Education

Science First

Participation and Transportation

Who participates? Students from Chicago Public Schools who are currently in grades 7, 8, and 9; have an interest in nature and science; a desire to spend their summer outdoors exploring the Garden’s 385 acres of plants; and can commit to attending the program every day, Monday through Friday, for four weeks during the summer.

2010 bus routes

West Pullman School
11941 S. Parnell

Vanderpoel School
9510 S. Prospect

Altgeld School
1340 W. 71st Street

Hyde Park Academy
6220 S. Stony Island Ave

Mollison School
4415 S. King Drive

Juarez Community Academy
2150 S. Laftin Street

Chalmers School
2745 W. Roosevelt Road

Darwin School
3116 W. Belden

Amundsen High School
5100 N. Damen

Senn Academy
5900 N. Glenwood

Monday through Friday, students are picked up at designated locations on one of two free bus routes provided by the Garden (see sidebar) and dropped off at the Garden by 9 a.m. They leave the Garden at 3 p.m. each day and are dropped off at the same location at which they were picked up, free of charge.

Applications are due by the end of April.

Last year's students came from the following schools:

Gale Community Academy	Metcalfe Elementary School
Morgan Park High School	Lane Tech High School
Goethe Elementary School	Whitney Yound High School
Northside College Prep	Canter Middle School
Amundsen High School	Chicago Math & Science Academy
Pritzker College Prep	Robert A. Black Magnet School
Carnegie Elementary	Darwin Elementary School
Budlong Elementary School	Goudy Elementary School
Perspectives Charter School	Hyatt Elementary School
Daniel Hale William Prep School of Medicine
Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men
Beasley Academic Magnet School