Lincoln Park Vs. Lake Lincoln Park Vs. Lake View View

Lincoln Park Vs. Lake Lincoln Park Vs. Lake View View

Yolanda SantiagoYolanda Santiago

Lincoln Park High School

• Scholastic:  Advanced Placement, Chicago History Fair, Expanded Library Service Hours, Homework Club/Study Group, Language Club(s) (Spanish, German, Chinese, etc), Math Team, Newspaper, Summer School, Virtual Learning/Online Courses, Yearbook Club

Activities: Art Studio, Band/Orchestra, Choir/Chorus, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fundamentals/Theory of Graphic Design, Improve, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Plays/Acting, Sketching, Talent Show, Theater, Violin/Strings.

This school's performance rating is based on the CPS Performance Policy. This school earned 53.2% of the available points on the Performance Policy in the 2009-2010 school year, which places the school in Level 2.

As of 2009-2010, there were 2150 students enrolled at LINCOLN PARK HS. 57.2% were low income Students. 6.1% were Special Education Students. 2.1% were Limited English Learners. As of 2009-2010, the largest demographic at LINCOLN PARK HS was Black. As of that time, this demographic made up 31.5% of the student population. The second greatest demographic was White at 31.0%. .

Health and Wellness:  Crisis Intervention Services  Life and Leadership:  Environmental Club, JROTC, Mikva Challenge, Model U.N., Student Council/Government  Parent and Community:  Parent Advisory/Group

As of 2009-2010, the largest demographic at LINCOLN PARK HS was Black. As of that time, this demographic made up 31.5% of the student population. The second greatest demographic was White at 31.0%.

Lake View High School

• College and Career:  ACT/SAT Prep Courses, College Tours.  

• Creative:  Dance  • Health and Wellness:  Crisis

Intervention Services, School-based Health Center.

• Scholastic:  Advanced Placement, Chess Team, Math Team, Mayor Daley’s Book Club, Newspaper, Poetry Club, Poetry Workshops, Science Club, Summer School, Supplemental Educational Services (SES) Tutoring, Tutoring

Sports and Fitness:  Boys’ Baseball, Boys’ Bowling, Boys’ Cross Country, Boys’ Golf, Boys’ Soccer, Boys’ Softball, Boys’ Swimming, Boys’ Tennis, Boys’ Track, Boys’ Volleyball, Cheerleading, Chess, Conditioning and Fitness, Football, Girls’ Baseball, Girls’ Bowling, Girls’ Cross Country, Girls’ Golf, Girls’ Soccer, Girls’ Softball, Girls’ Swimming, Girls’ Tennis, Girls’ Track, Girls’ Volleyball, Pom-Pon, Wrestling.

This school's performance rating is based on the CPS Performance Policy. This school earned 61.1% of the available points on the Performance Policy in the 2009-2010 school year, which places the school in Level 2.

As of 2009-2010, there were 1560 students enrolled at LAKE VIEW HS. 88.0% were low income Students. 12.9% were Special Education Students. 6.4% were Limited English Learners.

As of 2009-2010, the largest demographic at LAKE VIEW HS was Hispanic. As of that time, this demographic made up 60.4% of the student population. The second greatest demographic was White at

14.3%.

Schools Being Compared:

• Lincoln Park High School

Has More Activities.Has More Sports.Gives Collage Credits.Higher Performance Level.Is Involved In More

ActivitiesInvolving Parents And

Students.Has More Of A Mixture Of

Races Among Students.

• Lake View

• Has Somewhat Activities• Has More Sports the

Activates.• Doesn’t Give Collage

Credit• Has An Average

Performance Level.• Is Involved In Some

Activities Involving Parents And Students.

• Has About The Same Races Among Students.

My Choice

• I Choose Lincoln Park As My High School Because It’s Activities Are Proven To Be More Of My Criteria. The Activities Held More My Interest Then Any Other School Because Of The Subject Of Art. Also It Has A Higher Performance To The School, Which Mean More Challenging Courses. Among It’s Students There Are More Different Types Of Races And Not One Over Populating The Others. This High School Gives It’s Students College Credits, Which Helps Me Further Along In My Future To Success.