What is a LICA middle school classroom like?

The LICA Middle School Program is housed at MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights District 23. Classes are typically small, usually with four to eight students. Everyday LICA students eat lunch, socialize, and attend classes with general education students. For example, LICA and general education students join in team-taught Exploratory classes. LICA students may be in regular classrooms with assistance for other subjects depending upon their skills and Individual Educational Plan (IEP).

Because peer relationships are increasingly important to students at this age, LICA’s Middle School Program focuses on creating opportunities to foster those relationships. Students regularly participate in extracur­ricular activities, in field trips, and in other school events with an interpreter as needed. MacArthur Middle School is an elementary feeder school for John Hersey High School, which hosts the LICA High School Program. This gives our students an important start in establishing relationships that will continue into high school.

Click here to read a full overview of the Middle School Program at LICA.