North Lawndale College Prep Who we are

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North Lawndale College Prep Who we are

• Demographically a neighborhood school
• 95 low income
• 95 African American
• 90 plus from West Side
• Results of a selective enrollment school
• 500 applicants annually
• Outperformed CPS comparison schools in 5 of 5
  measures
• 94.5 attendance / 10 higher than area schools
• 6 mobility rate / at least 100 better than area
• ACT average 2 points higher than area schools,
  top ¼ of all non-selective city schools, and 1
  among similarly situated schools
• College matriculation rate among best in city
• College persistence rate among best in city

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NLCP Key Strategies - Students

• Strong Social Support - 5 year counselor model
• Powerful Culture of High Expectations
• Culture of Peace
• M2EN program
• Academic Challenge and Enrichment
• Curriculum culminating in AP classes and Senior
  Project
• 5 credits required in English and Math, 4 credits
  in Science
• Academic Support for those most at-risk
• Read 180 program, Writing Math Labs, Saturday
  classes, extensive tutoring
• College Exposure and Experience
• College Focus from Orientation
• Tangible expectations from day 1 with college
  visit, Phoenix Creed, diagnostic testing and
  summer reading assignment
• Phoenix Rising
• Rigorous year-round academics, experience college
  first-and with less risk for families too
• - College Trips
• Continue scaffolding of exposure to a range of
  colleges, do both real mock interviews, attend
  class
• Alumni Counselor
• NLCP backs up its mission with full-time staff
  devoted to alumni post-secondary success with a
  range of services including arranging transport
  of students to college, troubleshooting financial
  aid or housing

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North Lawndale College Prep Professional
Development

• Extensive, Practical and Purposeful Professional
  Development Program
• Focus on 3 Questions (1) What do we want our
  students to learn? (2) How do we know they are
  learning it? (3) What do we do for students who
  are not learning?
• Extensive 3 weeks in August, 3 hours each
  Wednesday, 2 weeks in June
• Practical collaborative design linked to school
  goals
• Purposeful This year target areas of interim
  assessments, implementing block schedule, and
  using professional walkthrough to improve
  instruction

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North Lawndale College Prep More Results
Applicants NOTE These reflect applications
that arrived by our February deadline. We
generally receive 100-200 additional applications
after the lottery deadline passes.
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North Lawndale College Prep More Results College
Enrollment Quality

• Most Competitive Highly Competitive Colleges
• Carleton College
• Denison University
• Grinnell College
• Pomona College
• Syracuse University
• Truman State University
• University of Arizona
• University of Illinois _at_ Urbana-Champaign
• University of Wisconsin/Madison
• Williams College
• Xavier University
• Based on Barrons Profiles of American Colleges
  2007 (27th Edition)

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North Lawndale College Prep More Results College
Enrollment Quality

• Very Competitive Colleges
• Bradley University
• Dillard University
• Iowa State University
• Loyola University
• Roosevelt University
• Rust College
• University of Illinois, Chicago
• University of Iowa
• University of Kansas
• University of Minnesota, Morris
• Valparaiso University
• Based on Barrons Profiles of American Colleges
  2007 (27th Edition)

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North Lawndale College Prep More ResultsCollege
Enrollment Persistence Rates 2002-2007Per
National Clearinghouse Date, 2007 College
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