Big Shoulders Fund Plus Schools

The Academy of St. Benedict the African has served Chicago’s West Englewood community since 1901. This STEM-focused Catholic school provides a safe, loving environment centered on academic excellence and Christian values. Students are nurtured to succeed in both their studies and life through a curriculum built on love and hope.

​A Community of Scholars and Saints

Epiphany School is a faith and learning community.

Serving families of South Chicago for over 133 years! 

An academicaly rigorous environment and a safe, loving community rooted in the Catholic faith. 

An education that opens doors and sets a foundation for life.

Opportunities start at Teyepac.

Faith. Service. Community. Excellence.

Sacred Heart School exists to provide a challenging, faith-based learning environment that encourages students who are confident about making decisions as responsible members of a family, school, church and local community as well as in the world at large.

Seeking achievement through academic excellence, Christian values and family partnerships.

St. Ann School has been educating students in Pilsen since 1903. At St. Ann School, students serve others, become leaders of their learning, and love one another. With Christ as our model and through a personalized learning approach, we encourage students to use their gifts to serve our school, the Pilsen community, and all of society.

Building successful futures one child at a time.

As a Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Chicago, St. Frances of Rome provides a faith-based education, blending intellectual and spiritual growth. We nurture students to be saints, scholars, and leaders, inspiring them to impact the world with wisdom and passion.

Nurturing our students' mind and spirit. 

Our school, our family.

Faith, tradition, excellence, and service.

A place where students flourish and talents flow.

Since 1872, St. Pius V School has educated generations of families in Chicago’s historic Pilsen community. With academic excellence, social-emotional learning, and faith formation, St. Pius V prepares PreK-3 through 8th-grade students for success in high school and beyond!

Educating the whole child within a safe, welcoming, and supportie environment.

Annunciata School provides a quality Catholic education for students from preschool through eighth grade. The school focuses on building strong minds and faithful hearts through a foundation of values and service. With a commitment to intellectual and spiritual growth, they prepare students to succeed in top area high schools.

Children of Peace provides a challenging, faith-based curriculum in an emotionally supportive and culturally sensitive learning environment. Students represent five continents and live in 33 zip codes. We have a Montessori program and a program for deaf or hard of hearing students.

Leadership, scholarship, faith, virtue, service and legacy. 

Creating Possibilities for Life

Believe, dream, and achieve.

Our Lady of Guadalupe School is the pride of South Chicago! We are dedicated to academic excellence, faith, and service. Established in 1947, we are a Big Shoulders Fund PLUS School along with being a Claretian Missionary School.

Multicultural educational experience for young women.

Queen of the Universe School offers personalized education with caring teachers and supportive families. Small classes, rigorous instruction, Title I Reading & Math, and Counseling services cater to individual needs, fostering both faith and knowledge for student success.

Faith. Service. Leadership.

Dream, Prepare, and Achieve!

A symbol of Peace, Excellence, and Love

Educating tomorrow's leaders.

Be you are at and be it well.

Where Jesus is the heart of all that matters. 

Open doors and open arms.

Academics, faith, and community.

Be and Bring the Good News

Faith and academics in action.

Serve, pray, learn, and care.