News
LIFE Academy's "Contagious" Learning Featured in Oakland Tribune
More than half of LIFE's 2008 graduates are headed to four-year universities, and nearly all the rest have been accepted at two-year colleges. Click here for the story!
Think College Now Is a California Distinguished School!
One of OSSF's founding schools, Think College Now was one of only three Oakland schools to receive the state's prestigious Distinguished School award this year. Read more here!
Place @ Prescott on CBS 5!
Check out the school's page to see Principal Enomwoyi Booker interviewed by CBS 5's Sherry Hu.
Praise for OSSF (and the feeling is mutual!)
"I have complete confidence in the Oakland Small Schools Foundation and all of its staff to provide the excellent and essential operational services that help our school to be successful." -- Aaron Townsend, Principal, Coliseum College Prep Academy, Feb. 8, 2008
Life Academy Honor Roll Twins Featured on CBS 5
Jonathan and Justin Ziegler have overcome daunting odds to make the honor roll at Life Academy, one of our small Oakland high schools. They've also been accepted into the Students Rising Above college scholarship program. To watch the Ziegler brothers on CBS 5, click here!
Small Schools Students Say YES to College
Students at Youth Empowerment School (YES) are applying for college in record numbers: This year, 31 of 45 seniors (69%) are sending applications to four-year schools! Click here to read more.
Small Oakland Schools Stand Tall in San Francisco Magazine
EnCompass Academy and ACORN Woodland are featured in this piece on the ambition and momentum of the small schools movement.
New Oakland Schools Successes! EnCompass Shines on CST
Click here to read about EnCompass Academy's notable achievement gains since opening its doors in 2004.
