THE LIFELINE FOR STUDENTS & SCHOOLS

As West40 wraps up the fifth year of our current five-year Strategic Plan, members of our Cabinet have begun work on creating a roadmap for the next five years. This includes synthesizing survey results submitted by internal staff, students, and external stakeholders as well as focus group feedback gathered over the past twelve months, into key findings. These key findings fall into categories such as: what is working, what is not working, and how should we evolve? The find

Imagine being a teenager interested in pursuing a career in the health field and experiencing what it’s like to work as a nurse without ever leaving the classroom. West40 student interns and staff members are making this a reality  by using virtual reality  technology as a learning tool to support middle and high school students across West Cook County. In partnership with Rush University, West40 staff and student interns recently produced a virtual reality video that allows

West40 helped arrange for the gift of a good night’s sleep for more than thirty families from across West Cook County on Monday, thanks to a generous donation. On a blistering cold day outside, residents selected from more than one hundred new mattresses, as well as pillows, bed frames and more inside the St. Joseph gymnasium. Leslie from Berwyn said she learned about the free mattresses from the Heart 2 Heart Food Mart.  “We were in need of them and with the holidays coming