February 14, 2014
Open Position
The United Neighborhood Organization is currently seeking a Sr. Network Administrator for its Washington Blvd. location.
Our Mission
The United Neighborhood Organization leads the transformation of the Hispanic community toward an educated, powerful and prosperous citizenry by engaging and challenging it to redefine its potential and its legacy in metropolitan Chicago and the United States of America.
Role and Responsibilities
+ Manages the Active Directory environment and objects including MAC to AD objects, provisionin
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January 22, 2014
Open Position
The United Neighborhood Organization is currently seeking an Assistant Property Manager based out of its Washington Blvd. location.
Our Mission
The United Neighborhood Organization leads the transformation of the Hispanic community toward an educated, powerful and prosperous citizenry by engaging and challenging it to redefine its potential and its legacy in metropolitan Chicago and the United States of America.
Roles and Responsibilities
+ Responsible for contract/lease management, facilities policy and strategic planning and organization management.
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NOTICE: All UNO Schools will be closed tomorrow Monday, January 27th due to weather. Stay warm and be safe! Please share this message with all the UNO Families you know. Thank you!
ALERTA: Las escuelas UNO no tendrán clase mañana, lunes 27 de enero&nRead More
January 16, 2014
Open Position
The United Neighborhood Organization is currently seeking a Labor Relations Manager for its Washington Blvd. location.
Our Mission
The United Neighborhood Organization leads the transformation of the Hispanic community toward an educated, powerful and prosperous citizenry by engaging and challenging it to redefine its potential and its legacy in metropolitan Chicago and the United States of America.
Role and Responsibilities:
+ Actively provides HR guidance to management to resolv Read More
January 10, 2014
Open Position
The United Neighborhood Organization is currently seeking a Legal Assistant for its Washington Blvd. location.
Our Mission
The United Neighborhood Organization leads the transformation of the Hispanic community toward an educated, powerful and prosperous citizenry by engaging and challenging it to redefine its potential and its legacy in metropolitan Chicago and the United States of America.
Role and Responsibilities:
+ Coordinates the administrative work of the Legal Department of UNO
+ Acts as a liaison between the Legal DepartmenRead More
January 10, 2014
Open Position
The United Neighborhood Organization is currently seeking a Director of Communications for its Washington Blvd. location.
Our Mission
The United Neighborhood Organization leads the transformation of the Hispanic community toward an educated, powerful and prosperous citizenry by engaging and challenging it to redefine its potential and its legacy in metropolitan Chicago and the United States of America.
Role and Respo
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Dear UNO Families,
Classes will resume on Wednesday, January 8th. It is very important that your child be present and on time for class. Additionally, please make sure to dress your child appropriately due to the cold temperatures. If you have additional questions, please contact your school office tomorrow.
Thank you!
Familias de UNO,
Regresaremos a clase el miercoles, 8 de enero. Es muy importante que su estudiante este presenté y a tiempo. Adicionalmente por favor asegurase de que el estudiante esté vestido apropiadamente debido a las temperaturas frías que se esperan. Si tiene alguna pregunta por favor llame a la oficina de su escuela el mi&eaRead More
NOTICE: All UNO Schools will be closed tomorrow Tuesday, January 7th due to weather. Stay warm and be safe! Please share this message with all the UNO Families you know. Thank you!
ALERTA: Las escuelas UNO no tendrán clase mañana, martes 7 de enero por las severas condiciones del clima. Por favor, comparta este mensaje con todas las familias de UNO que conoces. Gracias!
NOTICE: All UNO Schools will be closed tomorrow Monday, January 6th due to weather. Stay warm and be safe!
ALERTA: Las escuelas UNO no tendrán clase mañana, lunes 6 de enero por las severas condiciones del clima.
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We would like to wish a happy, safe and memorable holiday season to the entire UNO Family!
Putting Our Community First!
Nos gustaría desear unas f
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UNO is honored to report that through the generous donations of our UNO students, the UNO Charter School Network raised over $11,000 for Mexican Flood Relief!
UNO Students were challenged with a goal of raising $10,000 in two weeks in support of Mexican families, whose lives have been devastated by the natural disasters of hurricanes, followed by mudslides and floods. Many people have died and many more have been left homeless after two hurricanes devastated the coastal villages.
Our students surpassed the goal byRead More
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On Saturday, Nov. 2nd, over 5,500 runners registered for UNO's 7th annual Carrera de los Muertos/5K Race of the Dead, and hundreds more came to cheer them on joining in the Latin American celebration of life. The event proved to be the most successful to date as costume clad participants ran through the stree
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We are pleased to introduce and welcome Ms. Annie Pike to the UNO team. Ms. Pike will serve as General Counsel/Compliance Officer. Her responsibility will include providing senior management with effective legal advice on organizational strategies and their implementation, manage legal functions, ensure compliance with all applicable state and local laws and grant provisions, and obtain and oversee the work of outside counsel.Read More
UNO is pleased to announce Mr. Jesse Estrada as UNO's new Chief of Operations and Procurement. Mr. Estrada is part of the organization's restructuring to fit UNO's continued growth. Mr. Estrada will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of operational procedures and programs, as well as oversee the revamped procurement process
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Teachers and Staff,
On behalf of all at UNO, we congratulate our teachers and staff who voted to form a union at the UNO Charter School Network.
Yesterday, we served as witnesses to the official card count, and 87% of our teachers and staff chose to be represented by Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS).
We look forward to working collaboratively with their representatives to continue providing our children and families with the very best public education.
By working together, our partnership can serve as a unique model of cooperation for the benefit of all our students.
Juan Rangel
CEO
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March 8, 2013
UNO Announces Agreement with Chicago ACTS to Allow UNO Charter Teachers and Staff the Freedom to Form a Union.
Chicago- UNO has reached an agreement with the Chicago Alliance of Charter School Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS) to guarantee UNO teachers and staff the freedom to form a union. UNO operates 13 schools in Chicago, educating approximately 6,500 children. A neutral party will verify that a m Read More
The Chicago Board of Education won't vote on its proposed budget until the end of August and charter schools are not happy about it.
That's because charters already worked out a deal with Chicago Public Schools for an increase in next year's funding.
Now, charter advocates fear the district may backpedal.
"We should not be used
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While activists are known for their idealism, United Neighborhood Organization's CEO, Juan Rangel, prides himself on taking a pragmatic approach to the issues affecting Chi- cago's many Hispanic immigrants-helping manage UNO's 11-school charter network to produce the next generation of game changers [not victims] ...
The UNO Charter School Network welcomed Esmeralda Santiago-one of the nation's top writers-to Chicago recently and named its Humboldt Park Elementary School Campus in her honor. The festive event was marked by children reading poetry, speeches from delighted parents and Santiago recounting her childhood years; moments that inspired more than 300 Humboldt Park students and parents who attended the event at 2510 W. Cortez St.
"She is a true role model for our Hispanic youth," said Juan Rangel, UNO's Read More
Wednesday will be another school day for 566 students at Fuentes Elementary charter school on Chicago's Northwest Side. Fuentes isn't a traditional Chicago public school, but part of the United Neighborhood Organization network of charter schools, run under different rules without union teachers.
Fuentes students — who outperform students in traditional Chicago public schools in reading and math — have been in class since Aug. 6. They haven't missed a single day of instruction while 350,000 of tRead More
The UNO Charter School Network's latest plan for expansion, a new K-8 school in the historic St. Scholastica Academy building in Rogers Park, comes as the city's cash-strapped public school system looks to raise money by vacant schools.
UNO, formally the United Neighborhood Organization, said this week it has signed a lease with the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago for the St. Scholastica space to house a new K-8 elementary. The yet-unnamed school is one of two UNO is pushing to open for the start of the Read More
