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Bessie Rhodes Attendance Hotline: 847-859-8764
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Part of our Global Studies pillars is to provide service opportunities. Please see our micro loans. |
In April of 2011, the school board approved the Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School as a School of Global Studies. The mission for the school is to:
Equip young people with the skills to become good global citizens who will contribute to and thrive in a dynamic and diverse world.
Good global citizens will have:
- A heightened awareness and understanding of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all people, that the local affects the global, and the global affects the local.
- A deep cross-cultural awareness, understanding, and awareness and respect for their own multi-faceted identity and the diverse identities and interests of others.
- Are responsible, culturally and environmentally aware, and committed to the ideals of understanding and cooperation.
The school's curriculum will be built on four pillars: Science & Technology, Community Service, Language, & Geography. The development of curricular units will be based on district standards while intertwining global influences. Dr. Bessie Rhodes School will teach Chinese as an option for our students in addition to Spanish. The implementation of the curriculum is expected to be developed over a three year period.
The school opened in 1957 as a neighborhood school named Timber Ridge Elementary School, and then in the 1970's the school was closed due to low enrollment. The school was re-opened in 1995 as Timber Ridge Magnet School as a way of controlling enrollment in neighborhood schools. The initial focus for the school was to be technology oriented. The first principal was Dr. Bessie Rhodes and in 2004, the school was renamed in her honor. The school is K-8 school, with two classes of approximately 20 students in each class, allowing for the feel of a small school environment. Students are enrolled after an application process. For more information on selection, please click here.
Our school serves families in the Evanston/Skokie CC School District 65. In 2010 the Illinois State Board of Education named as an honor roll school. Also in 2010, Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School ranked 49th of the top 100 Illinois middle schools, and our elementary school ranked 156 of the top 200 elementary schools in a Sun Times poll. This is not the first time the school has ranked among the top schools in the state. The school is K-8 school, with two classes of approximately 20 students in each class, allowing for the feel of a small school environment. For information on the schools test results, please visit the Illinois School Report card by clicking here.
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