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Ileana celebrates the opening of OFY’s new High Desert campus, with Principal Bernadette Grant, expanding opportunities for students to learn in ways...
Read More Read Made for This Moment: Options For Youth Names Ileana Kiriakos First Latina and First-Generation Superintendent
Every student brings unique strengths, challenges, and goals to the classroom. For our English Learners (ELs), having the right support system can...
Read More Read Supporting Diverse Learners: How OFY’s English Language Coach Helps Students Thrive
LOS ANGELES, CA — August 4, 2025 — Options For Youth (OFY), a tuition-free public charter school, proudly announces the launch of...
Read More Read “Own Your Different” Campaign Challenges the Traditional High School Model and Celebrates Student Identity
Jose Gonzalez (front) holding his many certificates of award at the Unsung Heroes Breakfast, an event which honors local residents going above...
Read More Read Options For Youth Public Charter School Staff Member Inspires Students Through ‘Quiet Leadership
Bell, CA – March 21, 2025 – Options For Youth (OFY) Los Angeles, home of the Phoenixes is excited to announce its...
Read More Read Options For Youth – Los Angeles Cudahy Center Moves to New Location in Bell, CA
OFY alumnus Zac is living proof that hard work, dedication, and positivity can lead to great opportunities. Zac’s passion is storytelling through illustration...
Read More Read OFY Alumni Spotlight: Zac
It was Korinna’s experience with a snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo that started it all. “It came towards me, stopped...
Read More Read OFY Alumni Spotlight: Korinna
San Bernardino, California (January 24, 2019) – On January 22, 2019, the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education voted...
Read More Read Options For Youth San Bernardino Public Charter School Approved for Renewal by the San Bernardino City Unified School Board
Victorville, Calif. (July, 2 2018) – Options For Youth is taking local Victor Valley students to new and exciting heights through it’s...
Read More Read Career Technical Program Soars To New Heights In The Victor Valley Community