ALLIES (Academy for Literacy, Learning & Innovation Excellence) is an application-choice elementary school in District 49 that serves students with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties. The school provides a multi-year, Orton‑Gillingham–based language therapy program (Take Flight) delivered by Certified Academic Language Therapists alongside classroom accommodations.







ALLIES is an application-choice elementary campus in District 49 focused on students with dyslexia and language-based learning difficulties. Instruction combines specialized language therapy with core classroom teaching that includes accommodations for students' needs.
ALLIES uses the Take Flight Language Therapy program, an Orton‑Gillingham–based intervention that targets phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and basic comprehension. Students who qualify participate in a multi-year intervention consisting of daily sessions. Services are delivered by Certified Academic Language Therapists (CALTs) and classroom teachers apply embedded accommodations; students receive 504 accommodation plans as part of planning for continued support.
Doors open for students at 8:00 AM; school hours are 8:05 AM–3:15 PM. Breakfast is served 7:45 AM–8:00 AM, lunch and recess occur around 11:50 AM–12:30 PM, and daily dismissal is at 3:15 PM. Before- and after-school care is available through a district-approved child care program. Bussing is not currently available and families are responsible for student transportation.
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