About Us

To be considered for tuition assistance, GCE requires all parents and all adults contributing to the household of the student to file completed tuition assistance applications. GCE considers aggregate financial information. Our system, however, also takes into consideration your spouse’s expenses as well as their income. It is important to list all expenses that are asked of within the application.

To be considered for tuition assistance, GCE requires all parents and all adults contributing to the household of the student to file completed tuition assistance applications. GCE considers aggregate financial information. There is a section within the application where you can enter contributions from non-custodial parents and relatives.

There is no maximum income to qualify. All applications are considered. However, our resources are limited, so awards typically go to those who demonstrate the greatest financial need. We encourage all families to plan carefully for funding their child’s education, and this includes considering all financial resources available to them.

A parent may submit to GCE a written request for waiver in the event the other parent(s) is not in contact or will not contribute to tuition or file a financial aid application. Any such waiver request must include all pertinent information and documentation (including, as one example, any court orders).

To ensure the accessibility of the GCE experience to all and to encourage specifically socioeconomic diversity, we have adopted Flexible Tuition. A family’s tuition obligation is indexed according to a family’s ability to pay. Families of particular means and good fortune afford tuition near the top of the scale and may contribute generously to school advancement campaigns. Other families, for whom education expenses require sacrifice, are assigned a tuition they can afford.

Flexible Tuition in 2020-2021 will range, $4,550 – $28,650.

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No. Admissions decisions are based on a student’s abilities, readiness for learning, motivation, and potential to contribute to their classroom environment and the school generally.

Yes, we have multiple payment plans available for tuition.

Yes, of course. All awards are need-based, and we understand that family circumstances change. Applications must be renewed each year.

Our curriculum is powered by Global Learning Models and continues to be updated and revised by our entire faculty, staff, and administration to ensure it is relevant and meaningful to our students.

Our curriculum is aligned to Common Core State Standards and to United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals.

Project-based learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge.

Yes. We are accredited by Cognia (formerly AdvancED). We are also a member school of NAIS and registered with ISBE.

GCE is located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood at 1535 N. Dayton St.

GCE was founded in 2010.

GCE is a private, independent high school.

Global Citizenship Experience

Yes. We are accredited by Cognia (formerly AdvancED). We are also a member school of NAIS and registered with ISBE.

To ensure the accessibility of the GCE experience to all and to encourage specifically socioeconomic diversity, we have adopted Flexible Tuition. A family’s tuition obligation is indexed according to a family’s ability to pay. Families of particular means and good fortune afford tuition near the top of the scale and may contribute generously to school advancement campaigns. Other families, for whom education expenses require sacrifice, are assigned a tuition they can afford.

Flexible Tuition in 2020-2021 will range, $4,550 – $28,650.

Read more about tuition and financial assistance

GCE is dependent on tuition revenue and other revenue sources, such as annual giving, to support the faculty, staff, and broad range of programs that are offered.