Youth Connection Charter School

Youth Connection Charter School
Youth Connection Charter School
Location
	Admin Office: 10 West 35th Street, Suite 11F4-2; Chicago, Illinois 60616; United States
Information
Type	Charter
Motto	Not Just a Second Chance, But a Better Chance
Established	1997
School district	Chicago Public Schools
Key people	Sheila Venson - Executive Director; Larry Vaughn - Assistant Director; Luis Alejandro Molina Alanis - Board President; Dr. Laura Ruth Johnson - Vice President; Angela Gibson - Secretary; James Lyles - Treasurer; Dr. Fabricio Balcazar - Senior Advisor; Dr. Richard Stephenson and Dr. Robert A. Saddler -Founding Members; Christine Bowden - Director; Arthur Ward - Director; Daniel Jemison - Director; Dr. Jermaine Morales - Director; Richard Blackmon Jr. - Director;
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	3,500
Nickname	YCCS
Website	Official website

TypeCharter

MottoNot Just a Second Chance, But a Better Chance

Established1997

School districtChicago Public Schools

Youth Connection Charter School (YCCS) is a charter school in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1997 it is the only charter school in Illinois that targets dropouts and other at-risk students. YCCS serves over 3,500 students through 17 campuses throughout Chicago.^[1]

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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
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