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Summer Camp Means Scholars Grow, Learn, and Lead

June 17, 2025

Summer camp for ODA scholars is a season filled with growth, new experiences, collaboration, and creativity. Our 2025 Cleveland Summer Camp kicked off with the kind of energy only a group of curious, motivated scholars can...

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Scholars Sample College Life in Bowling Green

June 10, 2025

What does it look like to prepare a young person for life after high school – not just academically, but personally and professionally? In late May, a group of ODA high school scholars found answers during...

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From Scholar to Mentor: Jemier Johnson’s ODA Story

June 10, 2025

For Jemier Johnson, an Open Doors Academy alumnus and current staff member, ODA has been a place where potential was nurtured, goals took shape, and giving back became part of his future. Jemier recently shared his...

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Team Open Doors Academy Steps Up: Walking United Against Hunger

June 09, 2025

As the 2024-2025 school year ended, ODA families, staff, and board members came together for the Hunger Network’s 37th Annual Walk for Hunger & 5k Run. The 30 members of Team Open Doors Academy showed...

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“Build a Career, Not Just a Job” - Tyler Wadsworth Talks Trades with Max Hayes Scholars

May 20, 2025

For ODA scholars at Max S. Hayes, hearing from Tyler Wadsworth — an HVAC industry leader with four generations of experience in his family — was more than just a career talk. His message was...

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Scholars Take the Stage in ODA’s Biggest-Ever Pitch Challenge

May 20, 2025

Scholars across our partner schools have been turning big ideas into bold inventions as part of Open Doors Academy’s largest-ever Pitch Challenge. Since March, scholars have been researching, designing, refining, and practicing their presentations with...

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LaMarcus Idom Raises His Voice at The City Club

May 20, 2025

“Free speech is an important topic because everybody has the right to free speech,” said LaMarcus Idom, a senior at Max S. Hayes High School and proud Open Doors Academy scholar. This spring, LaMarcus entered the...

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Scholar Spotlight: Finnley Finds Her Voice at ODA

May 20, 2025

As a fifth grader at ODA Sandusky, Finnley Jaunzemis is discovering her strengths and passions in exciting new ways. A two-year participant in ODA’s afterschool programming, Finnley attends two days a week and makes the...

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A Parent’s Perspective: Tekia Lawson’s Story

April 28, 2025

For Tekia Lawson, Open Doors Academy has been part of her daughter Ki'Yanni McCall’s life since kindergarten. Now in sixth grade at Breakthrough’s Glenville Campus, Ki'Yanni continues to thrive in a program where she finds...

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Scholars Learn Better Money Habits with Bank of America

April 28, 2025

What would you do with $2,000 a month – and no room for mistakes? That’s the challenge our high school scholars tackled during a series of recent financial literacy workshops with Bank of America. In a...

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