7. 3rd Largest School District in the Country420,000 Students43,000 Staff640 Schools
8. Department of External Affairs and Partnerships 300+ long-term partnerships for schools 1,400+ participants in annual Principal for a Day event $200 million in competitive grants /two years Placement of donated items in over 300 schools
10. Partnerships Core Components CEO / Executive Level Participation Employee Volunteer Activities Resources and Donations
11. Principal for a Day 677 participants in 1998 to over 1400 in 2010 Leaders from all sectors of business and government Outstanding School Partnership Award Launches long term partnerships for schools
12. Free Things & Volunteers Free Things 1,000,000 paperback books 3 semi truck loads of paper 150,000 Deodorants 1000 Computers Volunteers Match groups of volunteers to schools Maintain directory of volunteer opportunities
13. 3 million living alumni Free to register and use Interactive page for every school in CPS history (1300 schools) Graduation records 1873-1973 350 alumni on honor roll
16. Honor Roll Walt Disney Mae Jemison Sam Cooke Elliot Ness Dinah Washington Lou Rawls Don Cornelius Juwan Howard Dennis DeYoung Chaka Khan Knute Rockne 300 notable alumni from every field of human endeavor 7 Nobel Prize Winners, 5 Pulitzer Prize Winners, 8 Oscar Winners, 25 Grammy Award Winners, 8 Fortune 1000 CEO’s iTunes mix featuring 53 CPS alumni musicians Hugh Hefner Gwendolyn Brooks Pat Sajek Harrison Ford Maurice Cheeks Jennifer Hudson Bernie Mac Suze Orman Mr. T Benny Goodman Amelia Earhart