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How to apply to CPS selective enrollment elementary schools and magnet schools
It’s the time of year again! Chicago Public Schools (CPS) opened its applications for the 2022-2023 school year on Wednesday, October 13; the deadline to apply is December 15 at 5pm. Students entering...
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How to help your child get ready for kindergarten
Is your child starting kindergarten next year? Consider taking a proactive approach to ensuring he or she is ready to arrive at kindergarten and learn. Evidence increasingly suggests that the are...
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CPS Universal Pre-K: What you need to know
If you have ever felt confusion about Chicago’s public preschool admissions, procedures and offerings, you are not alone. The process and nomenclature have changed each year, with various names, ...
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Which School Districts Have the Most Robust /Follow Most Current Research & Best Practices for Neurodiverse Students?

Seeking Recommendations:   NOT including CPS as an option, which Illinois public school districts are known to have the most robust, successful, diverse learner programs, following the most current/scientific research & most current best practices for working with neurodiverse students...

CPS notification watch 2023: Post your magnet and/or open enrollment results here

Mark your calendar!   Elementary school offers will be released on Friday, April 21, 2023 after 5 p.m.    Post your offers here for CPS magnet and open enrollment schools.   This post will unlock on 4/21 ...

Advice for child performer

I’m posting on NPN hoping for some advice. I have an 11 year old daughter (entering 6th grade next year) - and she is a really talented singer and performer. I know- I’m her mother. However- she’s been on stage now for the past 2 years in musicals (school productions, local theater “professional” pr...

Hangout (food gift card?) recs for Jones and DCP (or better 8th graduation idea)

Would like to get a small graduation gift for 8th graders - one going to DCP, otherJones. Was thinking a gift card to a place unique to that school (is not Starbucks) for after school snack/hanging. Also open to other ideas. TIA! ...

Please tell me about your journey to medication for your ADHD child...

I know this is very personal and a choice that is very individualized.   I am wanting to hear from parents of ADHD kids, who made the decision to have the kids take medication, as part of their treatment.  I am wondering what led you to choose this, what your experience been like, and how your child...


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