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Excellence
UChicago Charter inspires students to RISE and recognize the greatness within themselves.
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Grit
UChicago Charter motivates our students to persevere in their pursuit of higher education and greater opportunities.
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UChicago Charter aims to prepare 100% of our students for college acceptance and graduation.
Scholarship
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Leadership
UChicago Charter cultivates culturally-aware critical thinkers and leaders through a PreK-12 superhighway.
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RISE
Our Partners
Our work is supported by so many great people and organizations, in Chicago and beyond. This is a small sample of the many partner organizations with which we work to provide a range of rigorous academic and robust enrichment experiences for our students.
The University of Chicago Charter School aims to prepare students for college acceptance and graduation through a unified PreK to 12 superhighway which cultivates culturally aware critical thinkers and leaders.
Our Campuses
The UChicago Charter School is a public charter school within the Chicago Public Schools district and composed of three campuses serving approximately 1500 preK-12 students on Chicago’s South Side. Our campuses share a common goal, which is to prepare 100% of our students for college acceptance and graduation through a preK-12 “superhighway” that cultivates culturally aware critical thinkers and leaders. Learn more about each of our campuses:
Our school day goes from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
We have early dismissal at 1:00 p.m. every Wednesday
Fee-based aftercare is available for grades PreK-8
View our School Calendar for Holidays and Breaks