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Mayor Emanuel Announces Strategic Partnership Between Senn & Loyola

Thursday, May 24, 2012
By Jeremy Bressman
Senn High School. Credit: Jeremy Bressman

According to a news release from Alderman Harry Osterman’s 48th Ward Office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced a new strategic partnership between Senn High School and Loyola University Chicago. This strategic partnership will take effect fall 2012 and will strengthen Senn’s academic offerings while building on its existing leadership and assets by providing academic support, teacher training, and improved educational opportunities for students.

Under the guidance of President Father Garanzini, Loyola University Chicago’s School of Education will collaborate on Senn’s academic programs including an expanded wall-to-wall IB program, the first in the City, which will provide a robust academic curriculum throughout the school. Over the past two years, Senn High School has seen major improvements under the leadership of Principal Susan Lofton. Test scores – including ACT – have improved; the newly instated Fine Arts program has been extremely successful with the students taking 34 medals at this year’s All City Visual Arts Competition; and the IB has continued to garner more student participation and success, growing from 110 applicants in 2007 to 1,732 in 2012. The expanded IB program will complement Senn’s existing programs and will be beneficial to all students throughout our community.

In the release, Osterman stated:  “I have been a strong partner and advocate of Senn High School for many years. As your state representative for 11 years, I helped secure state funds for a new science lab, computer lab, and security cameras. I strongly believe this strategic partnership is a turning point for our community’s goal in making Senn High School a first-choice neighborhood school.”
Residents who are interested in partnering with Senn and building on this exciting momentum at Senn High School can contact the newly appointed 48th Ward Education Liaison, Karen Dreyfuss, at Karen@48thward.org or 773-784-5277.

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  • Jjimedd

    Awesome!!

  • Guest

    My son will be a freshman in the Fine Arts/Theater program this fall. I was already impressed & now even more so.

  • Tom Hartman

    More selling of our public space to Catholic organizations.  Yuck.  Why not change the neighborhood name to OsterCatholicWater or HolyWater and be done with it.  Daley tried to buy his way into heaven by selling off Rogers Park (now rechristened We Hate Women and Gays Park) now the Rahmfather is doing it too.  Too bad Rahm, FrannyTranny George is still going to condemn you to hell for your role in this Obamanation that’s forcing him and other old transvestites to treat people equally.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AWJN57PZO2ECD3ZBNLB3MGGAVY Meg W

    You’re a quite overwrought Tom Hartman. Senn hasn’t been sold to any organization. Senn and Loyola are neighbors and its convenient for both Edgewater institutions. Think Northwestern or U of C would collaborate with Senn on this scale? Fat chance.  This is great news for Senn.

  • Granville Gatekeeper

     I invite other religious organizations, women’s or gay groups to invest in the community too. There are more than enough opportunities for investment beyond what Loyola can provide. Of course, Loyola isn’t going to invest in building a park district track, or public high school, provide policing on Granville,or clean up Winthrop and Kenmore without thinking of their own future needs in the community, but, on balance, I can live with that.

  • guest

    How great is that!? Now this school will be a good option for folks in the neighborhood that otherwise would send their kids to private schools or other H.S’s farther away. Way to go. This is a good thing. Improving education is always a plus.

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