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Oglesby drumline was the opening performance at the 1st ever Network 11 Educator Awards
- Feb 22, 2019
The Oglesby drumline was the opening performance at the 1st ever Network 11 Educator Awards February 21, 2019!
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Self-Care On The Table for Educators
- Fenesha Hubbard, Personal Growth & Professional Learning Consultant,, Nov 12, 2018
What happens when a group of women gather to talk about taking care of themselves?
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Auburn Gresham Elementary Principals Band Together To Raise Literacy Levels
- Lee Edwards @Mario_Demiuex Englewood, Chatham & Auburn Gresham Block Club reporter, Jun 27, 2018
The Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation and United Way of Metro Chicago are working to transform the lives of neighborhood students, families through new Auburn Gresham GOLD initiative.
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School Is out for CPS students, Some Network 11 Teachers Are Ready to Learn
- Jun 21, 2018
School Is Out For CPS Students, Yet Not for Some Network 11 Teachers Who Are Prepping to Learning New Literacy Techniques.
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AUBURN GRESHAM GOLD SCHOOLS: A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EDUCATION INITIATIVE
- United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, Jun 17, 2018
The initiative, dubbed Auburn Gresham GOLD is an improvement plan which targets Kindergarten through 3rd grade academics while also providing social support for the parents and families of students
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Spring "Health Fair on the Block" was really Hot!
- Jun 5, 2018
Spring "Health Fair on the Block" was really Hot!
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Welcome our New Auburn Gresham Neighborhood Network Manager!
- Jan 11, 2018
Please join us in welcoming our new Neighborhood Network Manager Loukisha Pennix to the GAGDC family!
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Families Have a Merry Christmas Thanks to More Great Partners!
- Dec 24, 2017
Thanks to our Illinois State University partner network, we were able to extend Merry Christmas, to even more of our Auburn Gresham GOLD (AGGOLD) families.
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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.
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Perfomics Volunteers Spend Global Performance Day in Auburn Gresham GOLD Schools #ChicagoCares!
- Oct 23, 2017
Perfomics and Chicago Cares Volunteers Spend Global Performance Day in Auburn Gresham GOLD Schools
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Cook 8th-Grader Aces CPS Selective-Enrollment Test, Earns Maximum Score
- Reprinted from DNAInfo By Andrea V. Watson | March 10, 2017 12:29pm, Mar 10, 2017
Thirteen-year-old Daysha Straight was the only student at Cook Elementary to get the maximum score on the Chicago Public Schools selective-enrollment test this year which determines where she’ll attend high school in the fall.
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Chance The Rapper Gives $1 Million To Chicago Public Schools
- Reprinted from DNAInfo By Heather Cherone | March 6, 2017 10:43am | Updated on March 6, 2017 5:55pm, Mar 6, 2017
CHATHAM — Grammy Award winner Chance The Rapper announced Monday he will donate $1 million to the Chicago Public Schools for arts education — a move that drew praise from former first lady Michelle Obama — but he said talks over the weekend with Gov. Bruce Rauner failed to find a way to end the financial crisis engulfing Chicago's schools.
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Auburn Gresham GOLD Workforce Program Improving Health and Wellness of the Community!
- Feb 24, 2017
W.K. Kellogg FoundationThanks to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation two-generation grant, the Auburn Gresham GOLD, community driven education program is making great strides, in our workforce program.
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Illinois State University's Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline Delivers Results For Auburn Gresham
- Carlos Nelson, Feb 8, 2017
Kenya Sherrill, another Illinois State University (ISU) graduate, just accepted a full position at Simeon Career Academy (High School), where she completed her student teaching work last fall.
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10/11 | Field Day at Westcott Elementary, From a Looming Strike To Student Joy
- Ciara Miller, GAGDC Edcuation staffer, Oct 19, 2016
GAGDC staff member of the Edcuation team, shares her experiences during Field Day, at one of our CPS, Auburn Gresham GOLD schools. Read the ebbs of flow of community partner work, all in one day, as work together, to go for the GOLD!
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10/11 | Field Day at Westcott Elementary From a Looming Strike To Student Joy
- Ciara Miller, Oct 19, 2016
GAGDC edcuation team staffer tells the day in a life, giving two-generation supports to a partner elementary school. Read the highs and lows of the day, that keeps us going for the GOLD!
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Because They Can: Kim Wilborn's Story
- Education Post, May 11, 2016
What happens when educators start believing in their students full potential? Find out from a student It's a great and touching story!
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In Spite of Weather, Parents Turn Out For Oglesby Elementary School Principal Candidate Forum
- Carlos A. Nelson, Feb 24, 2016
Good turn out for the Oglesby Principal Candidate Forum coordinated by CPS Network 11 chief and her team.
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Lyric Opera of Chicago to Perform at Simeon High
- Reprinted from DNAInfo by DNAInfo Staff October 24, 2014 5:29am, Oct 24, 2014
The 19th annual "Opera in the Neighborhoods" tour will be at Simeon, 8141 S. Vincennes Ave., on Oct. 28 for two performances of "The Brothers Grimm. Third through sixth grades at nearby Westcott Elementary, 409 W. 80th St., will walk down the street to attend the performance. Auburn Gresham GOLD school students going for the "GOLD", with the Arts, the past four years!
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Oglesby's First Father-Daughter Dance A Big Success
- Feb 25, 2013
Oglesby Elementary School held it's first Father-Daughter Dance, on February 13, 2013.