About Bravo Waukegan
From alive to thriving, we have supported music education
in Waukegan for 10 years!
Bravo's Mission
GROWTH
To foster academic, artistic and personal growth for Waukegan public school students through music.
OPPORTUNITY
To provide the highest quality resources to children who want to play music and to faculty who want to teach it.
COMMUNITY
To build a stronger Waukegan community and empower students, using music as a connector and a common language.
WAUKEGAN
The Community We Serve
The city of Waukegan is the largest city in Lake County with a population of 86,792 residents.
The demographics have shifted since 2000 with a significant increase in the Hispanic or Latino population, now making up 55.4% of the community. The origin of this population goes beyond Mexico to include Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Spain and countries from Central and South America.
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
The Waukegan school district (CUSD) 60 has 15,872 students with the top three ethnic populations being Hispanic 78%, Black 14%, White 4%.
Other characteristics include:
- Low Income 65%
- English Learners 35%
- With Disabilities 15%
- Homeless 3%
BRAVO
STUDENTS
All students in the District are enrolled in the Illinois Free Lunch and Breakfast Program, as the vast majority of the student population household income falls within the guidelines mandated by the state for this program.
In terms of academic success, Waukegan students lag behind the state average, meaning 14.8% are ready for the next grade level compared to the state’s 34%. College readiness statistics for Waukegan are low at 18% compared to the state’s 46%. The good news is that 60% of graduating seniors enroll at colleges and universities; however, this falls behind the Illinois average of 73%.
Music Students = All students who took at least one performance-based music class while at WHS.
AP Participation Rate refers to the number of students who took advanced placement courses.
Attendance rate was measured Senior Year only.
The average GPAs includes all Senior students, graduating and non-graduating.
Sources:
- City of Waukegan official website
- Illinois At-A-Glance Report Card, 2018 – 2019
- Illinois Census Data, 2018
- WPS 60 Music Participation Data
The Bravo Waukegan Team
OUR TEAM
KAREY WALKER
Executive Director
BARBARA DOLINGER
Volunteer Coordinator
THE BOARD
GLEN ROBERTS
President
JUDY GUMMERE
Vice President
STEPHEN MILOTA
Treasurer
MARY LAMPING, PhD
Secretary
COLLEEN CHANDLER
Director
LIAM CONNELL
Director
CHRISTOPHER DADOR
Director
DONALD EISENHAUER
Director
HECTOR RASGADO, PhD
Director
PAT SIKOROVSKY
Director
BARBARA STEINSEIFER
Director
ADVISORS
EDGAR CASTELLANOS
EUGENE HOTCHKISS, PhD
ASHLEY MAENTZ
MIMI MURLEY
MARY JO PAPICH
JIM STEPHENSON
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