Students
Why do students travel up to two hours to attend school every day at Chicago Tech Academy?
It’s simple. You can’t get this education any place else.
How many high school students get to:
- Develop and design a webpage using cutting edge tools like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and Microsoft Office
- Write software and create mobile applications for iPhone, Windows 8, and Android
- Hang out with and be mentored by some of the city’s biggest names in tech
- Attend behind-the-scenes field trips
- Create their own tech start-up
Junior, Shaquiesha Davis won a $1,000 scholarship from a city-wide mobile app competition. Shaquiesha’s app, Baby B 4 Me, allows parents and care providers to interact through real-time chart update, a support net list, and video and text chat capabilities. As a babysitter herself, she noticed the anxiety parents have when leaving their child. New sitters also feel this. Her app is a solution to bridge the gap of communication while parents are away.
“Before coming to Chicago Tech I didn’t know anything about web development. Now I know how to do everything from CSS3 to HTML5, Windows phone 7 and JavaScript, and I have a business plan.” –KeautishayYoung, Class of 2013
This type of exposure, high expectations, and career and college preparation is all a part of the ChiTech experience.
We are Chicago’s start-up high school. Not just because we ourselves are a start-up, or because our students are preparing to lead the next generation of start-ups, but because we think of each student as their own start-up.
Chicago Tech Academy does not impose barriers like location, money, or skill level on acceptance. Our students are motivated by the power of technology and are excited about special opportunities to build critical relationships in tech.
