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LifeSkills of Denver Student Now A 3-Time Golden Gloves Champion Posted: 05-26-2010

Louie Byrd, a senior at Lifeskills of Denver, became a 3-time National Golden Gloves champion this May when he took a 5-0 decision over Santos Vazquez of Nevada in the 108-pound division.   For more of this story as written by…

Ohio State Senator Joseph Shiavoni Visits Youngstown Life Skills Posted: 04-26-2010

  State Senator Visits Successful Dropout Recovery Charter School    Democrat State Senator Joseph Schiavoni  (District 33) wanted to visit the Youngstown Life Skills Centers (LSC) school…

Hats Off to LifeSkills Pontiac Student! Posted: 04-16-2010

Hats Off to Katie Lynn Degg Katie Lynn Degg exemplifies the “IdidUcan” mantra of LifeSkills.  Katie Lynn, along with her eight brothers and sisters, grew up in the Michigan foster care system.  As the…

Urban League Chicago President visits LifeSkills Posted: 04-16-2010

LifeSkills of Trumbull County is visited by Cheryle Jackson, president of the Chicago Urban League Read about Chicago Urban League President's visit to LifeSkills of Trumbull County in Warren, Ohio as printed in The Youngstown Vindicator…

Hats Off to LifeSkills Miami-Dade Student! Posted: 04-16-2010

Hats Off to Jose Sales LifeSkills Miami-Dade “LIFE, two, three, four, SKILLS, two, three, four…” Jose Salas knew some day he would march to the cadence of an Army drill because he decided early…

Four Ohio LifeSkills Win OAPCS Awards! Posted: 04-16-2010

Four Ohio LifeSkills win the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools (OAPCS) Award for 2009 School Improvement! LifeSkills of Cleveland, Trumbull County, Southeast Columbus and Springfield were honored by the OAPCS at their 2009 Annual…

Students Defy Odds to Earn Diplomas Posted: 04-16-2010

Every 29 seconds, a student drops out of school in America. That translates to 124 students every hour; 2,979 every day; and more than one million every year, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Simon Youth Foundation. Former…

LifeSkills "Young Heroes" Supports United Blood Services Posted: 04-15-2010

Watch Our Arizona LifeSkills Students support United Blood Services of Arizona! http://www.facebook.com/pages/High-School-Challenge-United-Blood-Services-Arizona/128343851411#!/video/video.php?v=372642811336&oid=128343851411  

Cincinnati Life Skills Students Compete in Regional Chess Tourney Posted: 04-15-2010

  Life Skills Students Compete in Regional Chess Tourney     The game of chess is often made to be more than just a game, and on a rainy weekend in early March, it turned out to be that and more for several…