What's Happening at Oakmont Education!
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…
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…
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…
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…
We’re so proud of Kayla DePriest and the teachers and staff at Franklinton Prep High School in Columbus, Ohio. Watch the full piece here.
Chuck Hall Opinion contributorCincinnati.com/opinions Some call the students in my school “at-risk youth.” I prefer to call them “opportunity youth.” That’s because for nearly all of our 250 students, Marshall High School, a charter school in Middletown, provides an opportunity to change the trajectory of their lives. After struggling or failing at more traditional schools,…
We’re excited to provide students in Mansfield a way to ear their diploma and industry certification starting in Fall 2020. “We know that every student learns differently. Our approach is to understand what each student needs to succeed and help them chart a path to graduation,” director Danielle Kelley said. “Our flexible school hours, individualized…
We’re so proud of our staff and students who continued to defy the odds, even during a global pandemic! Check out their amazing graduation video here.
Towpath Trail aluma Razya Tazamir’s 7,000-mile journey led her from a refugee camp in Turkmenistan to college in Northeast Ohio. Read her full story here.