CYS programs build community.
Since the fall of 2014, CYS programs have brought together over 9000 students from more than 75 different Chicago area neighborhoods and schools.
CYS programs build confidence.
100% of CYS Ensemble and Summer Shakes students graduate high school, and 99% have gone on to attend college. To learn more about the positive impact of Shakespeare on student learning and development, visit: The Bard & the Teenage Brain.
CYS programs change lives.
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