This celebratory night includes a live auction and silent auction, games, food, drinks, music and dancing. Badger Bash will take place at the Dank Haus on Saturday, May 11th from 7-10pm and is adults only.
Friends of McPherson Election for School Year 2024-2025
Friends of McPherson will be holding their upcoming election on Thursday, May 2nd, 8:00am.
FOM is a non-profit organization run by parents, teachers, and community members that exists to help support our school, students, and teachers, as well as building community relationships. Through fundraising activities, FOM strives to support the school’s academic and extracurricular programs. Learn more about FOM Positions To apply, click here.
Our Mission
We are Friends of McPherson— a non-profit organization working to assist James B. McPherson Elementary School in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Through fundraising activities, including special events, solicitations and grant requests, FOM strives to support the school’s academic and extra-curricular programs.
Parents say…
“This is the perfect neighborhood school. The students represent true diversity while the teachers and administration offer best practices, individualized learning and attention flexibility compassion and high academic standards.”
"This school was a breath of fresh air in the overly-hyped and overly-waitlisted atmosphere of private schools in Chicago. This pre-K4 program (and this year, Kindergarten) was the best thing that could have happened to our bright, highly energetic child... they exceeded where the private schools simply couldn’t due to lack of resources. If you want a full staff who can exercise every option to help your child learn, give McPherson a try. It is better than we could have hoped and it fits our child's learning methods perfectly."
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Become a Friend of McPherson today!
Want to be a Friend of McPherson? Join us!
School tours take place on every 3rd Friday at 9:15 AM.
Email IB MYP Coordinator Marianne Turk if interested.
We are always looking for parents and community members to help with membership, fundraising, school support and communications projects.
Learn how your different types of donations will have a positive impact on the students of McPherson Elementary for years to come.
Since 1887, James B. McPherson Elementary School has been enhancing the lives of school children in the Ravenswood / Lincoln Square neighborhoods in the northside of Chicago. Those who have come through the doors of this school have graduated and gone on to dozens of professions including those in the medical and law fields, politicians, entertainers, entrepreneurship, and various other positions throughout Chicagoland and beyond.
