-
Beachwood Reporter: Cuts to Kelvyn Park High School
- By Steve Rhodes/Beachwood Reporter, Sep 8, 2015
"We have no college counselor," Sherilyn Flores, a 17-year-old senior, said outside the Hermosa neighborhood high school. "I'm more worried about college this year than any other senior would be."
-
Protesters Demand CPS, Mayor Halt Cuts, Ask 'Rich to Pay Their Fair Share'
- DNAInfo/Paul Biasco, Jul 28, 2015
“Our school budgets are getting chopped at the same time families are struggling to stay in their community," said Jennifer Velazquez, a Kelvyn Park High School graduate and local school council member. "The working class is being targeted.”
-
Graduating Seniors Testify to Elev8’s Strengths
- Gordon Walek - LISC Chicago, May 29, 2014
These Elev8 students who are about to graduate from High School and continue on to college are the kind of leaders all of our communities can be proud of.
-
Logan Square Group Holds Vigil For Ames, Turns Spotlight On Kelvyn Park High
- Anthony Burke Boylan - Progress Illinois, May 21, 2014
“They have to placate the public by letting them think they are going to talk this through, but they’ve already decided,’’ said Brian Brennan, a Kelvyn Park social studies teacher.
-
Future of Ames, Kelvyn Schools Focus of Logan Square Association Congress
- Darryl Holliday - DNAInfo Chicago, May 21, 2014
If CPS chief executive officer Barbara Byrd Bennett "is committed to the students then she should be here,” Valasquez said. “We’re scared and skeptical — August is right around the corner and no one has a plan.”
-
Ames Military School Opposition to be a Focus of Neighborhood Congress
- Darryl Holliday - DNAInfo Chicago, May 20, 2014
“It’s another way to keep politicians on their feet and tell them we have power and we can do a lot — especially when we have the support of the community,” said Jennifer Valasquez, 19, a youth organizer with the association and former Kelvyn Park High School student.
-
Ames Change to Military Academy Approved by Board of Education
- Ted Cox - DNA Info Chicago, Dec 18, 2013
Maldonado has pushed for the switch for over a year, and it was recently backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, even though Board of Education President David Vitale said a year ago that there was no such change under consideration.
-
Reportan graves problemas administrativos en escuela de Logan Square (Video)
- Univision TV, Mar 20, 2013
Kelvyn Park High School Sophomore and LSNA Youth Leader Katy Penaloza spoke with Univision TV about the KPHS community plan created by youth, parents and teachers.
-
Editorial: Roll back suspensions at Chicago Public Schools
- Chicago SunTimes, Jul 26, 2012
Congratulations to LSNA youth leaders from Kelvyn Park High School who participated in the Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) campaign.
-
Positive Youth Development: Youth Lead Change in Chicago Schools
- Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE), Reclaiming Futures Blog, Aug 23, 2011
Authors are youth leaders with the Logan Square Neighborhood Association -- part of VOYCE -- in Chicago. L to R: Dalia Basurto, Jennifer Velazquez, Gaby Hernandez, Julio Castañeda, Robert Ramirez, and Juan Barbosa.
-
Summer institutes get teachers into neighborhoods
- Rebecca Harris, Aug 12, 2011
Chicago Public Schools organized three week-long teacher immersion institutes over the summer to help teachers connect with the communities where they teach. Logan Square teachers were paired with students from Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA) for a neighborhood bus tour. “We think the immersion institute is a needed activity,” [Joanna] Brown says. “Teachers need to know the communities in which they teach -- know and respect the people, the culture, and the day-to-day experiences."
-
Board updates student rules, responds to fired teachers
- Rebecca Harris, Catalyst Notebook, Jul 27, 2011
Revisions to the CPS Student Code of Conduct and comments by LSNA student leader Jasmine Sarmiento a junior at Kelvyn Park High School.
-
Local Principals Retire
- Aug 5, 2009
This summer we wished a happy retirement to two longtime friends and partners of LSNA – Principal Graciela Shelley from Darwin Elementary School, and Principal Dr. Sandra Fontánez-Phelan from Kelvyn…