page_title: Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School
section_title: The Building
hierarchical_section_title: Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School / The Building
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of another part of the front of the Orthogenic School, showing the mural created for the school by Jordi Bonet.
context_page_description: The Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, also known simply as the Orthogenic School or informally as the O'School, is a residential treatment center and therapeutic school for children and adolescents typically classified as emotionally challenged. The Orthogenic School specializes in the treatment of youth and help them with their behavioral and emotional problems. The school is located on the campus of the University of Chicago. The school works with many schools and universities, and has affiliation with several Chicago area schools including the Family Institute at Northwestern University, the School of Social Service Administration of the UC, and the Jane Addams School of Social Work of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
context_section_description: The school is approximately 85 years old and was located at 1365 E 60th St from the 1940s to 2014. The building in which the school resided was much older and had been restored and renovated several times since its occupation. The building itself consisted of three segments - a school wing, a dormitory wing, and a "transitional wing" which housed various student-used spaces. Parts of the building were also used by the Hyde Park Day School, a school for children with learning disabilities.
  In 2014 the school moved to a new building. The new building, like the previous one, is shared with Hyde Park Day School. It is located at 6245 South Ingleside Avenue in Chicago's West Woodlawn neighborhood.
caption: A mural at the Orthogenic School, created by Jordi Bonet
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