Lacy Sramek pretty much missed the social scene during her last two years of high school because she rarely was on campus. She wasn’t skipping. She was in classrooms at Pikes Peak Community College. At her recent high school commencement ceremony, she was handed an associate of arts degree from PPCC along with her high […]
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Brush your teeth. Don’t forget mouthwash and deodorant. Pull up the trousers. Comb your hair – and not too much cleavage. Today is internship day. Remember, you will be representing the school as much as yourself. Students at Indianapolis Metropolitan High School are used to hearing such admonishment. Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana Inc. opened […]
Storage Networking World (SNW) has selected the GEO Foundation as the winner for its Spring 2010 “Best Practices” Awards Program. GEO Foundation was named winner in the Technology Innovation and Promise category for its excellence in virtualization and storage IT solutions. “We are honored to be chosen as a category winner from SNW,” said Brian […]
Ent Federal Credit Union selected Pikes Peak Prep as a recipient of its Youth Endowment Services (YES) grants for 2010. Introduced in 2000, the YES program directs specific support to organizations benefiting children and young people in the Pikes Peak Region and in and around Pueblo, Denver and Weld Counties. The program has provided total […]
Based in Indianapolis, Ind., the GEO Foundation has worked statewide to improve public education since 1998. The foundation helped foster support for Indiana’s current charter school law and now sponsors three charter schools in Indiana and Colorado, with a total of more than 1,300 students. In addition, it operates a statewide tutoring program, and its […]
Faced with growing demand for technology in the classroom and growing costs, three Indiana public charter schools found a new Indiana-based start up company that could deliver the product they needed and at the right price. As a result, all three schools were able to afford more technology in the classroom. This year, Fall Creek […]
Last week I participated in a meeting with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in Washington, DC. It was an honor just to be called – and an overwhelming honor to be the only Hoosier invited to participate! Fifty other educational organizations attended this meeting that was to springboard Secretary Duncan’s initiative to improve education in […]
Eighteen seniors accepted their diplomas Monday becoming 21st Century Charter School’s inaugural class during commencement at the Genesis Convention Center. Learning guide Patricia Tatum gave hugs to graduating twins Dentrell and Darnell Smith before members of the class marched from their school to the convention center across the street. “These are my babies!” Tatum said. […]
If there were an award for the hardest-working high school student in Gary, Brandon Thomas-Pleasant, 18, would be a prime candidate. Thomas-Pleasant is a high school senior at the 21st Century Charter Schools in Gary and also attends Ivy Tech Community College Northwest and Indiana University Northwest. Most students find high school alone challenging, but […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard will address the 2009 Indiana Public Charter School Conference during breakfast on April 29. Ballard, the only mayor in the nation with the authority to authorize new charter schools, will discuss academic expectations for charter school students and how college preparation is the road to success for the city and state. […]