De La Salle Institute

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De La Salle Institute
Motto Signum Fidei
Established 1889
Type College preparatory school
President Brother Michael Quirk, FSC
Students 1160
Grades 9–12
Location Chicago, Illinois USA
Colors Royal Blue and Gold
Mascot Meteor Man
Website www.dls.org

De La Salle Institute is a Catholic, Lasallian, secondary school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois.

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[edit] History

De La Salle Institute was founded by Brother Adjutor of Mary in 1889. The school started as a two-year commercial school and has since grown to a four-year college preparatory school.

[edit] Campus

The school consists of two campuses. The campus for young men, known as the Institute Campus, is located at 3434 S. Michigan Ave. The Lourdes Hall campus for young women is located at 1040 W. 32nd Place.

[edit] Technology

Beginning in 2006, De La Salle began requiring incoming freshmen to lease or purchase an IBM X41 Tablet PC. The Tablet PCs allow students to take notes electronically and make use of the included textbook in e-books. Also, the Tablet PCs are equipped with a library of books to use for research, and many classic novels. Both De La Salle campuses are equipped with a WiFi network, allowing teachers and students to wirelessly access the Internet and print to network printers. De La Salle also has a computer repair center at each campus to deal with any computer problems or malfunctions. On August 28, 2006, De La Salle was featured on Fox News Chicago due to its use of tablet PCs.

De La Salle’s website provides useful information for students, parents, alumni, prospective students and other interested individuals. In addition to important dates, sports schedules and results and news items, students and parents can access a list of assignments for each course. Parents can email teachers directly from the website.

In order to protect students and minimize distraction, De La Salle uses content filtering on all computers that connect to the Internet using the school’s network.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

De La Salle Institute offers 15 sports for boys and girls, as well as many clubs such as Mock Trial, weight lifting, Web Design, and Drama. De La Salle offers many activities for studentts, everyone can participate in something.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Student Services

Each De La Salle Student is assigned a counselor for their entire stay at De La Salle. This service allows students to talk about family issues, academic issues, behavioral issues, or just to talk. The counselors intervene at points when students are failing, or close to failing, in order to get them back on track.

There is also a counselor available to aid the students through the process of finding and apply to colleges and universities.

[edit] External links

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