
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- More than 30 Chicago Public School students who don’t usually earn awards for best attendance or most athletic are being given awards this month for being tenacious and becoming better students.The Tenacity Awards are given to students where the dropout prevention organization Communities In Schools of Chicago has a presence. One award is given to one student in each of the 31 schools."All of our students are facing some sort of challenge or obstacle that’s getting in the way of them being successful in school," said Paul Fagen, field supervisor in charge of special projects.Fagen continued, explaining that "lots of end of year celebrations where all sorts of superlatives are being given out. Best attendance, most athletic, most artistic and our students are often students who historically have gotten left out of those awards."