CHICAGO, October 8, 2025—The Chicago Pre-College Science & Engineering Program (ChiS&E) announces that final registration for its fall session ends on Thursday, October 16, 2025, for its weekly Saturday classes. The session begins on Saturday, October 18, at Langston Hughes Elementary, located at 240 West 104th Street, Chicago, IL 60628, for grades 4 through 8. The year begins for high school students with a family field trip to the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Subsequent Saturday classes will be held at Kenwood Academy, 5015 South Blackstone Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615.
ChiS&E’s tuition-free classes have opened doors to STEM careers for Chicago students for the past 17 years. The Fall 2025 classes include:
4th Grade: Civil Engineering
5th Grade: Geometry
6th Grade: Fundamentals of Algebra
7th Grade: Mathematics of the Physical World (Physics and Algebra)
8th Grade: Computer Science
9th and 10th Grades: All about Energy
11th and 12th Grades: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Parents can register their students online at https://chiprep.org.
“Our young people are entering a world driven by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and we must prepare them not only to participate but to lead,” said ChiS&E founder Kenneth Hill. “Many of our former students are now engineers, researchers, and innovators. This is proof that when we invest in our children early, we transform both their futures and the future of our communities.”
About ChiS&E
The Chicago Pre-College Science & Engineering Program (ChiS&E), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2008, is transforming K–12 STEM education by activating students’ natural curiosity and wonder. Through early exposure to the building blocks of math and science, teacher-parent mentorship, and dynamic experiential learning, ChiS&E empowers students to thrive academically and personally. Its extracurricular, math-based programs connect students with world-class instructors, leading universities, and respected research institutions.