Education & Families News
New street banners along West Pershing Road highlight Horizon Science Academy – McKinley Park, which celebrated the program during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the school on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.
- New street banners on West Pershing Road highlight McKinley Park neighborhood charter school.
- Principal, students and staff cut ribbon during ceremony on Wednesday, September 8, 2021.
- Banners feature past graduates, school achievements.
Teen photographers focused on McKinley Park's flora and fauna in a program from the Coalition for a Better Chinese-American Community and The Nature Conservancy, with a photo exhibition coming up on Saturday, September 4.
- Photography program comes from the Coalition for a Better Chinese-American Community and The Nature Conservancy.
- Teens get trained in nature photography, identifying native species.
- View the results of the program at the Teen Photography Exhibition on Saturday, September 4, in the McKinley Park field house.
Read more: Teen Photo Workshop Leads to McKinley Park Exhibition
The Connected Chicago program from Chicago Public Schools is supporting neighborhood families' Internet access with support and translation help from the Coalition for a Better Chinese-American Community.
- Connected Chicago program from Chicago Public Schools provides free Internet for qualified students and their families.
- Coalition for a Better Chinese-American Community provides support and translation help as a partner organization.
- High-speed broadband Internet needed for both remote schooling and regular homework.
Chicago's environmental hazards and their distribution show an unequal burden borne by neighborhoods in the South and West sides, according to the latest study from the University of Illinois - Chicago's School of Public Health.
- South and West side neighborhoods bear the biggest burdens from Chicago's industrial activity, a new study shows.
- Environmental justice analysis from the University of Illinois - Chicago's School of Public Health looks at toxic hazards, industrial roads, rail yards and brownfields.
- Study expands on previous examinations of toxic sites and school populations.
Read more: McKinley Park Surrounded by Areas of Highest Industrial Burden
The Aviation Institute of Maintenance is opening its largest campus this fall in a converted new warehouse at South Ashland Avenue and West 37th Street, launching the only FAA-certified mechanics program in the Chicago area.
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance is building its largest campus in a warehouse at 3711 S. Ashland Avenue.
- School will offer FAA-certified mechanics training and drone pilot training.
- Hundreds of students anticipated daily at the new school; dozens of new neighborhood jobs created to support it.
Read more: Largest Aviation Maintenance School in U.S. Lands in McKinley Park
