Guerin College Prep Hosts Open House for Prospective High School Students

Guerin College Preparatory High School, a Catholic, co-educational
college preparatory school, invites prospective high school students and their
families to visit the school during Open Houses scheduled on October 20 and
November 25.

Guerin Prep, situated on a 23-acre, wireless campus in River Grove on
Chicago’s northwest side, serves approximately 450 students from Chicago and
surrounding suburbs. The school boasts a 1:12 teacher to student ratio and a 100
percent college acceptance rate. Guerin Prep is structured to meet the
individual strengths and needs of each student. The curriculum includes three
rigorous academic programs of study (Sullivan College Preparatory Program,
Providence College Preparatory Program and the advanced Nolan Scholar Program),
as well as an advanced placement program for students. Additionally, Guerin
Prep is a technology-centered high school. Each student is provided with a state-of-the-art
laptop or tablet equipped with digital textbooks and the Windows 8 operating
system.   

Guerin’s Open House is a unique experience in which
parents and students are separated, allowing Guerin to customize the tour to meet
individual concerns and interests. 
The parents meet with Karen Booth,
Principal, and Steve Baldwin, President, to learn about the core curriculum, school
experience, admission requirements, tuition, and financial aid. Students
participate in five-minute classes to experience what a school day is like at
Guerin.

Open Houses are
scheduled for:

Sunday, October
20

11 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Last tour at 1 p.m.)



Monday, November 25

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Last tour at 7 p.m.)

 In 2013, Guerin graduates were collectively awarded more than $5 million
in college scholarships. Among the students who received scholarships were Anisa
Bravo, who received a full scholarship to University of Illinois at Chicago to
study medicine; Agnes Galej, who was awarded a substantial scholarship to Yale
University to study medicine; and Kristof Ifkovits, who received a competitive Division
1 FBS Athletic Scholarship to play football for Western Michigan University.

“We encourage all families who are seeking a solid high school
educational experience to visit Guerin,” said Steve Baldwin, President of Guerin
Prep.  “We continue to see
consistent growth at Guerin Prep each year, and our graduates have gone on to
more than 100 universities and colleges including Yale, Notre Dame, and
Michigan State.  Yet we’ve
continued to maintain the balance between a highly academic education and a
value-based experience,” he added.

Beyond academics, students participate in a four-year
theology program and can also choose from a variety of programs including:
band, strings, piano, choir, theatre, dance, photography, drawing, design, and
ceramics.  Guerin offers a
variety of interscholastic sports teams for both boys and girls, including:
softball, basketball, track, hockey, cross country, and wrestling. It also has
an athletic center with a weight room, two full-sized gyms, and a wrestling
room. There are more than 30 academic, arts, leadership, and honor society
clubs.

Guerin’s History

Guerin
College Preparatory High School was established in 2004. The school sits on the
campus of its founding schools, Holy Cross High School for boys and Mother Theodore
Guerin High School for girls. The founding schools were opened in 1961 and
1962, respectively. The Brothers of Holy Cross and Sisters of Providence ran
each school separately, but with shared values and traditions. Today, Guerin Prep
benefits from the combined rich histories of its founding schools, and
continues to instill the same values in its students. The high school sits on
23 acres at the corner of 80th and Belmont in River Grove. Nearly 20,000
students from Northwest Chicago and the surrounding suburbs have graduated from
the schools in the past 50 years.