Join Our Family This Fall!

Join us for a Virtual Open House on Wednesday, February 24 at 5:30pm! Step inside the CICS Bucktown experience, meet school leaders and staff, learn more about our unique academic and enrichment programming, and explore what life at CICS Bucktown is all about! 

Join the open house on Zoom!

​We love what we do!
CICS Bucktown is a premier K-8 urban charter school in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood and part of the Chicago International Charter School network.

CICS Bucktown is managed by Distinctive Schools, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting each child in becoming an engaged and curious learner, a confident self-advocate, and a creative problem-solver by setting high expectations and nurturing a positive culture that honors diversity, collaboration, and optimism.   

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