Kevin's Blog
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21st Century's backcourt trio looking to put cherry on top of senior season
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College Scholarships For All, Plus Wrap Around Supports, Celebrated By Three Chancellors, Indiana Secretary of Education
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Northlake Christian's Ava Dale caught an inbound pass with just 5.3 seconds left against GEO Next Generation.
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A new memorandum of understanding between the four institutions, which aims to improve college and career completion rates for all students in NW Indiana through full college scholarships and wrap-around services provided to all GEO 21st Century Academy students.
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Our students succeed every day and every year. I've received reports from my Gary school this month saying that 91% of our seniors have earned one and/or two years of college already and/or career certifications before they graduate in May. We already boast the highest graduation rate in the city (97%), too (compared to 57% for the city's traditional school).
![Jerry Triplett III returns home. ‘If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.’ But he makes 21st Century even better.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1775237305/geoacademiesorg/dmc1ij8keh9kxca9m8lf/PTB-L-BBK-TRIPLETT-021526-01.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1775237305/geoacademiesorg/dmc1ij8keh9kxca9m8lf/PTB-L-BBK-TRIPLETT-021526-01.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1775237305/geoacademiesorg/dmc1ij8keh9kxca9m8lf/PTB-L-BBK-TRIPLETT-021526-01.webp","width":767}])
This season has been a homecoming of sorts for 21st Century senior Jerry Triplett III, and a happy one at that.
The 6-foot-2 guard/forward is in his first season with the Cougars after transferring from Andrean last spring. But even before he arrived, he knew players such as star senior guard Terrence Hayes Jr., senior guard Jacolby Donaldson and senior guard Ronald Mosley from Banneker Elementary School, the nearby YMCA or both.
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First-year 21st Century coach focused on 'what's important' in building program.
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High School graduation rates have been verified in both Indiana and Louisiana and I'm proud to say that both our Gary and Baton Rouge high schools beat both their district and state averages.
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Faced with systemic barriers like financial obstacles and discrimination, it is uncommon for low-income students to obtain college degrees ahead of high school graduation. Yet that rare feat has been achieved by Black students—two each from Indiana University and Purdue University—who earned bachelor’s degrees while attending the 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana. 21st Century Charter School is the flagship institution of GEO Academies, the operator of non-traditional public charter schools. It provides free education for students in K-12 and no-cost college classes for high schoolers enrolled in the academy.