Education Guide zone B 110217
SW Education Guide zone B 110217
SW Education Guide zone B 110217
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8 | november 2, 2017 | 22nd century media education <strong>Guide</strong><br />
22ndCenturyMedia.com<br />
Chicago Christian<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
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YOU’RE INVITED<br />
NOVEMBER 1<br />
Fine Arts Shadow Day – NOVEMBER 3<br />
Athletic Shadow Day – DECEMBER <br />
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Chicago Christian High School<br />
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Chicago Christian High<br />
School focuses on faith,<br />
student achievement<br />
Chicago Christian High<br />
School has been serving<br />
families for 100 years.<br />
The school is part of the<br />
Southwest Chicago Christian<br />
School Association<br />
offering preschool through<br />
grade 12. The school’s vision<br />
is to be a Christ-centered<br />
learning community<br />
intent on restoring God’s<br />
world. CCHS serves students<br />
with a wide range of<br />
abilities.<br />
CCHS offers the only<br />
fully-certified “Project<br />
Lead the Way” STEM<br />
courses in the area. ACT<br />
scores rank as one of the<br />
highest in the area, a true<br />
predictor of college readiness.<br />
Advanced Placement<br />
classes allow CCHS<br />
students the opportunity<br />
to receive college credit<br />
for classes taken in high<br />
school.<br />
More than 70 percent<br />
of the students who took<br />
an Advanced Placement<br />
exam last year at CCHS<br />
received a passing score<br />
of 3 or higher. Chicago<br />
Christian also offers dual<br />
enrollment courses with<br />
Moraine Valley Community<br />
College. The CCHS<br />
Guidance Department<br />
provides a wealth of information<br />
regarding college<br />
choices and also offers<br />
specific programs, including<br />
diversity training.<br />
CCHS has a wide variety<br />
of fine arts and elective<br />
classes including Art,<br />
Ceramics, Photography,<br />
Foreign Language, Concert<br />
Band, Concert Choir,<br />
Drama and Industrial<br />
and Applied Technology<br />
courses. Co-curricular activities<br />
are integral parts<br />
of student life: Yearbook,<br />
Theater, Scholastic Bowl,<br />
Mock Trial, Science<br />
Club, Worldwide Youth<br />
in Science and Engineering,<br />
Jazz Band, National<br />
Honors Society, Art Club,<br />
Rube Goldberg and Distributive<br />
<strong>Education</strong> Club<br />
of America.<br />
The Mock Trial team<br />
has placed in the Top 3 in<br />
state on several occasions;<br />
the Worldwide Youth in<br />
Science and Engineering<br />
team placed at sectionals;<br />
the Scholastic Bowl team<br />
won regionals; the Rube<br />
Goldberg team won the<br />
People’s Choice Award;<br />
and DECA has sent several<br />
students to the national<br />
competition.<br />
Chicago Christian also<br />
has a strong tradition of<br />
athletic success, offering<br />
17 IHSA sports to<br />
male and female athletes.<br />
CCHS sports programs<br />
have earned more than 50<br />
championships in the last<br />
six years, including state<br />
championships in volleyball,<br />
girls track, girls<br />
basketball; this past year,<br />
its baseball team finished<br />
third in state and became<br />
only the ninth team in Illinois<br />
history to win 40<br />
games.<br />
Building character and<br />
strengthening faith are vital<br />
ingredients of the student<br />
life at CCHS. Chapel<br />
is held multiple times<br />
each week, and students<br />
are required to complete<br />
10 service hours per year.<br />
Many students are involved<br />
with annual serve<br />
projects, including canned<br />
food drives, blood drives,<br />
Special Olympics, mission<br />
trips and a Kingdom<br />
Building Day, where students<br />
and staff spend an<br />
entire day serving the<br />
community.<br />
Submitted by Chicago Christian<br />
High School, 12001<br />
S. Oak Park Ave. in Palos<br />
Heights. For more information,<br />
call (708) 388-7656 or<br />
visit www.swchristian.org/<br />
cchs.