Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago

(Redirected from Young Women's Leadership Charter School) Charter high school in Chicago, USA

Young Women's Leadership Charter School (YWLCS) was a grade 9-12 charter high school for girls in Douglas, Chicago, Illinois.

The school was established in 1999. As of 2016 it had almost 350 students; it was Chicago's only public school only for girls.

The school used a lottery to determine admission. The school is diverse, drawing from many neighborhoods.

The school closed in June 2019 due to lack of enrollment and financial issues.

History

YWLCS opened its doors in August 2000, as part of an effort to provide better education for disadvantaged young women on the South Side of Chicago. The charter school focuses on teaching math, science and technology - in response to statistics showing women are underrepresented in these fields. The YWLCS runs from ninth through grade twelve; providing a single sex education meant to ameliorate gender inequities in the classroom.

First located on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, YWLCS has since moved into its own building nearby. Their first class graduated in June 2004; media personality Oprah Winfrey was the guest speaker. In 2005, the guest speaker at graduation was Michelle Obama.

The YWLCS founders drew inspiration from The Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem, and the school maintains a loose affiliation with the network of Young Women's Leadership Foundation schools (TWYLS). Another TYWLS network school, The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens (New York) opened in September 2005, in the Jamaica neighborhood with a register of 81 students, under the leadership of new principal Avionne Gumbs.

References

"Contact YWLCS." Young Women's Leadership Charter School. Retrieved on December 22, 2016. "YWLCS, 2641 S. Calumet Ave., Chicago, IL 60616."
"Douglas" (Map). City of Chicago. Retrieved on December 22, 2016.
"Welcome to the Young Women's Leadership Charter School." Young Women's Leadership Charter School. Retrieved on December 22, 2016.
"About the Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine." Young Women's Leadership Charter School. Retrieved on December 22, 2016.
"Chicago's only all-girls charter school to close". ABC7 Chicago. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
"YWLCS : Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago : About YWLCS". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2015-01-14.

External links

Young Women's Leadership Charter School

41°50′40″N 87°37′06″W / 41.844437°N 87.618380°W / 41.844437; -87.618380

v t e Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
List of schools in Chicago Public Schools
K–12 schools	Ogden International School (K–8 zoned, high school unzoned)
7–12 schools	Disney II (magnet) Harlan (9–12 zoned, 7–8 unzoned) Kelvyn Park (7–12 zoned) Kenwood (9–12 zoned, 7–8 unzoned) Lane Tech (alternative) Lindblom Math & Science (alternative) Morgan Park (9–12 zoned, 7–8 unzoned)
Attendance area high schools	Amundsen Austin Back of the Yards Bogan Bowen Chicago Vocational (9–11 zoned) Clemente Corliss Curie (9–10 zoned) Dyett Farragut Fenger Foreman Gage Park Hancock (attendance zone phasing out) Hirsch Hubbard Hyde Park Juarez Julian Kelly Kennedy Lake View Lincoln Park Manley Marshall Mather Orr Phillips Richards Roosevelt Schurz Senn Steinmetz Sullivan Taft Tilden Washington Wells
Alternative and magnet high schools	Agricultural Sciences Alcott College Prep Brooks College Prep Chicago Academy Clark Magnet Crane Medical Prep DeVry Advantage Dunbar Vocational Jones College Prep King College Prep Northside College Prep Payton College Prep Prosser Career Academy Raby School for Community and Environment Simeon Career Academy South Shore Int'l College Preparatory Uplift Community High School Von Steuben Metro Science Westinghouse College Prep Young Magnet
Contract high schools	Chicago Excel Academy Chicago High School for the Arts Chicago Technology Academy
Charter high schools affiliated with CPS	Chicago International Charter School Chicago Math and Science Academy CICS Northtown Academy Noble Network Perspectives Urban Prep Young Women's Leadership Youth Connection Latino Youth West Town Academy
Military academies	Air Force Academy High School Carver Military Academy Chicago Military Academy Marine Leadership Academy at Ames Phoenix Military Academy Rickover Naval Academy
Attendance area K–8/PK–8 schools	Bell Clinton Arthur Dixon Nettelhorst Pritzker Sutherland
Alternative and magnet K–8/PK–8 schools	Inter-American Magnet School Lenart Regional Gifted Center
Middle schools	Phoebe A. Hearst Fine Arts Magnet School
Special education schools	Vaughn
Former high schools	Calumet Chicago High Chicago Talent Cooley DuSable Englewood Tech Flower Vocational Harper Harrison Tech Hope Las Casas Occupational McKinley Near North Robeson
Former 7–9 middle schools	Moses Montefiore Academy
Former K–8/elem. schools	Edward Jenner John Lothrop Motley Elizabeth Peabody
Works about CPS	'63 Boycott Central Standard: On Education Cooley High The Curators of Dixon School Educating Esmé Saving Barbara Sizemore The School Project
Chicago Board of Education	President Administrative hearing of William McAndrew Elections 2024 2026
Unions	Chicago Teachers Union 2019 strike Chicago Teachers Federation
Other	CEO/superintendent Chicago Annenberg Challenge Chicago Public High School League Chicago Public Schools boycott Communities In Schools of Chicago Distance education in 1937 Local School Councils Renaissance 2010
This template should only include schools controlled by and/or affiliated with CPS. If a charter school is still in operation but no longer affiliated with CPS, list as a former school.

Girls' schools in Illinois

Public girls' schools

Young Women's Leadership Charter School of Chicago

Private girls' schools

Chicago area	Aqsa School (Bridgeview) De La Salle Institute (girls' campus) (Chicago) Josephinum Academy (Chicago) Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School (Chicago) Notre Dame High School for Girls (Chicago) Our Lady of Tepeyac High School (Chicago) Regina Dominican High School (Wilmette) Resurrection High School (Chicago) Rosary High School (Aurora) Trinity High School (Chicago) Willows Academy (Des Plaines) Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (Lake Forest)
Closed	Lourdes High School (Chicago) Maria High School (Chicago) Mount Assisi Academy (Lemont) Queen of Peace High School (Burbank)
Merged	Academy of Notre Dame (Belleville area/Southern Illinois) Ferry Hall School (Lake Forest) Madonna Catholic High School (Aurora) Sacred Heart Academy (Lisle) St. Francis Academy (Joliet)
Became coed	Guerin College Preparatory High School (River Grove)