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The Back of the Yards Campus of San Miguel was founded in 1995 in a
convent dining room, with 18 students, a staff of 4, and a
$50,000 pilot grant.
Today, the Back of the Yards Campus has
become a model for urban education, providing opportunities to
children and families most in need.
Located behind the historic Stockyards, the
Back of the Yards neighborhood (part of New City) is home to a
predominantly Latino population on the south side of Chicago.
The neighborhood presents the highest high
school dropout rates in the state of Illinois and second
highest in the country. Of those dropouts, 24.3% are not
currently working. (Annie E. Casey Foundation). This
neighborhood also had the second highest homicide rates in
Chicago for 2003 (Chicago Tribune).
Our Back of the Yards Campus of San Miguel
currently offers classes for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Students
are accepted based on academic and financial need. 100% of these
students qualified for the government's free and reduced lunch
programs, and the average San Miguel family is a 5.3 person household
earning $27,000.
Celebrate with us the highest achievements of the 2006-2007
academic year!
| 8th grade students' Terra Nova scores presented major improvements in two and a half
years (see graph below). |
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- 8,931 books were read, an average of 115 per student in the 2006-07 school year.
- The Back of the Yards Campus was one out of only 13 schools in Illinois
awarded Reading Renaissance Master School status by Renaissance Learning Inc.
This prestigious award is given to schools that achieve outstanding results:
* More than 90% of students score an average of 85% or higher on reading practice
quizzes over a period of at least 18 weeks;
* 80% of the reading is done independently;
* Less than 10% of students are at-risk.
- 98% Average Daily Attendance Rate; 97% Average Daily On-Time Rate.
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
- Every parent attended at least one 6-8 week workshop in ESL, parenting, or citizenship,
in addition to 6 parent/teacher conferences.
