The Great Oaks Tutor Corps is a one-year Urban Education Fellowship designed to close the Achievement Gap one student at a time.
The Tutor Corps lets idealistic and dedicated young people invest their time and energy in the success of six middle school students to improve their academic skills while building critical personal relationships with students and families. A highly selective full-time service year for recent college graduates, the Corps members work in a startup charter school on the front lines of education refo
03/17/2021
Check our new blog post from LMS fellow and future history teacher, Mr. Ruitenberg!
A Day in the Life: Henry Ruitenberg, Legacy Middle School Fellow My day starts the same as many others, hitting the snooze button on my alarm roughly 2-4 times depending on the day ahead and the night before. The first thing that pops into my head is COFFEE, but…
03/10/2021
New blog alert! Check out our new blog post from fellow, Tessa DeWall to get more insight on the day-to-day as we continue to learn and thrive remotely!
A Day in the Life: Tessa DeWall, Great Oaks Legacy, Legacy Middle School Fellow My alarm only has a single chance to ping before I hit snooze for the last time. It’s 7:15, and if I do not get out of bed, I will be late to my first meeting of the day at 7:45. Fresh from g…
02/24/2021
Today we celebrate in our Senior Leadership Team. These Black leaders play a dynamic, integral role in the operation of our schools and are committed to our mission of preparing every student for success in college. We are following the lead of these Great Oaks Legacy trailblazers!
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02/24/2021
A Day in the Life: Thomas Schwartz, Great Oaks Legacy Downtown Middle School Fellow It’s 6:45 a.m. I grab my iPhone and stop its obnoxious alarm. Following this disruption, I immediately want to fall back asleep, but I check for my VitalCheck notification. Fortunately, I input tha…
02/24/2021
Happy Wednesday! Check out our new blog post from Mr. Thomas Schwartz at the DMS campus and read up on the day in the life of a fellow.
A Day in the Life: Thomas Schwartz, Great Oaks Legacy Downtown Middle School Fellow It’s 6:45 a.m. I grab my iPhone and stop its obnoxious alarm. Following this disruption, I immediately want to fall back asleep, but I check for my VitalCheck notification. Fortunately, I input tha…
01/14/2021
Check out our new blog post! Learn about the ins and outs of remote learning at our Downtown Elementary School location.
A Day in the Life: Daysha Chase, Great Oaks Legacy Downtown Elementary School Fellow 7:00am: RING RING RING – my alarm knocks me out of slumber. As a night owl (and NOT a morning person), getting up this early is super hard. Instead of grabbing my phone first thing – to…
06/01/2020
Today is the day! At 2 pm, we will celebrate our seniors and their post-secondary plans during Senior Signing Day!
On Senior Signing Day, our seniors proudly declare their post-secondary plans to the entire Great Oaks Legacy community. Join us in just an hour to make it a memorable experience for the Class of 2020!
Here is the link for the video premiere: https://youtu.be/lc1cV3hngTg
05/07/2020
Curious about remote learning? 🤔 Check out our new Day in the Life blog by Ms. Weiczorek- a Math fellow at Downtown Middle School.
A Day in the Life: Julia Wieczorek, Great Oaks Legacy Downtown Middle School Fellow 7:45 am: My first of three alarms goes off. Although I’m not fully awake, I decide to let this one be the alarm that starts my day, and roll out of bed. After stretching away the leftover stiffness…
04/22/2020
02/27/2020
Hair Love | Oscar®-Winning Short Film (Full) | Sony Pictures Animation Hair Love, an Oscar®-winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’...