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21C Closes Achievement Gap

Dec 10, 2018

Friends, Which school has the best College and Career Readiness rating in Gary, Indiana? Yep. GEO’s 21C! Check these stats (the higher the number, the better). 21C—80.5 Roosevelt—65.2 Thea Bowman—57 Gary Westside—39.5 Steel City—31.7 Gary Lighthouse—29.5 Wow! And just to put a bigger smile on your face, Carmel, one of the richest districts in the […]

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A New Normal Exists in Gary and Its Headed to Baton Rouge

Oct 15, 2018

Friends, when we started talking about high school students in Gary, Indiana graduating with college credits and even Associate Degrees back in 2009, everyone thought we were crazy. But then we had our first student earn his Associate degree while in our high school in 2012. He inspired many others to follow in his foot […]

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21st Century Charter School Triples Indiana’s College and Career Readiness Goal

Sep 25, 2018

Dear Friends: Indiana released preliminary report cards for the state’s schools today and while I can’t give you our actual grade–until next month when the State Board of Education votes to approve it–I can tell you our grade is better than last year. And yes, we are excited. For now, I can tell you this. […]

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GEO’s Baton Rouge Schools Shine in State’s Growth Report GEO’s Gary Middle College Earns a “B”

Aug 30, 2018

Dear Friends: Just a quick note to share good news! We received notice today from the state of Indiana that Gary Middle College earned a B from the state for last year’s work. More than 83% of our graduates earned a college and/or career credit. How about that!? Gary Middle College is a program we started in 2012 […]

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Posted in Academics, Blog, Gary Middle College, GEO in the News, GEO Prep Academy - Greater Baton Rouge, GEO Prep Mid-City, Latest News




Senator Mary Landrieu Visits Our Baton Rouge Schools, Nearly 100 of our Gary High School Students Enroll in College

Aug 22, 2018

Dear Friends: Last week was a great week in Baton Rouge and Gary! Former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu took time out of her day to tour both of our schools in Baton Rouge. We are serving more than 1,200 students this year in Baton Rouge. Senator Landrieu has been a stalwart supporter of what works […]

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Posted in 21st Century Charter at Gary, Academics, Blog, GEO Prep Academy - Greater Baton Rouge, GEO Prep Mid-City


Gary’s 21st Century Charter High School Doubles College Credits Earned in Three Years

Aug 16, 2018

Dear Friends: The numbers are in and we couldn’t be more excited! Gary’s 21st Century Charter School students earned more than 700 real college credits in real college classrooms last year. That’s twice the number of college credits earned by our students in 2015-16. Our high school students took more than 40 different classes on […]

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Posted in 21st Century Charter at Gary, Academics, Blog, Uncategorized




The 21st Century Scholar Transformation

Dec 13, 2013

Michael Cunningham earned the first “A” grade of his life when he arrived to 21st Century Secondary Charter School. After having earned D’s and F’s in his previous school, this first grade gave him a lot of hope about his future at 21st Century. His first A grade wasn’t without a lot of work however. […]

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