Our core purpose is to offer Chicago families excellent and innovative school choices where their children thrive every day. Through a portfolio model of 13 innovative and diverse schools, we serve 7,400 students and offer varied and high-quality options to Chicago families.
Our Vision
º£½Ç¹Ù·½Ê×Ò³ (CICS) operates a portfolio of 13 tuition-free public charter schools that offer academically rigorous, community-based school environments where every scholar feels they belong.Ìý
Our Mission
Our vibrant network of diverse Chicago charter schools enables students to thrive every day, puts them on a path to success in college and life, and empowers entrepreneurial educators to pursue excellence through innovation.
We are profoundly committed to ensuring that our schools serve as models of diversity, equity and inclusion. Not only is it the right thing to do – it’s also the most effective way to advance racial and social justice. Because we live, learn and work in a diverse city and a diverse world, we value and expect cross-cultural competence and the continuous self-reflection and self-awareness it demands. Through our policies, practices and attitudes, we cultivate a culture that prepares staff and students to respect, embrace and champion diversity, equity and inclusion within our schools and beyond them.
Our Values
CICS' core values are EQUITY, INNOVATION and EXCELLENCE. We believe that students deserve an excellent education and that will be achieved when all students have access to high-quality, innovative learning models that prepare them for success in college and life.
We are profoundly committed to ensuring that our schools serve as models of diversity, equity and inclusion. Not only is it the right thing to do – it’s also the most effective way to advance racial and social justice. Because we live, learn and work in a diverse city and a diverse world, we value and expect cross-cultural competence and the continuous self-reflection and self-awareness it demands. Through our policies, practices, and attitudes, we cultivate a culture that prepares staff and students to respect, embrace, and champion diversity, equity, and inclusion within our schools and beyond them.
