I shared with you last Friday that Inside Indiana Business was going to broadcast to their statewide television viewership a segment on GEO Next Generation High School this past weekend. Well, here it is. Click this link to watch it. What is so exciting and different about this school? Well, as IIB Host Gerry Dick […]
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FOX 59 – New high school opens on Indy’s east side
Aug 07, 2020
Posted: Aug 6, 2020 / 06:23 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 6, 2020 / 06:23 PM EDT INDIANAPOLIS — A new school on Indy’s east side is helping area high school students earn a high school diploma while earning college credits. GEO Next Generation High School is a public charter school that is working to […]
GEO Opens Doors to Real College for Indy’s High School Students Even During Covid-19 Pandemic
Aug 04, 2020
Dear Friends: Please plan to join us August 6 (details above) as we cut the ribbon to Indy’s latest and truly most innovative school. Tanya Mckinzie, president of Indiana Black Expo and chair of our school’s board, will share with us why she is so excited about this school and the promise it has for the […]
Parents of a freshman in high school might feel like they’re getting ahead of the curve by starting to think about college. In some respects, they’re probably right. But they also could be wrong in one major way. Students from low-income families can qualify for up to four years of paid tuition at in-state public […]
Thank you Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for visiting our GEO Next Gen High School students taking college courses at Baton Rouge Community College today. These incoming 9th graders are trailblazers. They spent their summer taking real college courses. They are setting a new standard of excellence. They want more from high school and they […]
Bruce Springsteen and 21st Century Charter
Jan 07, 2019
What do our students at 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana have in common with Bruce Springsteen? They were both on the front page of the Gary Post Tribune this week. My friend Jerry Davich writes an excellent column about Springsteen’s Broadway show. And Post Tribune reporter Meredith Colias-Pete wrote a wonderful report about […]
GEO’s 21st Century Charter School Students Featured In Front Page Gary Post Tribune Story
Jan 07, 2019
Erin Lewis, 15, Shania McDonald, 14, KyLeah Martin, 14, Lillian Santana, 14, and Abram Lewis, 12, want to earn a college degree while still in high school at 21st Century Charter School in Gary. (Meredith Colias-Pete / Post-Tribune) A new ambitious group of freshmen and sophomores at 21st Century Charter School in Gary is […]
Gary’s 21st Century Charter High School Students On Track to Earn 20 College Credits Each by May 2019
Nov 29, 2018
Dear Friends: Today, I’m giving thanks for what our families in Gary, Indiana are proving can be done when you put your mind (literally, your mind) to it. I just received a report from our wonderful high school counselor and we counted up the number of college credits each senior is on track to earn […]
Dear Friends: As we take a moment to pause for Thanksgiving, I thought I would share a few inspiring reflections from the past few months at GEO Academy schools. The ladies above are high school cheerleaders at 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana. All of them are also currently taking college level courses at […]
Dear Friends: Louisiana released school accountability grades yesterday and both GEO schools in Baton Rouge earned “Top Gains” honors from the state. They are among only five K-8 charter schools in Baton Rouge to receive this honor. Statewide, only 36% of all schools received this honor. Louisiana does something very unique, too. They grade K-8 schools […]