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Maryville breaks ground on new school

The Maryville Jen School broke ground on its new school, the Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy and Career Tech High School, on November 9, 2022, located at 6935 W Touhy Ave in Niles. The academy is named after the late Chuck Walsh, an alum of Maryville Academy, who also served as a member of its Board of Directors for several years. The Academy will be open in Fall 2023.

Walsh Academy will continue Jen School’s founding vision to provide students with disabilities with a comprehensive and experiential instructional model in academics, career and vocational pathways, and social-emotional skills through research-based practices. The Walsh Academy will prepare students with skills to be career or college ready.

“For over 15 years, Jen School has approached education from the student’s perspective and needs as individuals. This approach has allowed our students to earn their high school diplomas and move on to the next phase of their journey,” said Ann Craig, Maryville’s director of educational services and Jen School principal.

The new Walsh Academy will create more opportunities for special needs students while helping them reach their fullest potential. It is the only school in Illinois that has a teacher, social worker and paraprofessional in the classroom.

“I spent two years at the Jen School and graduated from 8th grade in 2016. During my time there, I felt I was heard and listened to. The teachers and staff really care about each student. They taught me never to give up. They taught me how to channel my life for the better when I was struggling. I still like to go back to the Jen School and visit even after graduating from high school and working full time,” shared Nick.

Skilled tradespeople are in high demand, and there is an untapped opportunity to educate and prepare special needs students. Trade jobs like electricians, plumbers, machinists, welding and HVAC are high-demand and high-paying jobs, however, 62% of national contractors are struggling to fill over 8 million important skilled trade positions. Additionally, graduation rates for special education students are significantly lower than the general population. 

The Walsh Academy will provide students with individualized Career Technical Education (CTE) programming in the following industries: 

  • Construction – including home construction and repair and building tiny homes for veterans. 
  • Small Engine/Bicycle Repair
  • Graphics 

Additionally, other new facilities at the Walsh Academy include: 

  • Metals Lab
  • Podcast Studio
  • Medical/ Health Lab
  • Culinary Lab Garden/ Greenhouse
  • Driver’s Education

The Academy is also working on developing a three-way partnership with contractors and union organizations who are helping develop course curricula and providing recommendations on the facilities and equipment needed to prepare students for success in apprenticeships, additional technical training or higher education and on-the-job. 

“There is a high demand for skilled trade people. CISCO‘s partnership with Walsh Academy allows us to explore an untapped opportunity to educate and prepare these high school students – burdened with severe economic and social challenges, for career opportunities in the union construction industry. CISCO is proud to provide support to prepare these high school students for union apprenticeship programs, which lead to career opportunities with union construction contractors and a path to the middle class,” said Dan Allen, Construction Industry Service Corporation executive director. “

Students who attend Jen School have one or more significant challenges such as specific learning disability, intellectual disability, autism or health impairment. Many of these students experienced childhood trauma such as abuse, neglect and abandonment. Jen School aims to offer a pathway for these students who are unable to succeed in their home schools. The new Walsh Academy will eventually accommodate 120 students – 82% more than today and increase its academic classrooms from eight to 12. Additionally, It has an open enrollment policy allowing the students to enter the school at any point. For more information on the new Walsh Academy, please visit www.walshacademy.org.


About Jen School

Maryville Jen School provides specialized academic and vocational opportunities for young men and women experiencing academic, emotional, behavioral or cognitive challenges that can potentially limit their life success. Students are served in uniquely designed classrooms to maximize effectiveness across the continuum of age and disability. Maryville Jen School is an Illinois State Board of Education approved Non-Public Special Education Facility (14-7.02) licensed to serve students ages 10 – 21.

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Overdose Awareness Trainings, 08/31/2022

Trainings were held at Loretto Hospital in the morning and at Des Plaines Public Library in the afternoon.

Media coverage at Loretto Hospital:

· WFLD-TV – Good Day Chicago at 6 a.m. (Audience: 17,052) – Clip

· WFLD-TV – Good Day Chicago at 9 a.m. (Audience: 57,384) – Clip

· WFLD-TV – FOX 32 News at Noon (Audience: 35,651) – Clip

· WFLD-TV (FOX 32) (UVM: 1,696,180) – Loretto Hospital hosts free narcan training sessions to help curb overdoses

· WMAQ-TV – NBC 5 News at 11 a.m. (Audience: 32,672) – Clip

· WLS-TV – ABC 7 Eyewitness News at 11:30 a.m. (Audience: 110,276) – Clip

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Maryville to conduct NARCAN administration trainings with local partners Aug. 31

Maryville, a child care organization based in Des Plaines, will be conducting two Overdose Awareness trainings, one in the morning at Loretto Hospital in Chicago, and an afternoon training at Des Plaines Public Library on Wednesday, Aug. 31.

Maryville’s staff led by Jim Eaglin, Family Behavioral Health Clinic recovery home operator, will spearhead the trainings on how to administer NARCAN, an opioid antagonist which works to cause a reversal effect of an overdose.

The morning training, through Maryville’s partnership with Loretto Hospital, will be on the sixth floor auditorium of Loretto Hospital. For those interested, they can select a time slot from the following: 10 to 10:30 a.m., 10:30 to 11 a.m., 11 to 11:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. to noon.

Supplies for the trainings are limited and those interested to attend must register by calling Maryville’s Nancy Woulfe at (847) 294-1910. Light refreshments will be served.

“Few communities have been more dramatically impacted by the opioid epidemic than Chicago’s West side Austin neighborhood,” said Tesa Anewishki, interim President & CEO, Loretto Hospital. “As we fight to stem the root causes of this disease, we also need to educate and empower our brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, to intervene in cases of overdose.”

Eaglin looks forward to the training, a first for his team.

“I am excited that Maryville is co-hosting the event with Loretto Hospital, Des Plaines Public Library and Oakton Community College,” Eaglin said. “There is a need to bring overdose awareness to our communities and train people how to administer NARCAN to save lives.”

Eaglin has developed a plan for naloxone distribution during the training.

The afternoon training, also on Aug. 31, will be at the Des Plaines Public Library, 1501 Ellinwood St. in Des Plaines. The hours are 2 to 2:30 p.m., 2:30 to 3 p.m., 3 to 3:30 p.m. or 3:30 to 4 p.m. Like the Loretto Hospital training, registration is required by calling Maryville’s Nancy Woulfe.

The training at the Des Plaines Public Library is through Maryville’s partnership with the library and Oakton Community College.

Aug. 31 is designated as International Overdose Awareness Day.

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2021 Annual Report

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Maryville Crisis Nursery offers free emergency child care to families in crisis

Staff at the Maryville Crisis Nursery, 6650 W. Irving Park Rd, watch children on April 30, 2022. The Crisis Nursery provides free short-term care for parents in distress and experiencing a crisis. Staff and volunteers protect their children, birth to age six, from abuse, neglect or trauma. Children receive round-the-clock child care for up to 72 hours for each stay from events llife events such as unemployment, parental illness or hospitalization, poverty and homelessness.(Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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