Chicago Tween/Teen Homeschool Co-operative
High School to College Info
For parents/college bound students join hs2coll@yahoogroups.com to find very useful info for maneuvering your way to a university
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Chicago resident students are allowed one community college class a term for free
**TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES**
Greater Chicago Food Depository https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/volunteer/
Chicago Zoological Society https://www.czs.org/czs/scholars
Chicago Area Runners Association http://www.cararuns.org/
Chicago Cares Volunteers https://www.chicagocares.org/
Friends of the Park https://fotp.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Museum of Broadcast Communications http://www.museum.tv/index.htm
Relay for Life http://relay.acsevents.org/site/PageServer?pagename=RFL_FY09_IL_HSAC
Alzheimer’s Association http://www.alz.org/
Polish Museum of America https://www.polishmuseumofamerica.org/work-with-us/
By the Hand Club http://bythehand.org/
Thee Bridge Teen Center Orland Park http://thebridgeteencenter.org/
WTTW http://interactive.wttw.com/volunteer
The Recyclery http://therecyclery.org/volunteer/
The Talking Party http://www.thetalkingfarm.org/workdays/
The Grove Glenview http://www.glenviewparks.org/thegrove/
Bernie’s Book Bank Lake Bluff https://www.berniesbookbank.org/
Muck Fest http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOM_MUCK_homepage
Field Museum https://www.fieldmuseum.org/at-the-field/programs/teen-volunteers-0
P.A.W.S. Chicago http://www.pawschicago.org/how-to-help/volunteer/become-a-volunteer/
Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/employment/volunteer-opportunities
Adler Planetarium http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/become-a-volunteer/
Anti-Cruelty Chicago http://anticruelty.org/ways-to-get-involved/volunteer/
Jewish United Fund http://www.juf.org/teens/TOV_One-Off-Opportunities.aspx
Safe Humane Chicago http://www.safehumanechicago.org/get-involved/volunteer/volunteer-opportunities
Habitat for Humanity https://www.habitat.org/volunteer/near-you/youth-programs
Rush University Medical Center https://www.rush.edu/about-us/volunteering-about-rush
University of Chicago Medicine http://www.uchospitals.edu/contact/volunteer/
The Volunteer Center http://www.volunteercenterhelps.org/
Chicagoland Environmental Network http://www.chicagoenvironment.org/volunteer/index.cfm?PageNum=2&
World Computer Exchange https://worldcomputerexchange.org/chicago-il/
Cradles to Crayons https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/chicago/take-action/volunteer/
Niles Maine District Library https://www.nileslibrary.org/teens-volunteer
Chicago Hopes for Kids http://www.chicagohopesforkids.org/
Honeycomb Project http://thehoneycombproject.org/
Ravenswood Community Services http://ravenswoodcommunityservices.org/volunteer
Children + Aid (Ms. Gaven 312-424-6832) https://www.childrenshomeandaid.org/involved/volunteer/
Working Bikes http://www.workingbikes.org/get-involved/
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**FREE (or inexpensive) ONLINE High School and University CLASSES**
EDX www.EDX.org
Coursera www.Coursera.org
Saylor www.Saylor.org
Udacity https://www.udacity.com/
Rice University http://k12.rice.edu/curriculum-development
John Hopkins Open Access http://ocw.jhsph.edu/index.cfm/go/find.browse#courses
Carnegie Mellon https://oli.cmu.edu/learn-with-oli/see-our-free-open-courses/
Kutztown University https://www.kutztown.edu/about-ku/administrative-offices/small-business-development-center/resources/free-online-learning-programs.htm
Stanford http://oli.stanford.edu/courses
M.I.T. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/new-courses/
Open Learning http://www.open.edu/openlearn/
Yale http://oyc.yale.edu/
Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
University of Washington
https://www.pce.uw.edu/online/free-online-courses
University of Michigan https://open.umich.edu/find/find-open-educational-resources
Great Courses from the library or on Roku through https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/explore For a monthly fee
If you or your tween/teen is interested in posting anything (art, video, research) on the CTTH page please send us a message. CTTHcoop@hotmail.com
400 Free Ivy League Courses https://qz.com/1514408/400-free-ivy-league-university-courses-you-can-take-online-in-2019/