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Selective Enrollment Elementary Schools testing will take place through March to accommodate all eligible applicants; if you do not receive a test notification letter by February 10, 2012, contact the Office of Academic Enhancement. Parents will be notified of the status of their children's applications the week of February 20, 2012 for high school applications and the week of March 23, 2012 for elementary school applications

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Frequently Asked Questions for the Application Process
Looking for answers about the application process (including answers to questions submitted at the Options Elementary School Fair)? Read on!
Looking for the Options for Knowledge guide for 2012-2013?
Click here!
Interested in seeing a map of Chicago’s magnet and Selective Enrollment Elementary Schools options? Click here!
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Events

School Tour - Hamilton Elementary School (Fine and Performing Arts) (K - 8)
Date: 2/8/2012
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: 1650 West Cornelia Avenue
School Tour - Disney II Elementary Magnet School
Date: 2/16/2012
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: 3815 North Kedvale
School Tour - Hamilton Elementary School (Fine and Performing Arts) (K - 8)
Date: 3/14/2012
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: 1650 West Cornelia Avenue

Featured News

Catapults, Bridges, Robotic Vehicles, Model Rockets—CPS Students Build and Learn from Them with Guidance from Project SYNCERE!
Project SYNCERE (Supporting Youth's Needs with Core Engineering Research Experiments) is a relatively new non-profit organization that is making a big impact in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Created in 2008 by three young STEM professionals, Project SYNCERE provides in-school, after-school, and summer experiences to students and professional development for teachers in grades K- 12.
The motto of José de Diego Community Academy is “Be the Best that You Can Be.”

“It is incorporated into everything,” says DeDiego principal Alice Vera. “It is part of our vision and you hear it throughout the school.” Located at 1313 N. Claremont Ave., DeDiego is a community school serving students in preschool through eighth grade. With a wide variety of academic and extracurricular offerings, the school truly provides something for everyone!
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