Open School Inc

Open school east:the open school east program, in partnership with centennial, gresham-barlow, parkrose, portland public, reynolds, and david douglas school districts, continued to deploy strategies designed to engage and accelerate off-track students in grades 9 through 12. Using early-warning indicators to identify young, marginalized students at risk of dropping out, the organization provides students with culturally inclusive, relationship-based, extended-day and -year school programming which focuses on engagement and skill-acceleration to prepare them for post-secondary success. Strategies include active recruitment of students, summer social-emotional leadership academy, restorative accountability, intensive family engagement, and preparation, emphasizing cultural identity, essential skills, social justice, and the arts. Staff from partner districts are provided professional development in best practices for engaging marginalized students, while assisting in teaching students at the school. The program is supported by the five partner school districts as well as private foundation and individual gifts.