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Notification letters for Selective Enrollment High Schools, magnet high schools, and neighborhood high schools with magnet programs will be mailed on February 19th.  Letters for elementary gifted and magnet schools and programs will be mailed the week of March 15th.

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Notification Letters to Be Mailed Soon
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New Admission Policy Information
The Chicago Board of Education has approved a new admissions plan for magnet schools, Gifted and Enriched Academic Programs, and Selective Enrollment High Schools for the 2010-2011 school year. The application deadline has been extended to January 6, 2010. Pertinent documents regarding the new plan can be found here.
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Featured News

This Month’s Featured School: King College Prep High School

For years, the South Side high school at 4445 S. Drexel Blvd., just blocks away from President Obama’s home, was considered a neighborhood-only school, not known for its academics or diversity. This year, though, it was rated a Silver Medal school by U.S. News and World Report - the same category as Whitney Young High School and Lincoln Park High School.
Fifth Third Bank supports OAE schools with mini-grants for exciting activities.

The Office of Academic Enhancement held an Options for Knowledge School Fair last October to highlight gifted and magnet schools and programs. This second annual fair was sponsored by Fifth Third Bank. Fifth Third offered a number of mini-grants to participating schools to support individual school programs and demonstrate the bank’s commitment to school choice options.