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CEO Note: Third Quarter Plans at Noble + Prom and Graduation News | Planes del Tercer Trimestre en Noble + Baile de Gala Estudiantil y Noticias de Graduación
Noble Family, Last week, in the face of spiking cases and hospitalizations, Mayor Lightfoot issued a stay-at-home advisory for Chicago. In Illinois and nationally, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are increasing sharply. As I hear these announcements, I am mindful...
Parent Leadership Series 2020-2021: Engage, Inform, Empower
Noble’s Government Affairs team hosts it's annual Parent Leadership Series (PLS) for the 2020 - 2021 school year. This training series, one of three, has two purposes. First, it aims to support and connect parents to the information they need in order to ensure they...
Anti-racism at Noble: Our Commitment
Yesterday, Noble’s Equity Team hosted A Noble Conversation - Our Antiracist Commitment with over 350 staff members around Noble’s antiracist work. This commitment statement was the culmination of months of work to answer our CEO’s charge: that Noble will become an...
A look back at the Staff Retention Steering Committee and the resulting changes aimed at staff sustainability
In December of 2019, Noble announced the formation of a Staff Retention Steering Committee (SRSC) charged with coming together to discuss and recommend changes at Noble that would continue to make work more sustainable in the long term. The group met six times between...
Noble In the News: Free Spirit Media senior Zachary Webster making his mark in music, media communication
The art Webster is currently producing is music-driven, but he also enjoys other forms of storytelling like journalism, videography, documentaries and building websites. By Sun-Times Marketing Dec 30, 2020, 6:00am CSTFrancesca Gattuso Zachary Webster is determined to...
Noble Q2 Collaboration Day All Staff Meeting Recap: December 2020
Today's quarterly PD was another opportunity for Noble staff to pause and reflect on the second quarter of remote learning. "Please take today and tomorrow to lean into the learning, lean into your craft," admonished Noble Head of Schools Ellen Metz, "your future self...
14 Noble Educators Receive Elite “Distinguished Teacher” Recognition including Annual $10,000 Awards
14 Chicago Public School Educators Receive Elite “Distinguished Teacher” Recognition Including Annual $10,000 Awards Leading charter public school network recognizes transformational teachers for best-in-nation performanceCHICAGO—The Noble Network of Charter Schools...
Humans of The Noble Academy: Joni Rogers
This is part of a series of blogs from Noble campus representatives to give a deeper look at campus life.Cean How are you? I mean I am doing really well; I logged into a bunch of different classrooms today. Many students were participating in different classes,...
New Approaches to Engaged Learning with Hansberry’s Mrs. Saltsider
This is part of a series of blogs from Noble campus representatives to give a deeper look at campus life. With school buildings closed this semester, Christine Saltsider doubled down on engaging instruction, with an up-close look at history - taking her entire class...
Gary Comer Middle School Welcomes Back Student Advisory Council
This is part of a series of blogs from Noble campus representatives to give a deeper look at campus life. This year Gary Comer Middle School is welcoming back its student council with Mrs. Briggs as the sponsor! While Comer Middle has had a student council in the...
Noble Partners with CORE Response Team for FREE COVID Testing
With the Coronavirus pandemic continuing to surge across Chicago, there is a severe shortage of places in the city where people can get a free COVID-19 test. Currently, 1-in-17 people in Chicago have the virus. In response to this, Noble has partnered with the...