Upcoming Events
View Full CalendarApply for 2025-26 School Year
The application period for the 2025-26 school year is open until November 15, 2024 through GoCPS. Apply for K to 9th grade and see all the places you can go with CPS.
Respiratory Illness Guidance
Find information about common respiratory illnesses and learn how to keep your family safe as the new school year begins.
SchooLinks is the official college and career readiness platform for CPS students in grades 6-12. It helps students and their families create an individualized roadmap to serve each student's unique skills, interests, and goals for the future. Log in to your SchooLinks guardian account using your Aspen Parent Portal email address.
How to Claim an Account:
SchooLinks Access for Parent/Guardians: A Step-by-Step Guide
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The Aspen student information management system consolidates information from five data sources into a single system. Student and Parent Portals provide access to students’ grades, assignments, and attendance, among other new features, such as the ability to view and pay fees online.
Apply to Schools at GoCPS
GoCPS is the online platform that allows families to apply to nearly every CPS school and program using one site, one application, and one deadline.
CPS Blogs
17 October 2024
Navigating the Different Components of School Leadership
10 October 2024
Continuing to Learn and Grow as a Second-Year Principal
Community Updates
18 October 2024
End of Week Message: A Week of Exceptional CPS News!
In a letter to families, CPS CEO Pedro Martinez recaps exciting District announcements.
17 October 2024
More Good News: CPS Students Continuing Record-Breaking Growth!
In a letter to families, CPS CEO Pedro Martinez and CEdO Bogdana Chkoumbova highlight promising District data.
16 October 2024
CPS Staffing, Enrollment, and Attendance All on the Rise
In a letter to families, CPS leadership highlights several positive trends in the District.
11 October 2024
End of Week Message: Changing How We Measure Success
In a letter to families, CPS CEO Pedro Martinez highlights the District's new approach to accountability.
06 October 2024
Resources and Support for Students and Staff as We Mark One Year Since Oct. 7
In a letter to families, CPS CEO Pedro Martinez provides resources to help prevent bias-based harm in our school communities.
Services and Supports
CPS partners with parents/legal guardians, families, external providers, and community organizations to remove social, emotional and physical barriers to learning and prepare students for life after high school.
Get Involved
We welcome and encourage all parents, legal guardians, and families to participate in student education and engage with school communities.
Attendance Information
Attendance matters. CPS works with parents to ensure students meet attendance expectations.
Student Protections
CPS is committed to providing a safe environment for students. Here’s how you can report concerns about sexual misconduct, harassment, and abuse.
Report to CPS
Office of Student Protections and Title IX (OSP)
773-535-4400
OSP will work with you to hear your report, investigate, and create safety measures at school. OSP can also provide guidance on reporting to the police, or getting other supports such as counseling.
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
833-TELL-CPS (833-835-5277)
The OIG investigates sexual misconduct and harassment concerns involving staff, volunteers, and other adults you meet at school.
Receive Confidential Support
Chicago Rape Crisis Hotline
888-293-2080
The Rape Crisis Hotline provides survivors of sexual violence and their caregivers immediate support, crisis intervention and referrals for the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs.
Network Search
School Profile Search
Find detailed info about a school, including programs and admissions requirements, after school activities, family support services, and school performance reports.
School Locator
See all CPS schools and neighborhood boundaries on this searchable map.