Support Services
Academic Support
Faculty and administration continuously monitor students’ progress and provide timely support and assistance.
Academic supports include:
- Academic Workshops - Held every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-4:30pm, students work with peers, teachers, and volunteer tutors to increase their academic performance.
- Advisory - Students work with their Advisor daily to bring "Not Yet Proficient" grades up to the "Proficient" level.
- Saturday School - Every Saturday from 9:00am-12:00pm, students can work one-on-one with their Academy teachers to remedy or advance their grades.
- Summer School
Health Services
YWLCS operates a school-based health clinic in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago Neighborhoods Initiative Division of Community Health. In 2005, YWLCS received funding from the McKesson Foundation and Grant Healthcare Foundation to renovate and expand the clinic. Today, clinic services are provided by a full-time family nurse practitioner and nurse's assistant, a part-time dietician and a part-time clinical psychologist, supervised by a Board-certified pediatrician.
Along with the health clinic, YWLCS has two full-time social workers on staff as well as a student intern.