Spry Community Links High School is located in the heart of the Little Village community facing Marshall Boulevard. This is a bilingual community in close proximity to the major commercial strip on 26th Street. The heavily populated neighborhood is characterized by large families who are dedicated and committed to expanding their economic and educational opportunities with a strong emphasis on hard work and who have pride in their language and culture . The interaction of community resources and the school is a priority.
Vision for our School
As a community of learners, it is our collective intent to provide a challenging and supportive environment, which will enable our students to succeed in the 21st century. We believe the emphasis on the following goals will create an environment in which our students will reach their potential, emotionally, socially, and academically.
To realize our mission we will focus on:
To realize our mission we will focus on:
- Increasing reading and math scores to or above grade level
- Empowering our students and families for educational success
- Meeting the special needs of students, effectively and quickly
- Emphasizing standards-based instruction with all classes working at grade level
- Lowering class size
- Using different methods of instruction to meet the needs of the student
- Involving parents through training and engagement
- Staff development
Key Features of the high school
- Late start schedule for students (8:45 am - 4:00 pm)
- Standards-based, thematic, cross curricular instruction
- 3rd Year students attend College Bridge Program
- Intensive three year educational program which allows students to graduate at the end of the third year, which includes three summers, starting with the summer right after graduation from 8th grade.
- Service Learning curriculum with community involvement and a family education approach.
- Physical Education/Health/JROTC program which promotes teamwork, provides discipline, and fosters respect and leadership.
- Optional 4th year program in which students take a full year of courses at Daley College for free