CEO Note: End of the 2020-2021 School Year
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" min_height="1245px" custom_padding="||0px|||"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_text_color="#003D78" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" link_font="|600|||||||" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="-13px|7px|||false|false" custom_padding="|0px|0px|0px|false|false" locked="off"] Dear Noble Family, We did it. We’ve come through a full year of unprecedented change and we did it together. I am so proud of the work we’ve done to make this a monumental year. I know that Noble is coming out of this pandemic stronger as a community. When [...]
Noble’s Anti-racism Journey, A Conversation with Carlos Rivas
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0" custom_margin="||-36px||false|false"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our anti-racism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and [...]
Noble’s Anti-racism Journey, A Conversation with Aidé Acosta and Estée Kelly
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our anti-racism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and alumni, ARC design [...]
Noble’s Anti-racism Journey, A Conversation with The Noble Academy Parent, Frances Grey
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our antiracism commitment (ARC),we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and alumni, ARC [...]
Anti-racism Commitment Diálogo: Designing and Refining Noble
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="-38px|auto||auto||"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"] As the 2020-2021 school year comes to a close, we sat down with Noble’s Chief Equity Officer, Jennifer Davis, and Director of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, D. Nigel Green to discuss Noble’s Anti-racism Commitment (ARC) design and refine processes. The ARC design and refine process has aimed to re-image what Noble could be for the students, families, and [...]
Noble’s Anti-racism Journey, A Conversation with Ivory Duncan
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our antiracism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and alumni, ARC design [...]
Noble Alumnus Leads in Pfizer Vaccine Production
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" column_structure="3_5,2_5" custom_padding="||1px|||"][et_pb_column _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" type="3_5"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0" custom_padding="1px|||||"] In early 2021, coronavirus vaccines slowly began to roll out across the country. As Covid gripped the world and the vaccine offered hope for an end, one of Noble’s very own alumni played a pivotal role in ramping up production to help America beat back this deadly disease. Before Jose Gonzalez graduated from Muchin [...]
Noble CEO Constance Jones Talks Leadership in new TED Conferences LinkedIn Series
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row column_structure="2_3,1_3" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="2_3" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"] In a live streamed interview from TED, Jones provides insights on how she has led during the pandemic and how we can all step up and lead in a time of crisis CHICAGO—Constance Jones, CEO of the Noble Network of Charter Schools, was recently featured in an online interview hosted by TED Conferences as the first guest in [...]
Noble’s Anti-racism Journey – A Look Back at Spring 2021
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our anti-racism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and alumni, [...]
Noble’s Anti-racism Journey, A Conversation with Stephanie Oliva
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our antiracism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and alumni, ARC design [...]
Noble’s Commitment to Anti-racism Is Leading to Changes
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" min_height="2024px"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="-130px|auto||auto||"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" text_font_size="17px"] Dear Noble Family, In January, we released Noble’s commitment to anti-racism (ARC), authored by our network-wide DEI Steering Committee. This commitment pushes Noble to be a more just organization, honor the work, voices, perspectives, and experiences of all of our people, and strive to be actively antiracist in all that we do. We know that anti-racism [...]
Noble’s Antiracist Journey, A Conversation with Tierionna Pinkston and Kyle Cole
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.3.2" custom_margin="-28px||-39px||false|false"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" width="99.8%" custom_margin="|-89px|||false|false"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our anti-racism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and alumni, [...]
Noble’s Antiracist Journey, A Conversation with Lyndsay Cowles
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" _builder_version="4.3.2" custom_margin="-28px||-39px||false|false"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" width="99.8%" custom_margin="|-89px|||false|false" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our antiracism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, [...]
Noble’s Antiracist Journey, A Conversation with Josh Sosa, Pritzker ‘12
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" _builder_version="4.3.2" custom_margin="-28px||-39px||false|false"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" width="99.8%" custom_margin="|-89px|||false|false"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our anti-racism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, staff, [...]
Noble’s Antiracist Journey, A Conversation with Josh Sosa, Pritzker ‘12
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row column_structure="2_3,1_3" _builder_version="4.3.2" custom_margin="8px||-39px||false|false"][et_pb_column type="2_3" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="|-11px|||false|false" custom_padding="|0px|51px|0px|false|false"] At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our antiracism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and [...]
Noble Hosts #DoUProm at Soldier Field
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.3.2" custom_margin="-28px|2px|-39px|-45px|false|false" custom_padding="|||42px|false|false"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="41px|-51px|-20px||false|false" custom_padding="|0px||0px|false|false"] Last weekend we welcomed thousands of Noble seniors to Soldier Field for Prom 2021: Under the Chicago Sky. This event allowed us to honor this very special occasion while providing students an exciting opportunity to get up close to an iconic Chicago landmark. With each campus having its own dedicated hour, students safely walked on the [...]
Mental Health Matters: Community Townhall Video Recap
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default" locked="off"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" _module_preset="default"] In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Noble aims to destigmatize mental health and provide resources to students, staff, alumni, parents and community members This Wednesday evening we hosted a virtual town hall centered on addressing the mental, emotional and physical wellness and health for the collective Noble community. The event served as a culmination point following two weeks [...]
Noble Schools Featured in U.S. News National High School Rankings
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row column_structure="3_5,2_5" _builder_version="4.9.2" custom_margin="-28px||-39px||false|false"][et_pb_column type="3_5" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="3px||||false|false" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"] U.S. News and World Report recently released their latest rankings of high schools across the country and Noble schools were prominently featured, here are a few highlights: Noble schools hold all top 8 slots for charter high schools in Chicago and all 16 Noble campuses eligible for rankings were in the top 30 charter high [...]
Noble Graduates Show Steady College Enrollment, Greater Persistence Despite the Pandemic
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.3.2" custom_margin="-28px|2px|-39px|-45px|false|false" custom_padding="|||42px|false|false"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="|-51px|-20px||false|false" custom_padding="|0px||0px|false|false"] Amid a global health crisis that has upended national college access, 80 percent of Noble’s Class of 2020 graduates enrolled in college immediately after graduation CHICAGO—New data shows that four out of every five of the Noble Network of Charter Schools’ graduates last year from the Class of 2020 enrolled in college immediately after graduation, according [...]
CEO Note: An update about in-person learning at Noble
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" min_height="1245px" custom_padding="||0px|||"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_text_color="#003D78" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" link_font="|600|||||||" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="-13px|7px|||false|false" custom_padding="|0px|0px|0px|false|false" locked="off"] Dear Noble family,We’ve been thrilled to see thousands of students back in buildings these past few weeks. With the start of the fourth quarter, all 18 Noble schools are now in step 3 programming which means our school buildings are bubbling with the activity and excitement of learning. Building on that, we’re excited [...]
DRW Computer Science Program Ramps Up with Listening Tours
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_text_color="#003D78" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="-13px|7px|||false|false" custom_padding="|0px||0px|false|false" hover_enabled="0" locked="off" sticky_enabled="0"] This past fall, the philanthropy committee from DRW Trading Foundation awarded DRW College Prep a multi-year grant to build out a Computer Science program. In an effort to encourage more DRW students to pursue STEM vocations, the campus has been developing a robust program that will be a part of their student [...]
Mental Health Matters: Hope and Healing Series May 11-25th
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_text_color="#003D78" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="-13px|7px|||false|false" custom_padding="|0px||0px|false|false" locked="off" hover_enabled="0" sticky_enabled="0"] Recognizing the importance of mental health, especially in the face of COVID-19 and racism, we believe that it is imperative that Noble holds space for healing. In honor of May, Mental Health Awareness Month, we will host a series of virtual healing spaces (healing circles by affinity, yoga & meditation sessions, & [...]
Justice for George Floyd
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_text_color="#003D78" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="-13px|7px|||false|false" custom_padding="|0px||0px|false|false" hover_enabled="0" locked="off" sticky_enabled="0"] Dear Noble family, In 1955, Emmett Till was murdered by a mob of white men in the Deep South. His mother, Mamie Till, courageously chose to have an open casket for her son’s body. She wanted America to see how racism and white supremacy literally dismembered, dishonored, and killed her Black son. [...]
5 Things Not to Say in a Job Interview | Tips from our Talent Team
“So, tell me why you’re looking to leave your current teaching role?” I asked. The candidate replied, “Well, we had a new principal start 2 years ago. I do not like this person and everything has gone downhill since he/she took over.” That is an interaction I recently had on a phone call.
Becoming Principal in the Midst of a Pandemic
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" min_height="48px"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" text_font_size="17px"] This is part of a series of blogs from Noble campus representatives to give a deeper look at campus life. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="2_5,3_5" _builder_version="4.8.2" min_height="221.8px" custom_margin="-72px||-39px||false|false"][et_pb_column type="2_5" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_image src="https://nobleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tony-Sutton-scaled.jpg" title_text="Tony Sutton" show_in_lightbox="on" _builder_version="4.8.2" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="41px||||false|false"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="3_5" _builder_version="4.3.2"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.9.2" text_text_color="#003D78" text_font_size="17px" text_line_height="1.8em" text_orientation="justified" custom_margin="42px|7px|||false|false" custom_padding="|0px||0px|false|false" locked="off"] Why did you choose to work for Noble at DRW?I had the great fortune [...]
Noble’s Commitment to Anti-racism Is Leading to Changes
Dear Noble Family, In January, we released Noble’s commitment to anti-racism (ARC), authored by our network-wide DEI Steering Committee. This commitment pushes Noble to be a more just organization, honor the work, voices, perspectives, and experiences of all of our people, and strive to be actively antiracist in all that we do. We know that anti-racism is a journey, not a destination and it is a journey we are [...]
CEO Note: End of the 2020-2021 School Year
Dear Noble Family, We did it. We’ve come through a full year of unprecedented change and we did it together. I am so proud of the work we’ve done to make this a monumental year. I know that Noble is coming out of this pandemic stronger as a community. When I think about all we’ve accomplished, it is wild to believe it has been just a single school [...]
Noble’s Anti-racism Journey, A Conversation with Carlos Rivas
At the outset of the 2020 school year, Noble set a bold and ambitious goal of becoming a more antiracist organization. Since then, Noble announced our anti-racism commitment (ARC), we engaged thousands of families in surveys and feedback to guide a reexamination of policies and practice. Since February, grounded in that feedback from parents, students, and alumni, ARC design teams have been meeting to guide the way forward on Noble policy and practice as [...]
What do successful grads think you should study?
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Former student discusses success in the fashion industry
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How do you best prepare for university?
Focus on exam results. Etiam consectetur odio erat, quis mattis leo vestibulum non. Fusce ex ligula, tristique quis finibus sed, placerat sed libero. Phasellus convallis, sem ac tristique interdum, purus purus vehicula quam, ut fermentum sem orci in est. Aliquam leo purus, iaculis non condimentum hendrerit, vestibulum quis tortor. Vestibulum quis viverra felis. Vestibulum elementum magna ut diam placerat, in venenatis est egestas. Vivamus at libero auctor, ullamcorper libero [...]
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