Summer is here and you’re ready for your next big adventure. Maybe you have a big vacation planned. Maybe a trip to Disneyland or the beach. Or maybe you just want to enjoy the warm weather. Either way, there’s still a lot of weekdays and weekends to fill. We’ve come up with our top list […]
Options Graduation Speaker Goes from Spanish to English in Nine Months
SAN BERNARDINO – When Luz Garcia came to Options for Youth last August, the 18-year-old journalist didn’t speak a lick of English. Wednesday, June 1, more than 1,000 people will be listening to Garcia speak – in English — at the Options graduation ceremony at the Ontario Convention Center. She will be walking with 34 […]
7 Habits of Highly Successful People
1. Plan, Plan, Plan! One of the most difficult things to do is to anticipate the future. Answering questions about where you will be in 5 years, 10 years, or 20 years can seem daunting and outright impossible to answer with certainty; however, individuals who are successful spend quality time examining their goals and creating […]
Latest Tech: 5 Brain Games Making Waves
Over the past few years plenty of “brain games” have cropped up and claimed to help improve memory, attention span, and problem solving skills. These games come in all forms, including phone apps, websites, and even gadgets. Many promise some amazing benefits, so it’s easy to see why so many people are trying them out. […]
Rewind: Taking a Look at Some of the Best Graduation Speeches
Spring is in full swing and June is fast approaching which means graduation season is here. Last year the state of California graduated 397,871 seniors and that number is only expected to rise this year. Students all over the US will be getting their diploma and entering a new chapter of their lives. As commencement […]
Build Your Future Now: 7 Places to Find Great Internships
Finding a job and entering the workforce can be an intimidating thing. What’s going to make you stand out? Internships are a great way to get real-life job experience. It helps you to beef up your resume and discover what you really want to do. Those with internship experience are far more likely to get […]
California Parents Want Options – and so do California Students. Here’s My Story
This week, OFY alum, Braxton Turner, shares his struggle with finding a high school that was the right fit for him, and how it happened in a totally unexpected way. As a true advocate for educational choice, Braxton believes (and we agree!) that every student has a unique story, and every student deserves a quality […]
Be The Change You Want To See
Los Angeles is a big city. And the world is a big place. And the universe is an even bigger place! It’s easy to tell yourself that you, just one person, can’t make a meaningful positive impact. But that’s simply not true. You may not realize it, but you are actually enormous. So big in […]
Five Major Benefits of Social/Emotional Learning
Five Undeniable Benefits of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Until fairly recently, academic and social-emotional development were considered separate in most institutional circles: schools are generally perceived to be responsible for the former, and parents and social services the latter. A significant amount of research has shown, however, that working through social-emotional issues within an academic framework […]
The Monkeys and Monsters of Procrastination
You might not know this, but everyone is a procrastinator. It’s possible you’re reading this article right now when you should actually be working on something else. Writer and blogger, Tim Urban, uses humor, monkeys, and monsters tell the story of procrastination and how it’s affected him. He explains how every person has their own […]
