ONE BRIGHT RAY, INCORPORATED

One Bright Ray, Incorporated, is a non-profit community-based organization founded in 1980 by Joseph H. Proietta. IECI strives to expand the participation of disadvantaged children and families in educational programming that focuses on the development of knowledge, skills, and competencies that will lead to roles as participating, productive,
and caring adults.

IECI has created The Community High School (1980), Community Academy of Philadelphia, a Pennsylvania Charter School (1997), Fairhill Community High School (2004), Supplemental Educational Services Program (2007), and North Philadelphia Community High School (2008).

From left to right, Adorable Wright, asst. to the CEO; Christine Heying, Community Academy of Philadelphia high school teacher; Joseph Proietta, president and founder; Marcus Delgado, deputy CEO for project development, Angela Seaton, principal of Francis M. Wood Alternative High School; and Anna Duviver, CEO.

Community Academy of Philadelphia

Community Academy of Philadelphia (CAP), a Pennsylvania Charter School, was one of the first Pennsylvania schools to receive a charter in 1997, the first to graduate a high school class, and one of the first five charter schools founded in the Commonwealth on Pennsylvania. CAP is an accredited school, Pre-K to grade 12 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Committee on Institution-Wide Accreditation.

Fairhill Community High School

A Project of One Bright Ray, Inc.

Fairhill Community High School (FCHS) is and alternative, project/modular-based, year-round educational program for young people ages 16-21 years of age. Eligible students for FCHS are young people with 13 or less credits who have dropped out of the Philadelphia public schools or are likely to drop out due to insufficient progress.

North Philadelphia Community High School

North Philadelphia Community High School (NPCHS) is an alternative, Learning-to-Work program for young people ages 17-21 years of age. Eligible students for NPCHS are young people with 13 or more credits who have dropped out of the Philadelphia public schools or are likely to drop out due to insufficient progress. North Philadelphia CHS is a project of One Bright Ray, Incorporated, in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia' Multiple Pathways system, the U. S. Department of Labor, Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN), Center for Literacy and a local Community Based Organization (CBO).

Educational Development and Consulting Services

One Bright Ray, Inc., offers a vast array of consulting services to charter and alternative schools, including, on-site consultants, general education, educational administration, induction plans, mentoring, special education, psychiatric, psychological and counseling services, as well as, after school-activities programs.

Supplemental Educational Services (SES)

Free tutoring services that must be offered to low-income children who attend a Title I school that fails to make progress for three years (in its second year of "school improvement status"). Low-income students are generally those who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. These services offer students extra help in academic subjects such as reading, language arts, and mathematics. SES services are provided outside the regular school day--before or after school, on weekends, or in the summer. This program is located at Fairhill Community High School, 2820 North 4th Street, Phildelphia, PA19133. For information, please contact Tiffany Manners, MBA, at ses@onebrightray.org.