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We are very thankful and grateful for Mr. Domovic and the staff at Louisa May Alcott for the wonderful job they have been doing over the years with our three daughters. We feel they are being equipped with the tools for success.
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Alcott has created a warm, enriching environment for our boys to really grow into confident, motivated and caring students.
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We came to Alcott because Principal Domovic has the vision to be innovative, the patience to listen to teachers, parents, and students about new ideas, and the courage to take risks that move the school beyond the norm.
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The Alcott parent community is an amazing group! The energy, ideas and powerful resources the parents dedicate makes Alcott a CPS "PLUS" school.
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After researching several private, parochial and public schools in the area we chose Alcott. Our choice was based on the positive leadership style of the principal, the strength of the faculty and the school's proven test results.
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An Alcott education is more like what I would expect from a private school-smaller class sizes, Chinese language instruction and educating the students about healthy eating and healthy lifestyles. Alcott is way ahead of the times!
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Alcott students perform

Alcott Announces:

Congratulations to the Middle School Debate Team, which did extremely well in the final tournament this weekend:
1) Novice team award went to Jazzy and Lizzie Rangel for 12th place.

2) JV speaking awards went to Aleah Kraft for #9, Maggie Ball for #2, and Ramsha Khawar for #3.

3) JV team awards went to Maggie Ball and Ramsha Khawar for #2, Mikkie Lopez and Joselyn Compouverde for #3 and Mahnoor Syed and Aleah Kraft for #8.

4) At Varsity level, Arman Khaghani placed in first in speaking awards.

5) Ramsha Khawar and Maggie Ball debated in the championship fifth round designated for top teams in each division, and Ms. Khawar also earned the award for Most Valuable Debater for the 2009-2010 season.

We thank the entire Debate Team's hard work for their participation and competitive spirit for a successful year.

Finally, congratulations go to Claire Fridkin, who advanced from the CPS-wide Spelling Bee competition to the Chicago metro area regional competition. The winner of the regional competition will advance to the National Spelling Bee.

Alcott Headline News

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The Chicago Sun-Times features Alcott's award-winning iEarn program, the online network that teaches students about their counterparts from other countries, as led by our Ms. Elena Turczeniuk.