Did you see us on ABC 7 this week? Diego Nuñez, Community School Coordinator and Colleen Collins, Principal of CICS West Belden were interviewed this week by ABC 7 news ...

Did you see us on ABC 7 this week? Diego Nuñez, Community School Coordinator and Colleen Collins, Principal of CICS West Belden were interviewed this week by ABC 7 news ...

Distinctive Schools is thrilled to share that we’ve been selected to receive a STOP Award Rescue Grant! This grant will help us to build upon our community hub model that offers a...

Distinctive Schools is proud to launch the official start of construction on the 70,000 square foot campus expansion at Art in Motion, located in Chicago’s Grand Crossing neighbor...

Angela Lee, School Social Worker for Art in Motion, was featured in this month's edition of Helpful Living Magazine , a publication designed to help readers understand mental he...

Distinctive Schools Friends & Partners – The 2021-22 school year is off to an awesome start! We’re excited to share that our CICS Bucktown campus was featured on The Today Sho...

Distinctive Schools is proud to announce an innovative reopening plan for Fall 2020, the Distinctive Schools Community Care Plan. The Community Care Plan was designed in considera...

Public Notice: Intent to Apply for the 21 st Century Community Learning Centers Program Distinctive Schools is in the process of applying for a 21st Century Community Learn...

Which #DistinctiveReads will you read during National Library Week? Did you know that April is National Library Month? April 19-25 is National Library Week, and we're celebrati...

Music In Our [Digital] Schools: Balance, Creativity, & Joy Did you know that March is Music In Our Schools month? We reached out to our amazing Distinctive Schools music tea...

Dear Distinctive Schools Network Families, This is an update to our last message from February 29th, 2020 regarding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the network's response and pr...

The Secret to Mentoring Our middle school students are learning about self-direction and self-management, facing challenges head on, and finding success – both inside and outs...

Distinctive Schools Earns Cognia System Accreditation The Distinctive Schools National Board announced today that Distinctive Schools has earned system level accreditation by C...

Distinctive Schools is looking ahead to the future, and the next decade of Distinctive Schools. As we continue to invest in our leaders, our priorities remain steadfast – culture,...