About Unity

Unity Junior High School opened its doors in the fall of 2003, with the goal of inspiring and educating Cicero's seventh- and eighth-grade students. At the time, Unity was the largest junior high school in the nation! Unity's gymnasium is the size of the United Center!

The west side of the building off of 54th Avenue is for 7th graders and all the classrooms are numbered with even numbers. The east side of the building off of Laramie Avenue is for 8th graders and all the classrooms are numbered with odd numbers.

The Commons Area located directly in front of the school is where all assemblies are held.

The school's mascot, Stripes, is always there to celebrate with Unity students and cheer them on when the going gets tough.

Vision Statement

Unity’s vision is to involve family, community and the school to instill growth-mindset, perseverance and curiosity to build lifelong learners and global citizens by supporting the whole child.

Mission Statement

Unity’s mission is to provide an equitable, safe, positive and healthy learning environment to ensure academic growth. Through building solid relationships and celebrating diversity, we will foster a community of life-long learners.  

The Illinois Report Card is an annual report released by the Illinois State Board of Education that shows how the state, and each school and district, are progressing on a wide range of educational goals. The Report Card offers a complete picture of student and school performance in order to inform and empower families and communities as they support their local schools.

There are three versions of the Illinois Report Card for the state, schools, and districts. The first version is the Classic Report Card. This is a static, printable, PDF version of the official Report Card. The second version is the Illinois Interactive Report Card of IIRC. This version is web-based, intuitive, and allows for users to view performance comparisons between school and districts, review trend data, and break data into subcategories. The third version is the At-a-Glance report, which is a two-page downloadable document containing a more graphic representation of key Report Card data elements.

To view all versions of Unity's Report Card please CLICK HERE

The 5Essentials were developed by the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute, in partnership with Chicago Public Schools. Past research has shown that schools strong on at least three of the five essentials are 10 times more likely to improve student learning than schools weak on three or more of the five essentials.

For 2022, Unity Junior High School is not yet organized for improvement. To view more detailed results from the survey please click HERE

To commemorate the Bicentennial of Illinois' statehood in 2018, AIA Illinois presented the 200 Great Places in our state, which were selected by a state-wide committee of architects, local officials and other organizations, and Unity Junior High School made the list!