Schools

The Wrightwood Neighborhood’s children can attend three local Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Elementary Schools and a High School. All are excellent schools with a lot to offer.  We’ve given you a brief look at each school, we encourage you see for yourself how fabulous our area public schools really are. Every year, Wrightwood Neighbors donates money from our fundraiser, The Taste of Lincoln Avenue, to help support a special program or need the schools may have.  Contact our Schools Chair with any questions.

Agassiz Elementary School.
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Harriet Tubman (Agassiz) Elementary School

2851 N. Seminary
Chicago, IL 60657
773-534-5725
www.tubmanelementarycps.org

Harriet Tubman Elementary (formerly Agassiz) is a Fine and Performing Arts, Magnet Cluster School, with a focus on the integration of visual arts, drama, and dance and music theory into the curriculum to support literacy.  Tubman offers two pre-kindergarten programs, a full day kindergarten, a technologically sophisticated media center, full-time drama and music teachers, dance and visual art, computers in every classroom with on-line access in many classrooms.  Also offered are a project-based curriculum for intermediate and upper grades and an accelerated reader program for students in grades 3 through 8.  Tubman has a successful collaboration among general and special education teachers and an inclusion philosophy for all students. After school programs include Studio Arts, Gallery 37 and a homework center.

Louisa May Alcott Elementary School.
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Louisa May Alcott Elementary School

2625 North Orchard
Chicago, IL 60614
773-534-5460
alcottelementary.net

Louisa May Alcott School is a full-day, pre-K through 8th grade neighborhood school that has received local and national media attention for its groundbreaking initiatives in progressive education, language instruction, nutrition and fundraising. Alcott ranks in the top 35 of all CPS neighborhood schools, belongs to the Chicago Math and Science initiative for teaching algebra in eighth grade, embraces an accelerated curriculum that includes Mandarin Chinese, computer instruction, arts and drama, and offers a rich array of after-school programs including debate, math, guitar, science, chess, sports and knitting.

Oscar Mayer Elementary School - Schools near Wrightwood neighbors

Oscar Mayer Elementary School

2250 North Clifton Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
773-534-5535
mayermagnet.org

In 2008, the school was officially renamed as “Oscar Mayer Magnet School” and became a magnet-cluster school with a Fine and Performing Arts focus and introduced a Montessori program and an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program. Mayer Magnet is dedicated to promoting a holistic education that nurtures and challenges all students to become lifelong learners with a passion to inquire, think globally, serve others, create, lead and achieve personal excellence.

Lincoln Park High School.

Lincoln Park High School

2001 North Orchard Street
Chicago, IL 60614
773-534-8130
lincolnparkhs.org

Lincoln Park enjoys a tradition of academic excellence that is responsive to both student needs and teacher initiative. LPHS is a neighborhood high school with three magnet programs: International Baccalaureate (IB), Double Honors/Advanced Placement (HH/AP), and Performing Arts (Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Drama, String Instrument). The neighborhood attendance area is the Near North side-from Oak Street north to Wellington, from Lake Shore Drive west to the Chicago River. LPHS has many boys and girls sports teams, several types of bands, orchestras and choral groups as well as clubs and activities for all interests.

Alcott College Prep

Alcott Highschool for the Humanities.
Image by Brule Laker via Flickr

2957 N. Hoyne Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
(773)534.5970
www.alcotths.org

Alcott College Prep offers a quality alternative to selective enrollment high schools. Our curriculum is rooted in academic rigor, supported by differentiated learning and fostered by hands-on experiential learning.
In addition to core curriculum, numerous Advanced Placement courses are offered to 325 fantastic freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are “learning how to learn” on a daily basis.