Our values demonstrate our commitment to:

• Recognize that each student is a valuable individual with unique physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs.

• Create an optimal physical environment conducive to learning for socially, economically, and/or educationally vulnerable students.

• Promote academic growth through the constant assessment and elimination of gaps in students’ needs, and through individualized teaching materials and styles.

• Foster personal growth and life-long learning.

  NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

  It is the policy of Cornerstone Academy to maintain a school environment that is free from discrimination and to conduct its educational practices, admission policies, hiring, and other school-administrative programs on the basis of an individual’s qualifications and abilities. The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or disability. 

  For additional information about school policies, please see the student handbook.

Cornerstone Academy opened its doors in 1994, in the Chicago Austin neighborhood, as a response to the staggering 70% high school dropout rate of the time. In 2000, we moved to the new Cornerstone Center on the Near North Side of Chicago where we shared a space with other not-for-profit organizations that supported our students. Then, after 21 years, we came back to our roots and moved the school to Oak Park to establish a centralized location for serving both city and near-West side students.

Our mission is to provide a supportive Christian education for students who may benefit from personalized attention as they work toward a high school diploma while developing tools for self-sufficiency and a Christian life ethic.