Communications, Media, & Public Relations

OUR GOALS

Our mission is to serve as the main distributor of news from every corner of the District and operate as the liaison between Cicero District 99 and the greater community.

Our vision is creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value to our district and its stakeholders.

The Communications Department strives to provide the most timely and accurate information regarding District goals, departmental updates and student happenings to both internal and external stakeholders.

EARNED MEDIA

• Feb. 13, 2020- mySuburbanLife- Downers Grove resident a Golden Apple Award finalist
• Feb. 13, 2020- Lawndale News- Daniel Burnham Elementary School Teacher Among Golden Apple Award Finalists
• Feb. 5, 2020- NBC 5 Chicago- Victims of Cicero fire honored at vigil
• Feb, 5, 2020- Fox 32 Chicago- Vigil held for boy, 5, killed in Cicero fire
• Feb. 5, 2020- Univision Chicago- This is how classmates remember the boy who died with his grandfather in a fire in Cicero
• Feb. 5, 2020- Univision Chicago- They perform emotional vigil in honor of a grandfather and his grandson who died during a fire in Cicero
• Feb. 5, 2020- WGN Chicago- Community, classmates and family gather to honor boy, grandfather killed in fire
• Feb. 5, 2020- ABC 7 Chicago- 5-year-old boy, grandfather killed in Cicero apartment fire memorialized in community vigil
• Jan. 23, 2020-Golden Apple- Nichole Carder finalist for Golden Apple Award for Excellence In Teaching
• Jan. 20, 2020-LEDs Magazine- Peerless-AV, LG Business Solutions, and Snap Install, Inc. Collaborate on Custom Solutions that Create Engaging Digital Displays at the Newly-Built Sherlock School
• Dec. 19, 2019- Univision Chicago- Cicero West Elementary students receive the fun visit from Santa Claus
• Dec. 19, 2019- WGN Chicago- Motorcycle-riding Santa visits students in Cicero
• Dec. 6, 2019- Univision Chicago- Keeping children safe, the goal of a new educational program in Cicero, Illinois
• Dec. 5, 2019- Lawndale News- Evening the Odds: Cicero District's Plan to Uplift the Community
• Oct. 29, 2019- Univision Chicago- Las catrinas, A Day of the Dead tradition that you can take part in Cicero
• Oct. 22, 2019- NBC 5 Chicago- Students create piggy banks to honor memory of classmate
• Oct. 11, 2019- Univision Chicago- Brightness and lots of color: this is how they try to keep the Mexican tradition of the catrinas in Cicero alive
• Oct. 10, 2019- Univision Chicago- Photos: Students and parents in Cicero schools paint their Catrinas
• Oct. 3, 2019- Diespierta America- Advances in technology reach education in a Chicago public school
• Sep. 5, 2019- Univision Chicago- The mental health of students, central theme of a meeting between Chicago school districts
• Aug. 28, 2019- NBC 5 Chicago- Cicero students surprised with free internet 
• Aug. 28, 2019- Telemundo Chicago- Students in Cicero receive free internet
• Aug. 28, 2019- Univision Chicago- Cicero community celebrates the return to classes from this modern school
• Aug. 22, 2019- Univision Chicago- In Cicero hundreds of children celebrate the opening of a new and modern elementary school
• Aug. 19, 2019- CBS 2 Chicago- Innovative New School Building Promises New Learning Experiences For Cicero Kids
• Aug. 19, 2019- Univision Chicago- Everything is ready for the inauguration of a modern primary school in Cicero and there are still open registrations
• Aug. 12, 2019- mySuburbanLife- Back To School Fair In Cicero
• Aug. 10, 2019- Univision Chicago- Dozens of students receive free school supplies and vaccinations at the fair back to school in Cicero
• Mar. 26, 2019- Chicago Tribune/HOY- Former Mexican-American astronaut says Latino parents 'should empower their children to dream' despite financial hardships
• February 2019-Construction In Focus- Bringing 21st Century Learning to the West Side of Chicago