Patrick J Coyle

Glencoe PTO

James Stovall

Paul Boneham

Elizabeth and Jeff Purvis

Jane Hoffman

Peter Cyrus

JCRAF, INC.

Peter J. Broccolo

Jeff Blake

Peter Regis

Jeffrey B. Devine

R.A. Diamond

Jeffrey Gumbiner

Rev. Gregory Rom

John Atchison

Richard Ross, Jr.

John Campbell

Richard W. Burke

John F. Mc Kinney

Robert C. Bridges

John Grissim

Robert Clarke

John J. Oelerich

Robert Cook

John Kachadurian

Accenture Chicago District Tennis Association Civic Leadership Foundation Cushman and Wakefield Future Founders Foundation Mindful Practices Museum of Science & Industry Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Pass with Flying Colors Piedmont Office Realty Trust Positive Coaching Alliance Pritzker-Traubert Family Foundation Schuler Scholar Program

Wilson Racquet Sports Youth Guidance College Preparatory Programs American Heart Association Calm Classroom Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Debate League Chicago Run Chicago Scholars Common Threads Communities in Schools of Chicago Digital Youth Network

PROGRAM PARTNERS

Friends of CICS Tennis

Professional and Community Development

Juvenile Protective Association

Illinois College Access Network (ICAN)

Chicago Children’s Museum

Kaboom!

Common Sense Media

LEAP Learning Systems

Dominican University

LJM Partners

Family Focus

OfficeMax

Glencoe PTO

One Goal

Golden Apple Foundation

Open Books

Robert Delaney

Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)

Project Exploration

John McKinney

Robert Durst

Museum of Science & Industry

John P. Vaile

Robert F. Toland, Jr.

Ravinia Festival

Pain to Power

John Quirin

Robert J. Nowlin

Teach for America

Parent Power Chicago

John Ryan

Robert Sullivan

Intonation Music Workshop

Promethean & Polyvision

John Siff

Robert W. Thomas

True to Life Foundation

United Neighborhood Organization

Johnson Asemota

Rosemary Hastings

University of IL Extension

Jon Thompson

Ryan McLaughlin

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Josalyn T. Drain

Scott Saunders

Union League Boys & Girls Club

Joseph G. Girardi TTEE

Sharon Kummerer

Joseph Wise

Stephen Azar

Joseph Valenti Jr. Family Foundation

Stephen Fitzgerald

PwC

19

GET INVOLVED SUPPORT Every Child | Every Day ON THEIR PATH TO COLLEGE www.chicagointl.org/everychild

CICSschools

@CICS_schools

Chicago International Charter School | 11 East Adams Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60603–6330