Alma Latina
Tacos. Piñatas. Fútbol. These are all words that come to mind when one thinks of Latino culture. But Latino culture is more than that, and that is why Alma Latina,…
2015
IMSA’s Spooky Celebrations!
October may have come and gone, but IMSA’s 2015 Halloween celebration wasn’t one to forget. Last Friday, students and faculty geared up in their Halloween costumes, allowing us to enjoy…
Is Equal Education Really Fair?
Recently, I had the opportunity to spend some time with some 5th and 6th graders for the PROMISE program at IMSA. I was supposed to teach the 5th grade students…
Path Unseen
I never wanted to go to IMSA. I had assumed it would be teeming with nerds, kids who valued nothing but their studies and had no life beyond them, essentially…
The State of Education
This week, the Acronym has collected its articles into a collection on the subject of education and the issues that surround it. Contributors include Parth Dhyani, Ethan Fisher, Alexis Giff,…
Has IMSA Stopped Pioneering? An Investigation into IMSA’s Academic History
On a chilly September morning in 1986, teenagers from across the state arrived at a barely furnished building on the outskirts of a seedy Chicago suburb. Beads of sweat rolled…