For technical  questions on Cityspan, please call the help desk at
(866) GO-YOUTH
(866-469-6884).

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“It’s relationships, not programs, that change children. A great program simply creates the environment for healthy relationships to form between adults and children. Young people thrive when adults care about them on a one-to-one level, and when they also have a sense of belonging to a caring community.”---Bill Milliken, Founder and Vice Chairman of Communities in Schools and author of Tough Love and The Last Dropout.

MISSION
The mission of the Office of Extended Learning Opportunities (OELO) is to ensure that there is a diverse offering of high quality programs available to Chicago Public School students that serve to enrich the development of the whole child outside of the regular school day. The OELO, formerly the Office of After School and Community School Programs, was established in September 2001 and currently operates on a budget of over $80 million, serving almost 200,000 students in 548 elementary and high schools. External grants and partnerships also provide an additional $15 million in cash and in-kind resources.

OELO supports the following after school initiatives:

• After-School All-Stars Chicago

• After School Counts

• Step Up to Third Grade

• Community Schools Initiative

• Enrichment Academies

• Supplemental Educational Services

• Tuition-Based After School

• Keep Kids Learning

GOAL
To provide year-round programming outside of the regular school day that operates three to four hours a day, five to six days per week, 39 to 47 weeks per year.

DOWNLOADS

Office of Extended Learning Opportunities Guide to After-School Programs Fall 2007
(PDF File)

Winter 2008 Newsletter
(PDF File)  

"Guide to On-Site After-School  Enrichment Providers in Chicago"
(PDF File)

Community Schools

CSI Forms:

Community School Invoice Packet 07-08

Supplemental Education Services (SES)

SES Tutoring Programs

General Information: 

Office of Extended Learning Opportunities
125 S. Clark St., 10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603, GSR #125
Phone: 773.553.3590
Fax: 773.553.3595