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Seventeen miles north of Camelot Education’s Excel Academy of South Shore at Demera restaurant in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, a dozen students warily study the platters of food set at their [...]

When the coronavirus pandemic forced Camelot Education’s Chicago Excel Academy of South Shore seniors to stay home, Director of Student Services Tirrell Taylor made sure the switch to distance [...]

Camelot Education’s teachers and staff view their positions as fulfilling their life’s passion. They make significant impacts in the lives of students, families and the communities they serve. [...]

Students at Camelot Academy in Chicago now have an opportunity to enhance their workforce readiness by participating in a new comprehensive school counseling and mentoring program, thanks to a [...]

Life after high school doesn’t mean waiting until June for seniors from Camelot Education’s Chicago Excel Academies who have completed their coursework and earned the credits required to obtain a [...]

Camelot Education’s Excel Academy of Southwest in Chicago recently completed an outdoor mural, part of a multi-phase project to invigorate the school’s garden. The mural was a collaboration [...]

Juan Rodriguez, Excel Academy of Roseland’s Teacher of the Year, has been with Camelot Education for five years and said he is grateful to have found his ideal place to work in education. “I came [...]

Helping students, who attend Camelot Education’s Excel Academy of Southwest in Chicago, overcome the life challenges they face explains exactly why Juan Carlos Funes chose to be an educator and [...]

Originally published by the Chicago Tribune on August 30, 2019. A few years ago, Jeremy Mitchell wasn’t doing well in school. His grades were slipping, and he thought his best shot at a better [...]