A new program to help families hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic can deliver a $500 microgrant to Chicago students and their families. The Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have teamed up to create the Chicago Families Forward Fund. Families with an eligible student can receive the microgrant. The aim of the… Read More

We’ve all got questions about the new vaccines being offered to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control. Find out what you need to know at a virtual town hall hosted by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The online event will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17. There will be full explanations about vaccine safety and… Read More

Appointments are still open for this weekend, March 26-28, for Austin residents to get initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. For the final three weekends of this Austin vaccine rollout, vaccinations will be for second doses only. Anyone 18 years or older who lives in Austin is eligible. The vaccine will be given at no… Read More

It takes a little effort, but students can still engage in learning activities while school — and Cluster Tutoring — are canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This certainly isn’t an all-inclusive list of what’s available online, but it’s a good place to start. If parents are afraid of students falling behind in schoolwork, students… Read More

Austin residents 16 and older have more neighborhood opportunities to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Appointments are available for those 16 and older to get inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine at Loretto Hospital. Those signing up for the first shot will get an automatic appointment for a second shot three weeks later. There is no date… Read More

Cluster Tutoring hosted a Zoom seminar for parents with an infectious disease expert Dr. David Hines to answer questions about COVID vaccines for children, and it’s available to watch. Children 5-11 are now eligible to receive the lower-dose shots against COVID-19. They will still need two shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but the shots will… Read More

Due to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Chicago and Cook County, Cluster Tutoring will pivot to remote tutoring for the next few weeks. Executive Director Kara Kalnitz and the Cluster Tutoring Board decided that the safest approach was to postpone the return to one-to-one tutoring on all three nights. There will… Read More

Residents of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood who are 18 and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at two locations nearby. The goal is to vaccinate 10,000 Austin residents during six weeks of vaccine distribution. The vaccine will be given out on Fridays and Saturdays at Amundsen Park, 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave. Shots will be… Read More

Learning is important, but health is just as important. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cluster Tutoring Board of Directors has decided to cancel all of the remaining tutoring sessions for the remainder of the school year. We encourage tutors and students’ families to stay in touch during this time. Perhaps tutors and students can… Read More