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Nawwal Shares Her Experience Of Open School East

By Nawwal Moustafa, She/Her, Principal of Open School East I first became principal of Open School East this July after three years in other roles. I came to the organization in an enrollment role, but after six weeks I was tapped to become the director of our middle school at […]

Alex’s Story

By Alex Paul, He/Him, Open School East 2022 Graduate I was picked on the entire time I was in middle school. It got so bad that I skipped class to avoid the bullying and changed buses to get away from students who would jump me and throw books at me. […]

2021 Year End Letter from Our Executive Director

To Our Community, Partners and Supporters, The entire Team and Board of Directors would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude for your donations and in-kind support over this past year! We hope this message finds you all safe, warm, and protected amongst those you love most. Because of your generosity, […]

“Open will not abandon our kids” – Cristin Carter, parent of OSE graduate shares her experience

Christin Carter, parent of a OSE 2021 graduate, spoke at the 2021 graduation ceremony about her gratitude to Open School staff for supporting her son, Kejon. Watch her speech or read her powerful words below… [Open School is] doing what nobody else believed was possible. Our graduates are here […]

“Where I Come From, Where I’m Going” by Nevaeh

I used to live in a rural area. I went to a small school. It was a big culture shock to relocate to Portland. At the time, my family was experiencing homelessness. We were living in a car. I was never in one school for more than a few weeks […]