PROGRAMMING
- Tutor Centurions—100 appointments
- 100th Appointment Celebration
- Read Across America Day—high school students and guest readers in elementary classrooms, trivia, Book of the Year, and t-shirts!
- Banned Books Week—Defend the Pen newsletter, scavenger hunt, guest speakers and writers, daily trivia, and pins!
- PSAT/SAT/PLAN/ACT Prep Courses—offered for NO CHARGE to students; includes a fell-length, scored practice test.
- Chicago Shakespeare Theater Field Trips—optional extension trips offered to students in high school
Writing Center
- One-on-one tutoring for writing for ALL subjects
- Personal statement brainstorming and review
- Classroom visits per teachers’ requests
- Professional development writing workshops for faculty and staff
- APA/MLA documentation
- Research methods review
- Books talks and book reviews
Library
- High school collection
- Middle school collection
- Extensive Islamic studies collection
- Reference texts and textbooks
- Writing resources and reference texts—dictionaries, thesauri, style guides and manuals, etc.
- Lounge seating
- Guest speakers and lectures—Ahmed Rehab, Yahya Rhodus, et al.
Media Center
- Eight iMac computers
- Color and black and white laser printer
- Scanner and copier
- 72” flat screen monitor with HDMI and VGA ports
- Mobile whiteboard
- Mobile seating
