REAVIS REBIRTH - LISC Chicago

Locked cabinet for medications
> Office space for counseling and service providers
> Laboratory space (workroom) with pass-through
connection to washroom
> Washroom
> Accessory storage spaces
To accommodate the program, Reavis will need to
relocate a pre-K room and a special education resource
room. The development budget provides funds for this
relocation and associated physical improvements.
Reproductive health and
sexually transmitted diseases
Reavis students will receive comprehensive reproductive
health education through the SMART Moves program
developed by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. This
program’s Stay SMART (Skills Mastery and Resistance
Training) component teaches students the benefits of
resisting alcohol, tobacco, drugs and sexual activity. An
independent evaluation found that at 15 months and 23
months after the program, participants had significantly
less sexual behavior than the control group.
Integrated health education
The health center will be the central partner in creating a
seamless connection between health and academic
lessons, in particular health education and physical
education classes, but also in any coursework where
lessons about health can be related to core subjects.
The health center will be an information center providing
age-appropriate posters, pamphlets and opportunities for
guided student and parent discussion groups. Students
will be encouraged to share what they have learned with
their peers and with others through art projects. For
hands-on nutrition education, students and their families
will have access to Near North/Komed’s model grocery
store and kitchen.
Reavis teachers and Komed health educators will work
collaboratively on health-themed projects and curriculum
units, and will partner with parents and students to create
effective community outreach.
Science, health and careers
Students will have the opportunity to conduct science
experiments relating to health in their science classes.
Center staff will support appropriate science fair projects
on health themes. Also, students will be introduced to the
full range of health care careers through annual visits to
nearby Komed health center sites at 43 rd and 49 th streets.
Komed staff will be invited to make classroom visits
through the year.
Improved school nutrition
To ensure no student begins his or her day hungry, Reavis
will implement a universal breakfast program. Reavis will
also work with the Chicago Public Schools to explore
ways to provide healthy food choices for students, such
as a cafeteria salad bar or other options to increase the
nutritional value of school food offerings.
Fitness and dance
Existing sports programs at the school will be supplemented
with classes in capoeira, the strenuous and fun Afro-
Brazilian martial arts and dance discipline. We will develop
a comprehensive dance program by bringing teachers
and students together with outside experts such as Muntu
Dance, a Chicago institution building a new theater nearby
on 47 th Street, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Hubbard Street’s education and community programs
include workshops, professional development, afterschool
programs and in-school residencies. Accredited by
the CPS Teachers Academy and the Illinois State Board of
Education, the programs are specifically designed to
bridge after-school and academic activities. Our Youth in
Shape (O’YIS), a program that provides systematic, schoolwide
physical fitness and nutritional program designed to
the meet the needs of the whole child, staff, families and
community through creative movement, exercise and
health education that provides the skills, knowledge and
motivation to keep kids in shape and encourage lifelong
learning, will also be used inside the school.
Reavis Elementary School ISS Plan
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