Post Secondary Wishlist
If you are looking to sponsor or support post secondary opportunities for students, we want to make it easy for you. If you know what you’d like to do give us a call or send us an email. If you’re looking for ideas, we’ve listed a few ways you could make a big difference in your school’s post secondary plans.
The CPS budget funds compensation for 27,000 teachers, 600 principals and the support staff of 19,000. Each school’s budget also funds textbooks, library books and materials, food, building maintenance and security. In addition, all schools have modest allocations for technology and library books, although not at an optimal level.
The following numbers reflect the total costs associated with each item. Donations may be made in any amount towards any of the items listed below. Donations may be made online by clicking the red “Donate Now” button.
Sponsor a Textbook Scholarship for a CPS Student $1,000/student
Sponsor a CPS student attending a Pre College Summer Quest Program $1,500/student
All Junior students in a high school $400,000
Establish college resource room (15 computers, several printers, and postsecondary materials) $20,000
Sponsor AVID start up in a middle/elementary school $14,815
Sponsor a one-week college visit for 40 students to Atlanta, Washington D.D., and Boston $30,000
Sponsor a week of summer training 50 high school counselors on ASCA counseling model $65,000
Sponsor AVID start up in a CPS high school $40,780
Sponsor a student through college
Chicago City Colleges (2 years) $4,000
University of Illinois-Chicago (4 years) $30,000
University of Illinois Champaign (4 years) $70,000
Private college/university outside Chicago (4 years) $225,000
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