/profiles/gary-comer-college-prep/gary-comer-middle-school/ Public Charter Schools Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:42:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 /wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-noble-favicon-2-32x32.png /profiles/gary-comer-college-prep/gary-comer-middle-school/ 32 32 /blog/how-coaching-changed-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-coaching-changed-me Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:00:11 +0000 /?p=41129 By Aubria Myers, Basketball Coach, Gary Comer College Prep Middle School “Ball is Life.” This was true for me well before the saying got popular. It’s been that way since I was young. And while I no longer play, I get to continue that life as a coach. I played basketball all my [...]]]> /blog/exploring-english-language-arts-at-gary-comer-middle-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-english-language-arts-at-gary-comer-middle-school Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 /?p=38308 What is it really like to experience English Language Arts (ELA) as a middle schooler? To get an inside look, we spoke with Gary Comer College Prep English teacher Patrice Barnes and a few students in her class about their classwork and some of the books they read this year. Their words paint a [...]]]> /blog/creating-a-6-12th-grade-athletics-program-at-gary-comer-college-prep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-a-6-12th-grade-athletics-program-at-gary-comer-college-prep Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:30:22 +0000 /?p=36857 High school athletes cheer on and mentor middle schoolers. Coaches leading teams at varying levels collaborate to build each other up. Student-athletes walk away with not only a rich, challenging experience but a larger sense of community. This is the reality of Gary Comer College Prep’s athletics program. Coach Lawrence Jackson, Comer’s athletic director, has [...]]]> /blog/meet-noble-schools-principals-part-four/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-noble-schools-principals-part-four Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:00:47 +0000 /?p=33549 This is the fourth and final part of our series featuring all of ���������Թ�' principals. If you haven't yet, check out part three which featured the principals of ���������Թ� Street College Prep, Pritzker College Prep, UIC College Prep, and The ���������Թ� Academy. We're wrapping up this blog series with our last five principal [...]]]> /blog/greek-day-at-gary-comer-college-prep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=greek-day-at-gary-comer-college-prep Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:00:38 +0000 /?p=35606 There’s no doubt that the Divine Nine sororities and fraternities have a big impact on ���������Թ�. Several of our staff members—from first-year teachers to senior network leaders (including our CEO Constance Jones, our Head of Strategy & Equity Jennifer Davis, and our CFO Nikita White!)—are members, along with several of our alumni. You [...]]]> /blog/two-comers-future-of-gary-comer-college-prep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-comers-future-of-gary-comer-college-prep Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:00:09 +0000 /?p=33777 This school year, ���������Թ�’ Gary Comer College Prep (GCCP) campuses are fulfilling their promise to the Grand Crossing neighborhood that they made in 2011—to provide a continuous, holistic education from 6th to 12th grade. In the spring, ���������Թ� announced that Principal JuDonne Hemingway would be the first principal to lead both Gary Comer [...]]]>