About Us

International Education and Community Initiatives, dba One Bright Ray, Incorporated (OBR), is a non-profit community based organization founded in 1980 by Mr. Joseph H. Proietta, OBR 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.

OBR 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), North Philadelphia Community High School (2008), and Baltimore Community High School (2009).

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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

A Project of One Bright Ray, Inc.

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 less 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 Education works, a local Community Based Organization (CBO).

Baltimore Community High School

Baltimore Community High School (Baltimore CHS) is Baltimore City Public Transformation School opening in September of 2009 for young people ages 14-21, who have dropped out of a Baltimore City Public School or are likely to drop out due to insufficient progress. Baltimore CHS is divided into two schools, a Transformation School and a Accelerated School.

The Transformation school component of Baltimore CHS will operate on an 11-month academic calendar and target students between the ages of 14-16. Course offering will include but not limited to Intensive Math, Intensive Reading, Intensive Language Arts, Intensive Science, Intensive Social Studies and Study/Note-taking skills courses. The goal of the Transformation school is to increase Reading and Math levels of each student and to then transfer students into the Accelerated school. The total Transformation population shall not exceed 100 students. The Accelerated school component of Baltimore CHS will operate on a 22-month academic calendar and target students between the ages of 16-21. All courses required by Baltimore City Public School system for graduation will be offered to students. Students can earn 3 credits towards graduation in the accelerated 8-week module system. The total Accelerated population shall not exceed 400 students.

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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.