| There are many different high schools in | process. | ||
| Chicago. They all have the same core | |||
| curriculum in which everyone learns English | Still, many high schools have special programs | ||
| math, science, and social studies. In addition to | even if they are not magnet or specialized | ||
| 5 | academics, every student does service learning, | schools. For example, some regular high schools | |
| which means that each student helps the school | 35 | allow students to specialize in journalism. | |
| and community with projects. Some students | Moreover, students can take culinary arts at | ||
| tutor after school, others work in soup kitchens, | some schools. One student who went to | ||
| helping people get food. Some students work to | Richards High School in Chicago got a $10,000 | ||
| 10 | improve the environment. They use science to | scholarship to go to culinary college. He | |
| improve the natural environment by planting | 40 | achieved his success at Richards High School | |
| native species. When students do service | where he took culinary arts classes as well as the | ||
| learning, they feel better about themselves and | core curriculum. Other programs are available at | ||
| learn more skills. | regular high schools also. | ||
| 15 | Some high schools are specialized, and students | There are also military high schools in Chicago, | |
| can choose to go there if they want a certain | schools that have programs for the Army, Navy, | ||
| career or want to study a specific subject. A new | Air Force, or Marines. These schools have the | ||
| high school that specializes in the arts, for | standard high school curriculum, but they also | ||
| example, is now available in Chicago. To get | have classes geared toward military discipline | ||
| 20 | into that school, a student needs to audition. If | and planning. At one military high school, | |
| he wants to go into theater, then he would go to | 50 | students even learn about flying, in addition to | |
| the audition and show how well he can act. If he | their regular classes. | ||
| wants to be an artist, then he would need to | |||
| bring a portfolio of his art to his audition. | When a student chooses a high school, he should | ||
| consider many things. Does it have the kinds of | |||
| 25 | Other schools do not require auditions, but | programs that he can use to help him prepare for | |
| instead determine admission based on academic | 55 | a career? Does it have a good location? How can | |
| success. These special admission schools are | he commute there? However, in the end, the | ||
| called magnet schools. Students are admitted to | student’s success depends on the student’s | ||
| a magnet school if they have good grades, do | effort. Success in high school requires | ||
| 30 | well on tests, and make it through an application | determination, concentration, and commitment. |