South Loop Elementary School

South Loop Elementary School is a public neighborhood school centrally located in Dearborn Park, in the heart of Chicago’s South Loop. The school offers the Neighborhood Fine Arts Program, a Regional Gifted Center, Extended Day School Program and a tuition-based pre-school to students coming from a wide range of ethnic and social-economic backgrounds. Its goal is to provide an excellent public education for children of all levels and abilities. The school is creating a learning environment where expectations are high, diversity fosters respect and appreciation, and each child becomes well prepared to succeed as a lifelong learner who will reach his or her full potential.

Partner David L. Applegate is an active supporter of school reform and academic excellence at the primary and secondary school levels, including the South Loop Elementary School.