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Four Ohio LifeSkills Win OAPCS Awards! Posted: 12-18-2009

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…

Hats Off to LifeSkills Miami-Dade Student! Posted: 12-01-2009

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…

Hats Off to LifeSkills Pontiac Student! Posted: 12-01-2009

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…

Students Defy Odds to Earn Diplomas Posted: 01-13-2010

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…

Urban League Chicago President visits LifeSkills Posted: 11-03-2009

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…