FRIENDS  OF  AMUNDSEN  HIGH  SCHOOL  PROPOSAL

Mission  Statement:

The  mission  of  the  Friends  of  Amundsen  High  School  (FAHS)  group  will  be  to  encourage  more  of  the  students  who  live  within  the  school  boundaries  to  aJend  AHS.    This  will  be  accomplished  by  publicizing  the  achievements  and  acNviNes  currently  in  place  at  AHS  and  by  encouraging  the  development  of  improved  academic  success  and  programs  which  will  support  it.

Short  Term  Goals:

1)  Recruit  interested  community  members  and  parents  of  current  and  potenNal  students.

2)  Establish  a  partnership  with  AHS  and  all  appropriate  related  groups  including  the  administraNon,  LSC,  Parent  Advisory  CommiJee  and  alumni  organizaNon.

3)  Heighten  the  local  community’s  awareness  of  posiNve  programs  currently  in  place  at  AHS  via  public  relaNons,  social  media,  and  direct  communicaNon  with  the  aldermen’s  offices  and  the  local  elementary  schools,  public  and  private.  Topics  to  be  highlighted  may  include  the  following:

    a)     IB  Program

b)   Service  Learning  Programs  (orphanage  in  Mexico  and  annual  trip,  volunteering  at  local  food  bank,  work  with  senior  ciNzens,  the  “Build  on”  program  in  Nicaragua

c)   Theater  group

d)   AthleNcs

e)   Academic  success  (City  Science  Fair  winners,  Posse  scholarship  recipients,  etc.)

4)  Explore  fundraising  opportuniNes  which  can  support  the  school’s  academic  growth.

5)  Analyze  low  community  enrollment  factors  and  suggest  ways  to  raise  these  numbers.    This  may  include  the  following:

    a)   StaNsNcal  break  out  of  census  and  scoring  informaNon

b)   RecommendaNons  of  programming  changes  to  aJract  more  high  achieving  students

Long  Term  Goals:

1)  For  FAHS  to  become  sustainable  community  group  capable  of  providing  support  to  the  school  for  many  years  to  come.

2)  To  help  raise  the  community  profile  and  academic  success  of  the  school  to  a  level  which  encourages  many  more  high  achieving  local  8th  graders  to  aJend  Amundsen  High  School  instead  of  private  or  selecNve  enrollment  schools.

SubmiJed  by:  Stephen  Reynolds,  4927  N.  Seeley,  Chicago    Reynolds_stephen@yahoo.com  312  375-­‐7353