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Taahir Levi, a third grader, received the award for being tops in his competition category.
Ald. Ray Lopez is helping Englewood grade school's chess team get to world's largest tourney next week.
Seventh-grader Tamya Fultz beat eighth-graders to take first place in the CPS South Conference playoffs.
Almost 200 of the school's 457 students are learning the game, compared to 30 last year.
Some of the members Earle STEM Academy team met the president while he was in town over the weekend.
Earle STEM Academy teacher Joseph Ocol said he'll give his pay to the chess team, but not CTU.
U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is trying to schedule a meeting with the team and White House officials, or Obama.
The Earle STEM Academy girls' chess team took first place at a national competition in Chicago.
An Earle STEM Academy teacher said a CTU official asked him to give up his April 1 pay.
"I feel my loyalty to the union stops where my dedication to my students begins," Joseph Ocol said.
A GoFundMe campaign is trying to raise $17,000 after the chess team's budget was cut.
The students have won four first-place trophies this academic year.
Rick Rysso spent the better part of two years shooting the film, and just released its first trailer.
Albany Park's Joseph Ocol would like to raise $25,000 for prosthetic arms for Mary Joy Tuboro, 12.
Founder Joseph Ocol started the chess team to teach West Side students lessons in life.
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