GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana has been getting quite a bit of attention from nationally-respected think tanks in recent months for how we prepare our students for success in college and careers. The Center on Reinventing Public Education, one of the nation’s leading education research organizations, released a study this week focusing […]
Category: Academics
Center on Reinventing Public Education Features GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana
Jun 18, 2019
This is the second national study in recent months to feature GEO’s school! The Center on Reinventing Public Education, one of the nation’s leading education research organizations, released a new study today focusing on career and technical education schools across the country and featured GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana. Authors of the […]
May and June were very busy months celebrating various graduations–not just high school graduations, but college one’s, too. And we launched our new high school in Baton Rouge with 28 students (pictured above) starting college classes June 3. They will start 9th grade in August. Yes, you read that right. We started our students in […]
There is nothing like opening your mail and getting an invitation to a law school graduation from one of your alums. Wow! Above left is the cover picture of Jamal Abdulrasheed’s invitation. He is a 2012 graduate from one of GEO’s first […]
A new report from the Indiana Higher Education Commission reports that only 5% of Indiana high school graduates in 2016 earned more than 30 college credits while in high school. This year, 27% of GEO’s 21st Century Charter School students in Gary, Indiana, will graduate high school having already earned 30 or more college credits. […]
I just met Laila Sanders, an 8th grader at our Gary school. She was excited to tell me she passed all three parts of the Accuplacer, a College Board test, and will start taking real college classes on a college campus in August. She told me she used to attend a different school but didn’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friends, Which school has the best College and Career Readiness rating in Gary, Indiana? Yep. GEO’s 21C! Check these stats (the higher the number, the better). 21C—80.5 Roosevelt—65.2 Thea Bowman—57 Gary Westside—39.5 Steel City—31.7 Gary Lighthouse—29.5 Wow! And just to put a bigger smile on your face, Carmel, one of the richest districts in the […]
Friends, when we started talking about high school students in Gary, Indiana graduating with college credits and even Associate Degrees back in 2009, everyone thought we were crazy. But then we had our first student earn his Associate degree while in our high school in 2012. He inspired many others to follow in his foot […]