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Westcott One of 5 CPS Schools Selected for Green ‘Schoolyard Transformations’ in 2019: Reprinted WTTW | Alex Ruppenthal, Dec 28, 2018; Five schools were selected earlier this month for participation in Space to Grow, an initiative that transforms Chicago schoolyards with the goal of providing kids in low-income neighborhoods with safe spaces to play and recreate.
Chicago Bears Continue to show they Care, as Players host annual Holiday giving initiative: Reprinted from ChicagoBears.com | Larry Mayer Bears Senior Writer, Dec 21, 2017; Bears players Jordan Howard and Kyle Fuller, along with other members of the Bears staff, held the annual Bears Care holiday giving initiative at Leo High School in Chicago.
Auburn Gresham gold standard for parent engagement: Derris Cameron, Community and Civic Engagement Coordinator (GAGDC), Feb 13, 2017; “We believe that the best way to improve student prospects is to develop a set of holistic interventions that will provide a broad range of support to students and families, not simply within schools but across the community, using public-private partnerships, community members and institutions as the drivers of change..."

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