Join an award-winning, innovative school that is student-focused and provides a unique and collaborative environment. We have four open full-time positions: School Cook and Dishwasher, HS Special Education Teacher, HS Special Education Paraprofessional, and School Psychologist. Walsh Academy offers: competitive salaries with great benefits, a supportive teaching and learning environment, small caseloads and a push-in model for social work services. Walsh Academy has been recognized as a School of Excellence… Read More
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Walsh Academy receives CISCO recognition
The Construction Industry Service Corporation honored Walsh Academy and Maryville with a special mention award during its annual meeting at the Westin Hotel in Lombard on January 19. The award is part of CISCO’s annual Pride in Construction Award program. Walsh Academy and Maryville’s recognition is only the second time that CISCO used its discretionary […]
Emergency School Closing Information
Walsh Academy will have a hour and a half late start for students on Tuesday, January 23 due to icy roads. Students will report at 10:00am. link to Emergency Closing Center
Yass Prize announces 64 quarterfinalists; Walsh Academy moves to the next round Oct. 9
Walsh Academy selected as only special ed school in Illinois to go to the next round on October 9. The Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy & Career Tech High School or Walsh Academy, formerly Maryville Jen School in Des Plaines, IL., wins a coveted spot among 64 quarterfinalists in an announcement made by the prestigious […]
Charles H. Walsh Sr.
Chuck lived in three different orphanages for 11 of his first 17 years. Happily, the third orphanage was Maryville where he met new friends and learned many lessons for his future life. In those days, the boys attended academic classes for half days and learned different vocational skills for half days. In an interview with Forest & Bluff magazine in 2006, Chuck remembered […]
IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION REMINDER
Transportation for students attending therapeutic schools like Walsh Academy is often a little different in that students are picked up by cabs, sometimes unmarked, often with different drivers, and rarely do they have any kind of familiar relationship with the students they transport or the staff receiving them. It is important that students are taught […]