Annual Report 2016

The Chicago High School for the Arts Annual Report Fiscal Year 2016
WE ARE
CHIARTS


WE ARE
theory of change
DRIVEN
If chiarts...
integrates its core values throughout the programs
takes a student-centered approach
focuses on process and growth outcomes
establishes high arts and academic standards and provides scaffolding for students to achieve them
maintains an extensive pre-professional training program in the arts
maintains a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum
then students will...
show progress in the acquisition of ChiArts’ Core Values
develop key social-emotional skills
gain skills in their area of artistic focus and be able to demonstrate their development through performance and exhibition
gain content (artistic and academic) knowledge and skills
develop a love of learning and development that shows through engagement and daily practice
which in turn will lead to...
Creators
scholar-artists
creating graduates who...
have a meaningful connection to the arts
pursue growth
are civically engaged
demonstrate social and emotional growth
thinkers
community members
chiarts’ diverse scholar-artists will thrive as creators, thinkers, and community members, and their participation in the arts and culture will deeply enrich their lives and society at large.


mission
The mission of The Chicago High School for the Arts is to provide...
WE ARE
FOCUSED
an...
artistically gifted, diverse Chicago high school students
intensive pre-professional training in the arts
a comprehensive college-preparatory curriculum
combined with


WE ARE
a letter from the director
This past June, ChiArts marked the close of its seventh academic year.
In seven years, our school has achieved tremendous success and growth, graduating four classes of scholar-artists and establishing itself as one of the finest high schools in the nation, having been named an Exemplary School by the Arts Schools Network and ranked in the top 6% of high schools nationwide by U.S. News and World Report this year alone.
This idea- that the doors to an education in the arts should be thrown open and made accessible to any child with the talent and drive to pursue it- has grown from a dream to a reality, and has left an indelible fingerprint on the city of Chicago and the lives of 600 ChiArts graduates, 600 current students, and all of their families. We’re here for good.
Around age seven, children develop cognitively to a point at which they can understand life and the world around them. It is at this time that children gain the capacity to see from others’ perspectives. They begin to make decisions based on their past experiences rather than their immediate feelings. This time, known as the “age of reason” or the “age of experience,” is one of reflection and questions.
While I would like to believe that our decisions to this point have been firmly grounded in reason (some may disagree!), they have not, until now, been informed by the weight of experience. ChiArts has reached the
age of experience, and the steps taken this year to build an even better school for Chicago’s scholar-artists have demonstrated that.
On a programmatic level, the experience of seven school years led us to invite a host of external evaluators- experts in arts education from like-minded schools and organizations across the country- to assess our arts training programs and provide feedback on their effectiveness. These evaluations have already proven valuable, leading ChiArts to a re-organization of the Music Conservatory’s vocal program implemented at the start of the 2016-17 school year under the supervision of a newly-appointed Vocal Chair.
More broadly, this time of reflection has inspired us to lift our gaze from the eighth and ninth years of ChiArts that lie directly before our feet to examine the horizon and imagine a ChiArts 25 years from today. The Board of Directors and school administration met extensively this year to develop the school’s “Theory of Change,” a long-term outlook that expands upon the mission of the school and identifies the steps that exist between the application of our programs and the graduation of our students in order to more deeply define what it means to have fulfilled our mission.
These conversations begged the question: “What will ChiArts be when you and I and all of us are no longer a part of the organization? Who will it serve? How will its programs have evolved?”
That is something we can’t fully know. But we know that ChiArts will be here. We’re here for good.
Sincerely,
José Ochoa
Executive & Artistic Director
The Chicago High School for the Arts
CHIARTS


WE ARE
principal’s statement
During the 2015-16 school year, I was proud to serve in the role of Interim Principal as ChiArts continued the excellence for which it has come to be known. Over the course of the year, our school and its students were recognized academically and artistically in major ways despite facing possible financial uncertainty due to the state’s inability to pass an adequate budget for public schools.
Here is some of what we achieved in 2016:
• Our Creative Writing and Visual Arts students received hundreds
of recognitions from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, including 10 national awards.
• 3 students received awards from the National YoungArts Foundation, the nation’s most prestigious arts program for emerging teen artists.
• Graduates were accepted to prestigious institutions like Dartmouth College, Northwestern University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
• 92% of the Class of 2016 graduated within four years.
• 100% of graduates were accepted into college.
• 5 Music students were accepted to ILMEA All-State Ensembles.
• A Dance student was accepted to the Joffrey Ballet’s Trainee Program and will attend on scholarship.
In addition to these honors, ChiArts made strides internally to address the needs of our students that often go unseen or unheard. Prior to 2015-16, the Counseling Services Department lacked a staff member dedicated to the social and emotional needs of our student population. Because an education is only as good as a student’s access to it, and a student in crisis does not have the capacity to learn and grow the way his or her peers do, this gap in student services needed to be filled. Today, the department consists of a post-secondary counselor, an academic counselor, and a clinical counselor responsible for overseeing the mental health of ChiArts’ student body and to provide counseling for students experiencing psychological distress or an emotional crisis. To assist the clinical counselor, our faculty and staff have been trained to identify in students the signs of emotional trauma and to recommend support for them. At ChiArts, the mental health of our scholar-artists is a top priority.
Throughout the year, even in the face of potentially massive cuts in public funding, our faculty and staff never blinked. The adminstration and leadership team were forced to make difficult decisions regarding field trips, performance venues, resources, materials, and much more in order to maintain the elite level of instruction that our students receive, and, through it all, our teachers were never less than stellar. Despite the adversity that we faced during the past year, ChiArts has emerged a safer, stronger, and warmer home for Chicago’s scholar-artists.
Regards,
Michael Wang
Principal
The Chicago High School for the Arts
CHIARTS


WE ARE
student demographics
DIVERSE
A Reflection of Chicago
ChiArts students come from all 50 of Chicago’s wards, more than 300 public and private elementary schools, and from all backgrounds and ethnicities, to study at the “home of the scholar-artist®.” Students are selected based on a combination of factors, including talent and potential, with a focus on maintaining a diverse educational environment for Chicago’s high school students. More than half of our students are from low-income families and over 80% are racial minorities, demonstrating ChiArts’ dedication to providing a college-prep education and pre-professional arts training to students from underserved communities, in the hope that future generations of Chicago artists better reflect the makeup of the city itself.
ASIAN/
PACIFIC
ISLANDER WHITE
2% 17%
MULTI-RACIAL AFRICAN /OTHER AMERICAN
5%
50%
HISPANIC /LATINO 26%
OUR STUDENTS COME FROM ALL 50 WARDS OF CHICAGO.
65% OF OUR 600 STUDENTS BEGIN AS NOVICES WITH LITTLE TO NO PRIOR TRAINING.
54% OF OUR 600 STUDENTS COME FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.
data based on 2015-16 enrollment


report card
WE ARE
ChiArts HS
2015-16
Students on track to graduate in 4 years
marks
89%*
20*
94%*
“Exemplary School”
1+ (Highest Possible)
ACCOMPLISHED
Average ACT Score
Rate of Attendance
Arts Schools Network
School Quality rating policy
*Higher than CPS Averages


WE ARE
creative writing
ELOQUENT
This year, the creative writing conservatory published Canvas, its first literary review.
participated in ChiTeen Lit Fest as featured speakers, readers, pop-up poets, and Writers of the Week.
attended a master class taught by U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
received recognition (Gold Key, Silver Key, or Honorable Mention) for 100% of students from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
included several students who participated in Louder Than A Bomb, one of whom (Jupiter
Dandridge, ‘17) was a member of the winning team.


dance
WE ARE
POISED
This year, the Dance Conservatory participated in the first Chicago Teen Dance Festival.
advanced to the national finals of Youth America Grand Prix, the world’s largest international student dance competition. Kayla Taylor and Alexander Roy (‘17) traveled to New York City to perform a pas de deux under the instruction of ChiArts Dance faculty member Kyle Seguin.
produced a “leap-out student” (Alexander Roy) who was accepted to the Trainee Program of the Joffrey Ballet.
was represented by Leah Fleming (‘17) as a brand ambassador for Chicago Dance Supply.
produced graduates who will continue their dance training at Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, Point Park University, Western Michigan University, Wheaton College, Alma College, George Mason University, Texas Christian University, Columbia College Chicago, Butler University, and the California Institute of the Arts.
produced graduates who will study Animal Science, Political Science, Business, Pre-Physical Therapy, Pre-Law, Creative Writing, Nursing, Social Work, Global Studies, Physiology, Health Science, and Athletic Training.


WE ARE
music
RESONANT
This year, the music conservatory
was represented by 15 students in the ILMEA District 1 competition, 5 of whom advanced to the All-State level for Band, Chorus, or Jazz Band.
earned high honors marks for five students on piano exams administered by Trinity College of Music, London.
performed in side-by-side concerts with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra and Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.
celebrated a YoungArts Merit awardee for Jazz Performance (Isaiah Collier, ‘16).
produced graduates who will continue their music education at Oberlin College, Morehouse College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Berklee College of Music, DePaul University, Indiana University, Xavier University of Louisiana, the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific, and independently.
produced graduates who will study Psychology, Broadcast Journalism, Speech Pathology, Chemical Engineering, Political Science, and Health Sciences & Human Performance.


theatre
WE ARE
TRANSFORMATIVE
This year, the theatre conservatory attended a master class taught by Joel Brown of
Broadway’s The Lion King.
celebrated a student’s selection for the GRAMMY Foundation’s GRAMMY Camp Jazz Choir (Makele Clemmons, ‘16).
advanced to the Chicago finals of the August Wilson Monologue Competition (Karla Corona and Tyia Morgan [‘16], Joshlyn Lomax [‘18]).
applauded a student who performed on Windy City Live (Ariana Burks, ‘17).
produced graduates who will continue their education in pursuit of a career in theatre and the arts, studying at New York University, Dartmouth College, Roosevelt University, Columbia College, Berklee College of Music, Santa Fe University of Art & Design, and more.
produced graduates who will study Business, Communications, Media, Management, and Liberal Arts.


WE ARE
visual arts
EVOCATIVE
This year, the visual arts department
attended Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s summer programs with four students on full-tuition scholarships.
celebrated two students who were awarded a YoungArts Honorable Mention designation (Andrea Reyes, ‘17) and a Merit designation (Jesus Valencia, ‘16) for Photography.
received 167 total recognitions from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, including 10 on the national level.
produced graduates who will continue their visual arts education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, and more.
produced graduates who will study Electronic Engineering, Psychology, International Studies, and Liberal Arts.


core values
Co Ba In
WE ARE
GROUNDED
COMMUNITY B A L A N C E
WESUPPORT WESTRIVETO PERSONALLEAD G R O W T H WELL-ROUNDED RESPECT LIVES DIVERSITYWEARE A N D REFLECTIVE,
AND WE MANAGE OUR ENERGIES IN WAYS THAT ARE PRODUCTIVE,
INTEGRITY
WE HOLD
OURSELVES
AND
EACH OTHER
TO HIGH
ACADEMIC
AND
ARTISTIC
STANDARDS THROUGH
HONESTY, SINCERITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
FOSTER CITIZENS WHO
POSITIVELY
AFFECT THE
INTELLECTUAL
AND
ARTISTIC HEALTHY, LIFEOFAND CHICAGO FOSTER
AND GIVE BACK T0 THE
CONNECTIONS
COMMUNITY
WITH OTHERS.
THROUGH SERVICE.
Hu Pr
CREATIVITY WE PURSUE
ARTISTIC
A N D
INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY THROUGH ACTIVE USE OF IMAGINATION AND WE TAKE RISKS TOWARDS PASSIONATE INNOVATION.
HUMILITY WE ALLOW OUR
ARTISTIC
INTELLECTUAL TALENTS
TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES,
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HISTORY,
AND ARE OPEN TO
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, REALIZING OUR FINEST ACHIEVEMENTS COULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE
CONTRIBUTION
OF OTHERS.
PERSEVERANCE WE DEMONSTRATE
COURAGE
THROUGH
SELF-DISCIPLINE
AND
DEDICATION
AS WE EMBRACE A
WILLINGNESS
TO MOVE THROUGH
OBSTACLES
WITH
RESILIENCE.
A N D


WE ARE
graduation 2016
PREPARED
the 4th graduating class
On June 3rd, the ChiArts Class of 2016 graduated at
the Harris Theater. As the 4th class of graduates from ChiArts, they were the first group of scholar-artists to experience their entire academic career with a complete student body of 600 students across four grade levels. In many ways, their graduation marks a new stage in ChiArts’ development.
by the numbers: the class of 2016 • 92% of seniors graduated within four years.
• In all, the Class of 2016 was accepted to over 190 colleges and universities.
• 88% are attending a college or university.
• 7% are taking a gap year to consider academic and
artistic interests and earn money for education. • 4% are entering an apprentice program.
• 1% are entering the military.
• 56% come from low-income families.
• 40% are first-generation college students.
• 35% are attending colleges in Illinois.
• 28% are attending colleges in the Chicago area.
• 68% of graduates plan to study or pursue the arts after leaving ChiArts.
Valedictorian & Salutatorians Valedictorian: Kendall Munson (Music) is attending
Chabot College, where she studies Speech Pathology.
Salutatorian: Isabel Bresnahan (Theatre) is attending Dartmouth College, where she studies Film & Media.
Salutatorian: Leah Schoonmaker (Dance) is attending Wheaton College, where she studies Dance.
Isabel Bresnahan gives her salutatory address in the form of a rap, with assistance from Kalif Brown-Stokes on the drums.
Jackie Bratland (right) receives a Founder’s Award for her seven years of incredible leadership as a ChiArts parent and volunteer.


Isaiah Collier (saxophone) and members of the senior class perform an original song in memory of their late classmate, Aaron Rushing.
Posse Foundation Scholar DaQuan Williams crosses the stage for his diploma.
Elissa Hamid Efroymson (left) receives a Founder’s Award on behalf of the Efroymson Family Fund, a supporter of ChiArts since 2009.
Chicago-born musician and CPS graduate Chance the Rapper recorded a special video message for our graduates to congratulate them on their milestone.


WE ARE
kerfuffle! 2016
CELEBRATED
The Fifth Kerfuffle!
On April 14th, ChiArts hosted the fifth annual Kerfuffle! benefit at the Chicago History Museum, presented by State Farm. This version of the event featured a new format in which guests were encouraged to explore the museum, catch student performances in multiple spaces, visit with Visual Arts and Creative Writing students as they worked at their easels and typewriters, and enjoy dinner and drinks throughout the evening. ChiArts’ 300 guests helped raise more than $350,000 for our scholar-artists.
“We Are ChiArts”
Premiere
After a cocktail hour at the outset of the evening, guests found seats in the Robert R. McCormick Theater for brief remarks from Executive & Artistic Director José Ochoa and the co-chairs of Kerfuffle!, Lori Gray Faversham, Pam Strobel, and Elissa Hamid Efroymson of the Board of Directors. Then, attendees were treated to the world premiere of “We Are ChiArts,” a short documentary film produced by Green River Films and sponsored by State Farm that takes the viewer inside the experiences of six ChiArts scholar-artists, providing a behind- the-scenes glimpse at the daily lives of our students as they balance a rigorous academic curriculum with pre-professional arts training during the city’s longest school day. The film can be seen on ChiArts’ Facebook and YouTube pages, and it is the best way to learn more about The Chicago High School for the Arts.
Guests watch “We Are ChiArts” for the first time in the Robert R. McCormick Theater at the Chicago History Museum.
Justin Petrovych and Yisrael Spurgeon perform at Kerfuffle! 2016.


presenting
producers
Lew and Marge Collens
Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Sondra Berman Epstein
The Feitler Family
William and Anne Goldstein Marilynn and Ronald Grais
Jack and Sandra Guthman
Betsy and Arthur Holden
Al and Lisa Jagiello
The Jayaraman Family
Anne Kaplan
Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel
Kerfuffle! sponsors Top Performing
Stars
Heiji Choy Black and Brian Black Joo and Stephen Boe Deloitte LLP
Lois and Steve Eisen Charles Gardner
Mirja and Ted Haffner Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Nandini and Puneet Mansharamani Denis and Martha Pierce Margaret and John Sabl
Alice and John Sabl
John Shea
Neal S. Zucker
Best Supporting
Elissa Hamid Efroymson and Adnaan Hamid Lori Gray Faversham
Howard L. Gottlieb Foundation
John Hart and Carol Prins
David Herro and Jay Franke
Jim and Kay Mabie Pam and Russ Strobel
digital media sponsor
Ysobel Gallo writes a poem on a topic of a guest’s choosing at her “Poems While You Wait” station.
Mykhaylo Vuchastyy shares his work with a guest.
Siyan Brown is congratulated by Mr. Ochoa on her vocal performance.


WE ARE
ENGAGED
The ChiArts Parent Support Organization (PSO)...
is a community of parents who work together to support the academic, social, and financial goals of the school
to accelerate the fulfillment of ChiArts’ vision. In the spirit of inclusion, all parents/guardians of existing ChiArts students are automatic members of the PSO. Though participation is not mandatory, family members are encouraged to be an active part of PSO efforts. During the 2015-16 school year, parents and guardians participated by:
• Organizing ChiArts’ first-ever parent-run fundraiser, ChiArti Gras, which brought in more than $16,000 to benefit ChiArts’ arts conservatories.
• Managing and staffing the box office at ChiArts performances.
• Participating in the “Buy-A-Brick” campaign, which raised nearly $5,000 to benefit ChiArts. • Providing students with snacks and meals before performances.
• Assisting with the cleaning and maintenance of costumes.
• Staffing schoolwide events like Report Card Pick-Up and Family Check-In.
The PSO’s Purpose
Contribute: To provide ChiArts with fundraising support.
Insight: To offer ChiArts insight into the needs of students and their families.
Volunteer: To support ChiArts through donations of time and talent.
Involve: To encourage parents to involve themselves in the academic and artistic development of ChiArts students.
Communicate: To create an open dialogue between ChiArts and its parents. PSO Executive Committee
Jackie Bratland
President
Leslie batterson
vice president
juanita cannon
treasurer
sandy saucedo-falagan
secretary
“I have been actively involved in the PSO for six years, since my daughter Caitlin joined the inaugural class. My goal as PSO President is to help build relationships between parents and provide the support that is needed for the school.”
“I have been active with the ChiArts PSO for six years, assisting with Hospitality and Ticket Sales. When not assisting with ChiArts PSO, I work as a Senior Consultant at Aon. My husband, Blake, is serving as Parent Representative to the ChiArts Board of Directors.”
“I have been active with the PSO for the entire time my daughter has been a student at ChiArts (three years). It is my hope to continue building on the foundation established by the PSO and to help it grow stronger during my time as Treasurer for the 2015-16 school year.”
“I have always been active in my daughter’s elementary school, at which I am a teacher. My goal for this year is to bring the ChiArts community together and to help create an environment that will foster our children’s academic and creative success.”
parent support organization


The event space at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture for ChiArti Gras.
ChiArts parent Tia Parker (left), and two guests.
Michael Shaub, Music Department Head Betsy Ko, and Visual Arts Department Head Whitney Bradshaw.
Executive & Artistic Director José Ochoa and Interim Principal Michael Wang.
ChiArts Safety and Security Officer Efrem Blue and Danyelle Stone.
ChiArti Gras: The PSO Silent Auction
On February 27th, the Parent Support Organization hosted ChiArti Gras, the first ChiArts silent auction, at the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Humboldt Park. The adults-only event featured student performances, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres,
a 50/50 raffle, and a silent auction. The dozens of donated auction items included sports memorabilia, tickets to cultural events, dining and entertainment packages, artwork, and more.
By the end of the night, more than $16,000 had been raised in support of ChiArts. This was the first major fundraising event planned by the PSO, and it will return in 2017!


WE ARE
arts partners
CONNECTED
Our Partners
Through the cooperation of the following arts organizations, ChiArts students are able to experience a wealth of cultural and artistic performances, as well as opportunities to meet mentors and role models in their chosen field. This year, ChiArts’ fleet of arts partners expanded to 87 organizations across Chicago and beyond.
About face theatre • the actors gymnasium •
albany park theatre project • american theater company •
anderson ranch arts center • ars viva • the art institute of chicago •
auditorium theatre of roosevelt university • ballet chicago • black ensemble theater • broadway in chicago • chicago arts parnerships in education (CAPE) •
chicago chamber musicians • chicago children’s choir •
chicago college of performing arts, roosevelt university •
chicago multi-cultural dance center • chicago philharmonic •
chicago public library youmedia • chicago shakespeare theater •
chicago sinfonietta • chicago symphony orchestra •
chicago youth shakespeare • chicago youth symphony orchestras •
columbia college chicago • congo square theatre company •
consulate general of israel to the midwest • cps office of arts education •
danceworks chicago • the dusable museum of african american history •
enrich chicago • ensemble espanol center for spanish dance and music •
eta creative arts foundation inc. • experimental sound studio • expo chicago •
foundations of music • fulcrum point new music project •
goodman theatre • harris theater for music and dance •
house theatre of chicago • hubbard street dance chicago • hyde park art center •
hyde park school of dance • the hyde park suzuki institute • joel hall dancers & center •
joffrey ballet • leveldance • lifeline theatre • little black pearl •
lookingglass theatre company • lou conte dance studio • lyric opera of chicago •
mana contemporary chicago •
mandala south asian performing arts • marwen •
merit school of music • midwest young artists •
muntu dance theatre of chicago • museum of Contemporary art chicago •
music institute of Chicago • music of the baroque • the national museum of mexican art •
natya dance theatre • the old town school of folk music • the orion ensemble •
ox-bow school of art • pegasus players • the people’s music school • piven theatre workshop • puerto rican arts alliance • ravinia festival • redmoon theater • remy bumppo theatre company • river north chicago dance company •
the ruth page center for the arts •
the second city • sherwood community music school •
sones de mexico ensemble •
steppenwolf theatre company • the theatre school, depaul university •
Thelonious monk institute of jazz • thodos dance chicago •
uic college of architecture and the arts • uic college of education • urban gateways • vandercook college of music • victory gardens theater • voice of the city


partnership highlights
WE ARE
CONNECTED
Arts Administration Club
2015-16 was the inaugural year of the ChiArts Arts Administration Club sponsored by Enrich Chicago. The club’s 20 active members experience field trips and workshops with local arts organizations that allow them to consider careers in the arts outside of performing and artmaking. Arts Admin club has enjoyed visits with the Joffrey Ballet, Hyde Park Arts Center, Black Ensemble Theater, and the National Museum of Mexican Art during its brief tenure at ChiArts.
Members of the Arts Administration Club (front row) met Thodos Dance Chicago’s ensemble at an art unveiling in Jackson Park.
Chicago PHIL Concert lyric opera Visit
The Chicago Philharmonic participated in a side-by-side concert and mentorship program with the ChiArts Band and String Ensemble.
Poet Laureate Master Class Visual Arts at MANA
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (center, pink jacket) visited Dr. Pope’s Music Professional Development class on behalf of the Lyric Opera for a Q&A with the students.
U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera (second from left) taught a master class for ChiArts Creative Writing students. He is pictured above at a Poetry Foundation event with Creative Writing Department Head Tina Boyer Brown (far right).
The Visual Arts Department exhibited its Senior Showcase at MANA Contemporary Chicago art center in Pilsen.


WE ARE
founders’ circle
GRATEFUL
Chiarts founders’ circle
The following individuals have made multi-year commitments to underwrite the first five graduating classes and provide significant start-up support (as of June 30th, 2016).
take a bow
Thank you to our supporters for their investment in the academic and artistic potential of our diverse students.
$1,000,000+
Efroymson Family Fund, a CICF Fund Tom and Julie** Hurvis
Polk Bros. Foundation
Jim and Kay Mabie
Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust
David Herro and Jay Franke
$250,000-$999,999
Anonymous
Best Portion Foundation
ITW
Robert R. McCormick Foundation The Negaunee Foundation
Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel
Susan and Richard** Kiphart
Tom and Mary Owens
The Renaissance Schools Fund Pam and Russ Strobel
The Donna Van Eekeren Foundation Helen and Sam Zell
$100,000-$249,999
The Alphawood Foundation Anonymous (2)
Julie and Roger Baskes The Robert Thomas Bobins
Foundation
Kay Bucksbaum
Marge** and Lew Collens
Crown Family Philanthropies
D & R Fund
Sidney** & Sondra Berman Epstein Exelon
Marshall and Jamee Field Christina and Ronald Gidwitz
Charitable Foundation
Paul and Eillen Gignilliat
Joseph and Madeleine Glossberg Sandra and Jack Guthman
Joan W. Harris
Walter E. Heller Foundation Betsy and Arthur Holden
Kovler Family Foundation
Robert M. & Diane vS Levy
John and Martha Mabie Mary and John F. Manley Chauncey and Marion D.
McCormick Family Foundation William G. McGowan Charitable Fund Edward & Lucy R. Minor Family
Foundation
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Fund Clare Muñana
The Pritzker Pucker Family
Foundation
Penny Pritzker and Bryan Traubert Burton X. and Sheli Rosenberg Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr.
Cari and Michael J. Sacks
Sargent Family Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Searle Funds at The Chicago
Community Trust
Harrison I. and Lois M. Steans
**deceased


supporters
corporate, foundation, and individual donations Gifts made from July 1st, 2015 to June 30th, 2016.
WE ARE
Mastery Circle ($250,000+)
Caerus Foundation Inc. Efroymson Family Fund* David Herro and Jay Franke Jim and Kay Mabie
The Polk Bros. Foundation* Helen & Sam Zell
Expertise Circle ($100,000-249,999)
Alphawood Foundation Anonymous
Crown Family Philanthropies* Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable
Trust*
Knowledge Circle ($75,000-99,999)
Best Portion Foundation*
Immersion Circle ($50,000-74,999)
Sidney and Sondra Berman Epstein* The Negaunee Foundation
State Farm Insurance
The Donna Van Eekeren Foundation
Exploration Circle ($25,000-
$49,999)
Roger & Barbara Brown Kay Bucksbaum
Marge** and Lew Collens* D & R Fund
Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Exelon
Jack and Sandra Guthman*
John Hart and Carol Prins Walter E. Heller Foundation Betsy and Arthur Holden*
ITW*
Mary & John F. Manley Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel* The Owens Foundation* Burton & Sheli Rosenberg* Pam and Russ Strobel*
Creation Circle ($10,000-$24,999)
Anonymous
Peter and Lucy Ascoli
BMO Harris Bank
The Robert Thomas Bobins
Foundation*
Joo and Stephen Boe*
The Chicago Community Trust Chicago Title and Trust Company
Foundation*
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Howard L. Gottlieb Foundation
Lori Gray Faversham
Mirja and Ted Haffner*
Irving Harris Foundation*
Susan and Richard Kiphart*
Kovler Family Foundation
Eric and Robin Maddix*
The Reva & David Logan Foundation Lucy R. Minor*
Clare Muñana*
Northern Trust
The Pierce Family Charitable Foundation J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr.*
The Sargent Family Foundation
The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Tawani Foundation
Richard and Helen Thomas Family
Foundation William Blair & Co.
Discovery Circle ($5,000-$9,999)
Allstate Insurance Company Julie & Roger Baskes
Marjorie C. Benton*
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois Bruce and Martha Clinton Creative Schools Fund
Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly
The Feitler Family
Joan and Robert Feitler William and Anne Goldstein Marilynn and Ronald Grais Anne C. Haffner
Alan and Lisa Jagiello
The Jayaraman Family
Anne L. Kaplan
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett David and Amanda Mabie The Rhoades Foundation John G. Searle Family Trust
John A. Shea
The Siragusa Foundation Neal S. Zucker
The ChiArts Creative Circle
Members of the Creative Circle giving community contribute annual support to ensure the sustained future of The Chicago High School for the Arts.
$2,500-$4,999
Anonymous(2)
Anonymous Fund of the Central Indiana
Community Foundation Heiji and Brian Black Deborah A. Bricker Deloitte LLP
Lois & Steve Eisen
Charles Gardner
Katie & Brent Gledhill Norman and Cynthia Goldring Dedrea & Paul Gray
Richard and Mary L. Gray
David & Amanda Mabie
John and Martha Mabie
Nandini and Puneet Mansharamani Terry and Lottie Mazany
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statement of activities
SUSTAINABLE
2015-16 Statement of Activities Year end june 30, 2016
Public Support and Revenue Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted
ChiCago PubliC SChoolS $7,183,502
ContributionS and grantS $1,443,811 $1,772,386 in-Kind ContributionS $136,315
SPeCial eventS $322,010 $3,500 Student FeeS $148,814
Student PerFormanCeS $47,892
other $73,758
net aSSetS releaSed From reStriCtionS
Permanently Restricted
Total All Funds
$7,183,502 $3,216,197 $136,315 $325,510 $148,814 $47,892 $73,758 $0
$11,131,988
$8,936,891 $1,064,538 $493,297
$10,494,726
$637,262
$3,270,703 $3,907,965
Total Public Support and Revenue
Expenses
Program ServiCeS
management & general
FundraiSing $493,297
Total Expenses
Change in net assets
net assets, beginning of year net assets, end of year
Program Expenses Administration
$10,494,726
$356,927 $207,935
$1,230,113 $1,440,590 $1,587,040 $1,720,925
86% 14%
$600,000 $600,000
$1,495,551 -$1,495,551
$10,851,653 $280,335
$8,936,891 $1,064,538


program costs
Funding
As a Contract School within the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system, ChiArts receives funding from the CPS district on a per-pupil basis, which covers the academic portion of the program costs. ChiArts raises private contributions and solicits the support of corporations and foundations to provide funding for the arts program. Without contributions to underwrite ChiArts’ pre-professional arts training, a program at this level would not be possible.
WE ARE
SUSTAINABLE
$5,519
PRIVATE FUNDING
$11,973
PUBLIC FUNDING
MANAGEMENT &GENERAL 12%
FUNDRAISING
2%
$17,492
Cost Per Student
Revenue Sources
Academic & Arts Expenses
ARTS 32%
ACADEMICS 54%


WE ARE
CHIARTS
Board of Directors as of June 30, 2016
Kay Mabie, Chair
Ronald B. Grais, Vice Chair Shruti Jayaraman, Secretary Betsy Holden, Treasurer
Faculty & Staff
Administration
José Ochoa, Executive and Artistic Director Michael Wang, Interim Principal
Nelson Campos, Assistant Principal for
Curriculum & Instruction Joseph Pancer, Dean of Students Jessica Ramirez Welton, Director of
Development
Karin Nangreave, Director of Finance
Academic Support Staff
Lori Birenberg, Instructional Coach Dr. Heather McCowen, Post-Secondary
Counselor
Michael Bruner, Clinical Counselor
Kaitlyn Curta, Academic Counselor
Peter Gaona, Office Manager
Antoinette Collier, Administrative Assistant
Administrative Support Staff
Candace Gregory, Senior Staff Accountant Kim Flowers, Finance Clerk
Noah Record, Production Manager &
Technical Director
Alia Walston, External Partnerships &
Programs Manager
Laura Marsh, Admissions Manager
Becca Skrha, Admissions Assistant
Lana Beardslee, Executive Assistant
Marlena Dzis, Development Associate
Nick Matthews, Marketing Associate
Carley Moseley, Venue and Media Associate Vincent Pimentel, Operations Associate
Efren Blue, Angela Brown, Gwendolyn Griffin,
Gregory Jones, Sam Torres, Security Team
Academic Faculty
English: Meg Arbeiter, Laurel Begick, Marc
Furigay, Lara LeVoy, Filip Lewandowski, Nik Mabry, Omar Tabbara
Carol Friedman Sandra P. Guthman Mirja Haffner Francia Harrington John H. Hart
Tom Hurvis
Alan Jagiello James W. Mabie* Terry Mazany
Computer Education: Tsegaye Kleszczewski Math: Shifra Adler, Robert Burns, Kristen
Hefferan, Padraic Kelly, Sarah Riley,
Gabriel Warner
Science: Paul Dorney, Cheryl Kondreck,
Cameron Martin, Minh-Dan Tran Social Studies: Abbey Cullen, Roman
Marchenko, Jonathan Stewart, Joseph
Wagner
World Language: Marcella Bonnan, Chris
Cashman, Kathryn Fahey, Leonard Hinds, Allison Kim, Virginie Tchakoumi, Myanna Klein
P.E., Health, Driver’s Education: Oscar Muñoz, James Salazar, Drew Steger
Specialized Services: Jeannie Chang,
Dr. Sunni Ali, Yolanda Ashford, Paxton Deahl, Lindora Kamalu, Marnel Rahimi, Chrstine Wietasch
Creative Writing
Tina Boyer Brown, Department Head Instructors: Ian Belknap, Cecilia Pinto,
Kenyatta Rogers, Jeremy T. Wilson
Dance
Sarah Ford Thompson, Department Head April C. Lewis, Department Assistant Instructors: Zineb Chraibi, Nicole
Chronopoulos, Rebecca Crystal, Brandon DiCriscio, Maliwan Diemer, Tracy Franklin, Julia Hinojosa, Suzanne Lopez, Brian McGinnis, Altin Naska, Kim Sagami, Kyle Seguin, Ted Seymour, Kathleen Turner, Jeff Wolfe, Teanna Zarro
Accompanists: Emily Barret, Barry Bennet, Colin DeJong, Randall Fleer, Robert Garrett, Tatiana Naumova, Michaeel Przygoda, Anna Shuba
Cynthia Mufarreh
Sylvia Neil
Pamela B. Strobel
Steve Solomon
Neal S. Zucker
Sandra Saucedo-Falagan** Blake Batterson**
*past chair **parent representative ***community representative
Music
Betsy Ko, Department Head
Alicia Poot Kelly, Department Assistant Instructors: Anthony Bruno, Chris
Cashman, Rachel Castellanos, Natalie Chami, Bill Chin, Julian Chin, Tom Clippert, John Corkill, Matt Dingels, John Dorhauer, Jason Ellis, Dr. John Elmquist, Dhilanthi Fernando, Terrance Gray, Caitie Hickey, Jeff Kelly, Gaye Klopack, Dr. Denise Knowlton, James Konsbruck, Erica Lessie, Tom Madeja, Devvora Papatheodorou Schreier, Dr. Greta Pope, Patrick Rustandi, Jeff Silva, Cory Tiffin, Dr. Brooks Truly, A.J. Wester, Cacie Wilhoft, Andrew Zelm
Theatre
Rob Chambers, Department Head
Scott Westerman, Department Assistant Instructors: David Blixt, Jason Ellis, Marc
Frost, Evelyn Gaynor, Cecilie Keenan, Josie McCanse, Amber Page, Rebecca Prescott, Christopher Richard, Elaine Rivkin, Kathy Scambiatterra, Rachel Slavick, Jason Sperling, Lindsay Thornton, Cat Wilson
Visual Arts
Whitney Bradshaw, Department Head
April Dauscha, Department Assistant Instructors: Catarina Araujo, Emily Belknap,
Kayce Bayer, Rebecca Beachy, Megan Greene, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Rodrigo Lara, Chris Lin, Devin Mawdsley, Eileen Mueller, Jillian Nickell, Celeste Rapone, Rebecca Shoenecker, Samantha Spencer, Jen Thomas
Duffie A. Adelson Carlos Azcoitia
Sarah Bader
Joo Youn Boe
Evette Cardona*** Warren Chapman
Elissa Hamid Efroymson Sondra Berman Epstein Lori Gray Faversham