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12% of Our 2019 Graduates Expected To Earn Associate Degrees

Mar 13, 2019

Looks Like We Will Need Another Banner! March 12, 2019 Dear Friends: Just did some quick calculations and see that we are expecting eight (12%) of our 66 graduates to have already earned their Associate Degree while in our high school. This is our largest class ever! And, it doesn’t count a sophomore who is also […]

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Attitude Matters!

Mar 12, 2019

Dear Friends: Many of my friends who received my email from earlier today couldn’t read the actual article as the link didn’t work for them. As such, I’m forwarding my article published by Fordham Institute, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected education reform organizations. Hope you like it. I met with an architect […]

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GEO’s 21st Century Charter School Wins 5th Sectional Championship, Team and Cheerleaders Are Already College Students

Mar 11, 2019

Dear Friends: It was a great weekend in NW Indiana where GEO’s 21st Century Charter School varsity basketball team won it’s 5th Sectional Championship (4th in a row) and earned a trip to Regionals this weekend. The sports pages will give you all the stats on points, rebounds, assists and steals, and while that is […]

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Posted in Academics, Athletics, Blog


Indiana Chamber Features GEO’s Gary Charter Alum

Mar 04, 2019

The Indiana Chamber publishes an “education” focused magazine once a year and showcases innovative ideas. This year, we are honored to be included. They called a month or so ago wanting to get an update on our 2017 alum Raven Osborne, featured in our billboard above. Check out this article. https://www.bizvoicemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/QuickHits.pdf

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From Baton Rouge to Gary, GEO Bridges the Divide

Feb 12, 2019

We started the day with an article in the Baton Rouge newspaper about our plans to start our Next Generation High School in June. We end our day with this article in the Gary Post-Tribune about our plans to grow in Gary. And there is more BIG news to come. Unbelievable times. Fun!!! The picture […]

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Baton Rouge Gets Ready for GEO’s Next Gen High School

Feb 11, 2019

Dear Friends: This is a great way to start the week. A great article in today’s Baton Rouge Advocate featuring our next new high school. We plan to open in June with a summer program and get started preparing our inaugural class of 100 9th graders to be successful in college and/or in pursuit of […]

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GEO Foundation to Buy Former Ivy Tech College Campus in Gary, IN

Feb 11, 2019

February 7, 2019 Dear Friends: Well, it was bound to happen, wasn’t it? In the past few weeks, I’ve shared that our students achieve more college credits and gain more confidence in their abilities to do college level work when they are actually “in the room where it happens” on a college campus taking those […]

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21st Century Charter School Students On Track To Break School College and Career Records

Jan 31, 2019

January 31, 2019 Dear Friends: On this cold January day when the temperature outside is currently -3 degrees (no, that is not a typo) in Gary, Indiana (-20 degrees with windchill), things are heating up inside. I’ve just received a report showing that our 2019 graduates are on track to earn nearly 20 college credits […]

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21st Century Charter School Students in “The Room Where it Happens”

Jan 10, 2019

January 10, 2019 Dear Friends: I wanted to share this link with you from Fordham Institute, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected education reform organizations. They’ve been tracking our progress in Gary, Indiana and asked me to share our experience with their audience of more than 50,000 readers. Pretty neat opportunity to spread […]

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A Wonderful Life

Jan 07, 2019

Jimmy Stewart’s “Wonderful Life” movie is a popular movie to watch at this time of year. I always think of that movie when I hear from my alums over the holidays, too. What if GEO didn’t exist? This morning, I heard from one of my Gary alums who endured 6 different homeless shelters and several […]

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