PHOTOS: Crosstown Classic a Win for All!
Crosstown Classics are an Urban Initiatives tradition. Each fall and spring students from all Work to Play Program schools take buses to Northbrook and Wilmette to play soccer with children from other communities. Children from our program and suburban travel teams, the Northbrook Spartans and the Wilmette Wings, combine to form teams, and then the teams formed play against each other.
Afterward, all students come together with their families for a picnic. This year the Wilmette classic was on October 3 and the Northbrook classic was on October 17. Each event had approximately 150 soccer players. Crosstown Classics serve not only as a fun soccer experience but also as a tool to directly combat the social isolation of CPS students in their home neighborhoods. Thank you to all the parents and volunteers that helped make the Crosstown Classics successful.