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Great Oaks Awarded $1.5M YouthBuild Grant to Empower Central Iowa Youth
Great Oaks High School & Career Center, managed by Oakmont Education, is thrilled to announce its selection as a recipient of a $1.5 million Department of Labor YouthBuild Grant. This major investment will provide transformative educational and workforce development opportunities for opportunity youth in Des Moines, Iowa. Creating Pathways to Success The YouthBuild program is…
Read MoreOakmont Education: Expanding Capacity on the Leadership Team
Oakmont is pleased to announce the appointment of Nate Miller as the new CEO, effective July 16th. Nate, a Northeast Ohio native, brings diverse leadership experiences to the role. He served as a US Army officer for four years, including leading an engineer platoon in Afghanistan, experiences that have deeply shaped his leadership philosophy and…
Read MoreOakmont Education named a FINALIST for the YASS Prize!
We are incredibly honored to announce that we are the YASS Prize Winner of the 2022 STOP Award for Sustainability! We cannot express enough gratitude to the Yass Family for their support in growing Oakmont Education’s vision to change lives and positively impact our communities by transforming under-resourced opportunity youth into responsible, educated, and skilled…
Read MoreOakmont Education Named a Semifinalist for the YASS Prize! $1 Million Prize to Transform Education
We have made it to the next round! We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Oakmont Education is a Yass Prize Semifinalist! Learn more about the YASS foundation here! Cris Gulacy-Worrel, our VP of Advocacy and Development, and Dr. Jerry Farley, our VP of Career Technical Education attended the YASS Prize STOP Award Semifinalists announcement event…
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