Walter Payton
Walter Payton's famous, warm-natured nickname.
What is "Sweetness"?
The official mascot of Walter Payton College Prep.
What is the Grizzly Bear?
The CPS student and parent portal website used to access and monitor academic grades.
What is Aspen?
This quiet study space is where you will find all of the Payton counselors' offices.
What is the Library?
The mandatory, first-semester seminar designed to help all 9th-grade students transition into the Payton community.
What is the Freshman Experience (Seminar 1)?
The NFL team Payton played for during his legendary 13-year professional career.
Who are the Chicago Bears?
Payton's official school colors, which were directly inspired by the Chicago Bears uniform.
What are Navy Blue and Orange?
The self-awareness tool where students plot their feelings in four quadrants based on energy and pleasantness.
What is the Mood Meter?
While the security team does its best to help track down lost items, this is the specific campus location where students can go to check for them.
What is the security desk?
How often the unique Payton seminar program takes place.
What is every other Wednesday (ish)?
Walter Payton's jersey number, which is proudly mentioned in the Payton Fight Song.
What is number 34?
The "4Cs" of the Payton Compass that guide students through high school.
What are Curiosity, Compassion, Courage, and Character?
True or False: Payton calculates class rankings and reports them on student transcripts.
What is False? (Payton does not use or report class rankings).
The official street address of Walter Payton College Preparatory High School.
What is 1034 N. Wells Street?
The built-in daily period described as "after-school time during the school day" for clubs, tutoring, and homework.
What is the Enrichment period?
The rare disease that Walter Payton spent his final months raising awareness for before passing away in 1999.
What is bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma / primary sclerosing cholangitis)?
The name of Payton's school newspaper, self-described as "The Sweetest News in the City."
What is The Paw Print?
The name of the digital electronic hall pass system used at Payton.
What is Minga?
The two closest CTA train lines (with stops at Clark/Division and Chicago) within walking distance of Payton.
What are the Red Line and the Brown Line?
To host an independent student event (like a TEDx Talk), students must first secure one of these school adults as a sponsor.
Who is a Payton faculty member?
The major Walter Payton studied at Jackson State University, with a special emphasis on working with the deaf.
What is Education?
The year Walter Payton College Prep was founded as one of Chicago's selective enrollment high schools.
What is 2000?
Repeated absences, truancy, or tardiness can cost you these specific high school privileges mentioned in the attendance policy.
What are field trips, dances, and graduation tickets?
If a teacher confiscates a cell phone for violating the electronics policy, these are the two parties who might be required to retrieve it.
Who are the student (after class) or the parent/guardian (in person)?
According to school policy, this is whose approval a student does not need to officially select a preferred name in the system.
Who is a parent or guardian?