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Dear Friends: Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome (above and below) joined the Board of Directors for GEO Academies earlier this week to cut the ribbon on our fourth campus opening in the past five years. This time, we cut the ribbon for GEO Next Generation High School of Baton Rouge. This is an $11 […]

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Please plan to join us on October 6 at 10 a.m. for our ribbon cutting ceremony to open Baton Rouge’s newest high school, GEO Next Generation High School of Baton Rouge. Mayor Sharon Weston Broome will be with us to cut the ribbon. GEO Next Generation High School is a very different high school in […]

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The “2020 College Equity Report” released today by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education provides important data that when compared to data results at 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana, support GEO’s college immersion model. The statewide annual report, which does not go into specific school data reports, shows only 38% of low-income high school […]

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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 […]

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Dear Friends: I don’t normally like to clog up your emails with two emails in two days, but I just returned from orientation day at GEO Next Generation High School Indianapolis and was so inspired by the number of families and students I met.  Every student I talked to told me they were excited about […]

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Dear Friends, You are probably aware of the “achievement gap” most educators and policymakers discuss when addressing the challenges inner-city schools face. It is real. Many low-income and minority students arrive at schools 2-3 years below grade level and schools are tasked with the challenge of closing that achievement gap in short order. Schools attack […]

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The 21st Century Charter School Board of Directors approved a resolution yesterday to name the high school gym in honor of Ricky Haskins and Rodney Williams. This was a great moment in the school’s history. Both men are pillars of 21C and very deserving of this honor. A formal dedication ceremony will be planned for […]

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Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced the appointment of Erika Dilosa to the Indiana State Board of Education (Board). Dilosa is the director of special education for 21st Century Charter School at Gary and Gary Middle College East and West.  She will represent the 1st congressional district and serve a four year term. A recent change to […]

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Dear GEO Family, Dana and I woke up this morning to learn of the passing of a very, very good man, Mr. Ricky Haskins. He was our athletic director at 21C for years.  I believe he was one of our original staff members at 21C, or at least nearly an original. No matter. He defined […]

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Dr. Thomas L. Brown Sr., and Kelli Marshall, School Leader of GEO Next Gen Indy recently had the opportunity  to sit down and talk with two of GEO’s Alumni via a Zoom meeting. These two extraordinary young men came from different backgrounds and became fast friends to experience success through GEO Academies’ College Immersion program […]

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