GEO High School Students Not Letting Covid Drag Them Down
As the country continues to confront learning loss caused by Covid, I’m proud to report all GEO schools are open and in-person teaching. Our schools are the safest place for our students and staff. We’ve installed new filtration systems, new virus-killing lighting, increased cleaning, and we observe social distancing, etc. I’m extremely proud to share […]
GEO’S Model Taking Root
Three years ago, I posted on Facebook the bottom center picture showing several banners posted in our Haskins and Williams Athletic Center listing the names of students from our Gary school who earned college degrees while in our high school. We are very proud of the accomplishments of our students and we show our appreciation […]
GEO Demonstrates Students in Gary, Baton Rouge and Indy Are Ready For Bigger Challenges Than High School, Replicating Schools With Quality
Have you ever left home for a while and returned to notice perhaps a plant has a new bloom or a tree got bigger? Well, with Covid, it has been hard to get to all GEO schools over the past year but this past month, I was able to visit all of our schools. And […]
New Beginnings, Unexpected Endings
September has been quite a month. We’ve experienced huge swings in emotions, from elation to great sadness. Earlier this year, we concluded a national search for a great principal for our newest school in Indianapolis–GEO Next Generation High School. Jeffrey Carter (upper right) was chosen and he moved to Indy from Dallas to take the […]
Column: Indiana should update its definition of academic honors for high school students earning college credits
Erin Lewis has earned 111 college credits. Arianna Mayes has earned 75. Laila Sanders has earned 31. They’re still in high school. “These are really great students. Their stories are amazing,” said Krishelle Murphy, assistant principal at 21st Century Charter High School in Gary. The school has many students who are currently in a college […]
GEO Is Changing the Education Landscape…Literally!
Every once in a while, it’s worth sitting back and taking a look at what’s going on around you. Seems like some times we move so fast that we lose track of the progress we are making and we don’t consider the immenseness (is that a word?) of what we are doing. I got into […]
GEO’s Indiana Students Shine at Statehouse
Yesterday was a great day in Indianapolis! Six students from GEO’s 21st Century Charter School in Gary, Indiana and three students from GEO Next Generation High School Indianapolis, met with the state’s top education leaders including Secretary of Education Katie Jenner and Indiana Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers. Our students gathered to share their achievements […]
GEO Students Outgrew Counterparts Across the Country During the Pandemic
. When you commission a study on your academic performance, you really don’t know what results you are going to get. So, it’s a bit of a gamble. You think you know things are going good, but you really don’t know until you see the data. So, today was a BIG day […]
New School Building, LA Superintendent Visit, Old National Contribution, and an IBJ Column
MLK Entered College at 15, Finished by 19
As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today for all the great things he did and stood for while on this earth, let us not forget that in 1944, at age 15 and as a junior in high school, he passed the entrance test and enrolled in Morehouse College. He earned a full bachelor’s […]