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Avoid Summer Learning Loss – Here Are 5 Reasons Why

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Ah, summer. The smell of freedom, chlorine, freshly cut grass, and…dropping math and reading levels? While students may enjoy the long break from school, research shows that their educational progress does not. The two to three month learning hiatus can lead to major setbacks for already struggling students, resulting in lower standardized test scores, unhealthy eating habits, and higher dropout rates, especially among at-risk groups. OnlineCollege.org has put together research highlighting the dangers of summer learning loss. Below are just a few of those dangers:

5 Major Benefits of Summer School

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Summer school offers a great opportunity to retake a class for a better grade, catch up on credits, or take a fun elective. However, many students are averse to the idea of losing opportunities to travel, work a summer job, or play on with a sports team. Options For Youth’s FREE summer school program offers all of the above opportunities without sacrificing the freedoms of summer. Below are just a few of the benefits OFY offers.

Water Testing at OFY and Corporate Office

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The safety and welfare of our students and staff is our highest priority. We recently completed testing of the drinking water at all OFY locations and are happy to announce that final results are within safe limits as established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

OFY Alum Creates Viral Video

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Zac, an OFY graduate turned OFY Marketing Intern, has been hard at work. One of his recent projects was to create a video highlighting Options For Youth’s many international and domestic trips. Having been to Italy with OFY himself, Zac understood these trips—to places such as Cuba, China, Washington D.C., and many more—are something most […]

Advantages of a Blended Learning Classroom

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What is “blended learning” and why is it important? The phrase “blended learning” was coined in the 1960s but gained popularity in the early 2000s when progressive schools began to lean into technology as a keystone learning tool. Today, “blended learning” is primarily used to describe educational programs that use more than one method for […]

Engineering Design Challenge 2017

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Options For Youth is holding a contest and we want you to enter! The Engineering Design Challenge will require students to work in teams and put their skills to the test to build something amazing. To get you excited about this project, we created a fun video for you starring an OFY alumni, Zac Shirk. […]

Charter School Pros & Myths

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  Charter School Pros & Myths Though charter schools have been common in California for decades, there are still some misunderstandings about what exactly they are and how they benefit families and communities. For more information on how charter schools began and how they’re governed, take a look at this important article called What is […]

Alumni Spotlight: Emilee

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Emilee (on the left) and her friend Marilyn volunteering at the Ontario Fire Department’s open house during the fall of 2016. They talked with the local community about firefighting and helped educate people on fire safety. Although keeping with family tradition as a third generation firefighter, alongside her father and grandfather, Emilee is breaking tradition […]

STEM Spells Success in Careers

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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, also known as ‘STEM’, make up the fastest growing occupations in the United States. Currently, STEM job openings are growing by a staggering 17%! Compare that to all other non-STEM occupations which are growing at 9.8%.  Therefore it’s clear that STEM Spell’s Success in Careers. Future Jobs Require STEM While […]