- This article is about the Alexander Graham Bell School in Chicago, Illinois. For other schools with the same name, see this list.
Alexander Graham Bell School, also known as Bell School is a public school located in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States; it is a part of the Chicago Public Schools. It offers grades kindergarten through grade eight. It also has a deaf department for students in preschool through grade eight and additionally a gifted (options) department for students in grades one through eight.
The elementary school was founded in 1917 with 24 classrooms for hearing students and 15 classrooms for deaf students, after the Chicago School Board allocated US$285,000 for it in 1915 (approximately $6,750,000 in current dollars).
The school, one of the largest built in the Chicago Public School system at the time, was dedicated on April 1, 1918 by its name source Alexander Graham Bell, advocate of education for deaf students.
Sports
Bell School offers a variety of sports, including basketball, cross country, flag football, soccer, softball, track and field and volleyball.
Special events
Since 2003 Martyrs', a music venue on Lincoln Avenue, has hosted "Bands for Bell" where Bell parent bands play as a fundraiser for the Bell School.
See also
- Chicago Public Schools
- Clarke School for the Deaf
- Volta Laboratory and Bureau
References
External links
- Alexander Graham Bell School (official website)
