Don’t forget to submit your application for the 2023-24 school year! The deadline for the Oakland Public Charter Schools Application is February 3, 2023. You can apply now at OaklandEnrolls.org. Below are two important pieces of information regarding charter school enrollment. Eligibility for Transitional Kindergarten Transitional Kindergarten (TK) eligibility has expanded to include all children…
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A-G Convo with Myself #3: How does this impact outcomes now?
What are the real world consequences young people face when they graduate high school but are not eligible for college because they didn’t complete A-G courses? In partnership with State of Black Education Oakland (SoBEO), these A-G videos were built to highlight a major issue here in California for more than 20 years. While graduation…
Young people lead conversation on mental health challenges of distance learning
This extraordinary year has been challenging for any student: isolated from your friends, counting on the internet to work wherever you can get it, so you can try to follow a teacher on Zoom long enough to learn enough to navigate a project on your own. If you can find a quiet place to study…
The Oakland REACH Virtual Family Hub in Action #REACHforMore
For the past four weeks, the Oakland REACH has been doing something that has never been done before: opening and operating a virtual summer school for Black and Brown kids through a Virtual Family Hub. Every parent — regardless of where we are from or how much money we have — wants what is best…
Bridges Stimulus Pledge raises $250k for Oakland families
It began in April as a simple enough plan: Bridges Academy at Melrose principal Anita Iverson-Comelo and her husband would donate their stimulus checks to Bridges families, 80 percent of whom had lost their source of income during the pandemic and majority of whom did not qualify for a stimulus check or unemployment benefits from…