Next meeting of the HPKCAC on Wednesday, February 27 at 6pm at Dyett

The next meeting of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Action Council will take place this Wednesday, February 27 at Dyett High School at 6pm.

This meeting will be a planning meeting: we will review the main points from Jim Dispensa's presentation last month and discuss next steps that the HPKCAC community would like to take, including other speakers to invite on the topic of equity, under-enrolled schools, and the way CPS calculates "school utilization rates." We'll lay out a plan for meeting topics for the next 6 months. If you have a book recommendation that you think the HPKCAC should read and discuss, please bring your ideas.

Also, we have two requests for volunteers:

1) Please see the flyer from Tutoring Chicago.

2) Following up on the Jane Averill Community Reading Day, volunteers who read at Reavis are looking for additional help with the library there. Here is their message: We are looking for volunteers to help sort and organize books at Reavis so the school can have a functioning library once again. If you have a couple of hours to spare and are interested in helping, please contact Hannah Hayes at hhayes@usa.net or Cheryl Hubbard at caghubbard@gmail.com.  Days and times for working are flexible. Thank you!

UC Booth School of Business is hosting a conference on the topic of education on February 22 from 11:30-6pm

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is hosting the fourth annual Chicago Booth Education Management Conference, a critical convening of education leaders, practitioners, and graduate students. The Conference is an opportunity for students and practitioners alike to delve into current challenges and exciting trends in education, engage with emerging and ongoing academic research, and apply innovative business management principles to the education space. Through panels, workshops, keynotes, and networking conversations, we seek to create a forum for leaders to connect and transform the education landscape in Chicago and beyond.

See this website for more information and to register:
https://groups.chicagobooth.edu/boothed/2019-agenda/

CPS Job Fair for many different jobs in schools on February 7

There is a CPS Job Fair on Thursday, February 7 from 3pm-7pm at the Gage Park Fieldhouse. See the poster below for more details.

Next meeting of the HPKCAC to take place on 1/23 at 6pm at Dyett HS

The next meeting of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Action Council will take place on Wednesday, January 23 at Dyett High School at 6pm.

We'll have a guest speaker, Jim Dispensa, from the Business Operation Department of CPS. We'd like to hear from Mr. Dispensa about how current space utilization assessments of CPS schools, especially schools in our community, would be affected if CPS used the classroom sizes identified in Illinois' new evidence-based funding formula (so, for example, 15 children in K-2 in low-income communities). 

We'll also provide updates from our meeting with principals in December.

We'd love to hear updates from our schools about how 2019 is going so far.

Free Supplies for Teachers

This message comes from the Neighborhood Schools Program at the University of Chicago:

CCRX: Swap Circle for Teachers

Envision Frick Center - 2124 W. 82nd Place
Donation Days are January 19 - 23
Teacher Event Days are Jan 25-26

The Swap Circle is a pop-up event for Chicago teachers to get free supplies, and an opportunity for businesses to donate their surplus supplies for the teachers.  At the last Swap, 500 teachers got 10 tons of surplus!  Everything from paper, office and art supplies to fabric, science equipment and more.

This coming Swap will feature 13 skids of new Scholastic books for ages PreK - Young Adult.  It is all free for teachers who live or work in Chicago -- we just ask for a $10 donation.

Please visit the Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) website for more information!

Spaces available for 6th-8th graders to take free art class at HPAC

Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell) is accepting new students into Creative Crew, a free 

program for middle school students. 

The program is offered on Fridays: January 11, 18, 25, February 8, 15, 22, and March 1, 8, 15, 22, 2019.

This program follows the CPS calendar so there is no class when CPS is closed.

The class goes from 4 – 6 p.m; the actual class starts at 4:30 p.m. with ice breakers from 4 – 4:30 p.m.

All students must be here by 4:30 p.m.

Students will participate in a wide range of art activities using various mediums.

Parents are responsible for dropping off and picking up their children.

If you are interested, please contact Gregory Smith at 773-324-5520 ext 1002 or gsmth@hydeparkart.org after January 3, 2019.

Nominate a teacher for WGN's Teacher of the Month Award

You can nominate a teacher for WGN's Teacher of the Month Award!

"Candidates will be judged on their educational achievements in the classroom, community contributions and the innovativeness of their teaching techniques."

Here is the link for more information about the program and about how to submit a nomination:
https://wgntv.com/2016/08/16/wgn-tvs-teacher-of-the-month-award-nomination-application/?utm_source=wgn&utm_medium=wgnemail&utm_campaign=wgn