In the words of Epictetus, “Only the Educated Are Free.”
One Bright Ray, Incorporated (OBR) offers unique educational services for under credited, over-aged, inner city youth in search of a positive school experience. OBR provides a supportive environment and an atmosphere free of negative labels.
OBR serves students from divergent backgrounds, including having been truant, dropped-out, repeatedly failed, or expelled from the traditional public schools, as well as those seeking an alternative to the large comprehensive secondary schools.
OBR believes that attention to the whole student requires a small, intimate setting. Programs offered at OBR challenge each student to explore his/her future personal and academic potential among the challenges of an evolving democracy and a changing world.
OBR holds students’ desires paramount while challenging employees to be creative and nurturing. OBR values personal responsibility. OBR believes that trusting, caring and mutually respectful relationships must exist between adults and young people. We affirm that a safe environment, free from violence, abuse and intimidation is possible within the framework of adult leadership. We are a community comprised of multiple Ethnicities, Nationalities, and Religions.
Esteem, brotherhood and cooperation are essential core values. OBR does not discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, handicap, ethnic or national origin, but rather seeks to empower diverse young people through productive and rewarding educational programs.
