Welcome to Harlan Community Academy High School's website, where our Vision is to Educate, Empower, and Encourage (E3) all students to reach their full potential.   
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Harlan Academic Center

10 Reasons to Come to Harlan

  1. AVID NationalDemonstration Site
  2. 2011 Graduating class was awarded 1.8 million in scholarships ie., Gates Millenium, and POSSE
  3. Gifted Academic Center Program for 7th and 8th grades
  4. Magnet Engineering and Information Technology programs
  5. Advanced Placement Classes Offered: Literature, Language Arts, Chemistry, Human Geography, Statistics, World History, Goverment
  6. Athletic Successes - 2011 City Championship in Boy's Baseball, and Indoor Girl's Track & Field
  7. Great After School Programs and Extracurricular Activities ie., After-School Matters, Band, Debate, Athletics, etc.
  8. Study Abroad Opportunities
  9. Business Partners: IL Department of Transportation, DeVry University, Chicago State University, IL Road and Transportation, Infrastructure Engineering, and Northrop Grumman, Metropolitan Family Services
  10. Strong Alumni Support

News and Announcements

Harlan IS Possible!
Harlan IS Possible to Educate, Empower and Encourage all students to reach their full potential.
Two Harlan Juniors named as Chicago Scholars
Malik Sanders and Cheryl Rice, Class of 2014, have been selected as Chicago Scholars.
Harlan 2012-2013 Student Handbook is online
The Harlan Student Handbook is available for download. please follow the link below to access the book.
We support the cause--March for Babies 2013
Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick; and we want to do something about this. The mission of March of Dimes-March for Babies is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. As they celebrate 75 years to this cause, we want to let them know that we care too.
(TO WATCH THE MARCH FOR BABIES VIDEO, PLEASE VISIT THE COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE)
Harlan students have voice in humanities program
Students attend the Clemente Program in the Humanities at Harlan High School in Chicago on Feb. 20, 2013. The school is using the Socratic method to teach philosophy, literature and art history to CPS students. GO FALCONS!
Educational experiment: College-level humanities at Chicago public high school
Clemente program comes to Harlan
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Upcoming Events

Advisory Schedule
Date: 6/19/2013
Local School Council Meeting
Date: 6/20/2013
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
School Spirit Day
Date: 6/21/2013
Location: Harlan
Administrative Leadership
Date: 6/24/2013
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Business Professionals of America
Date: 6/24/2013
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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