With 65 students presenting and our largest audience ever of parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and a few young cousins, One World lived up to its reputation as being one of the city’s premier education events. 6th-grader Raegen Coby of Friendship SE PCS silenced the joyful crowd with a stirring account of losing her father for […]
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Learn more about our new school-based One World Academy Hub. We piloted this new model at Friendship Academy SE Middle School in Ward 8. See what students and teachers had to say.
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At a time when so many educator meetings are focused on the persistent learning loss plaguing city schools, the students of Friendship SE Middle School sent a crystal clear message to the city: give us the right opportunities and we will soar. The winners of the April 10th Challenge are:
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It was standing-room only at the One World Academy family orientation last week and our middle school students are now choosing their social justice topics to research. One student is writing about child abuse, having been abused as a child. Another is writing about the pervasive threat of carjacking. She hears her mother’s fear. A […]
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Dressed in his E.L. Haynes HS soccer team t-shirt, 12th-grader Kevin deftly framed one of his biggest concerns for his attentive classmates. Why are European soccer players kings while their American counterparts are merely peasants? Kevin supported his argument with a long list of the highest-paid soccer players from around the world. He had one […]
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Each spring and fall, One World publishes a book of essays from students participating in our afterschool programs. These essays are from the fall of 2023. We will be publishing a new round of student writing during the spring of 2023 as well. So stay tuned!
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Tenth grader Luisa Orellana-Castillo from Banneker High School delivered one of this year’s most powerful presentations with a focus on bread-and-butter issues – literally. After cuts to federal food subsidies in March of 2023, she told us she never misses a chance to eat at school anymore. She doesn’t know how much food there will […]
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One World students shined with stunning performances at the High School Challenge on Friday night! The students demonstrated the research, writing, and speaking skills, and a passion for learning, that will serve them well in high school, college, and life. And the winners are:
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As the 2022-23 school year comes to a close, we take a quick look back at what was a turbulent but ultimately triumphant year for One World Education.
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