EFC News

This school year Epic welcomed all three middle grade levels (6th, 7th, & 8th) and will be graduating their first 8th grade class this June. Staff members who have been with the school...

It was one of the most anticipated days of the year for students, parents, teachers and staff members. Yesterday, all six EFC schools officially began the SY17 school year and opened their doors and...

It was a heartwarming welcome back last Friday when our entire staff met for the first day back for the 2016-17 school year. The day was filled with team-building exercises and motivational messages...

Lazear partnered with Scholarshare and Univision to host it’s first Family Fun Day over the weekend. This event was a huge success because it brought together families to celebrate each other...

This summer students from Achieve, Lazear, ASCEND and Cox participated in the Springboard summer program. This 5-week program focused on building family connections through home visits and weekly...

Epic hosted their ‘Registration Day’ for the 2016-17 school year yesterday. The Epic staff were excited to help new and existing students as they brought their families to register, get...

Congratulations to Achieve Academy for putting on their first theatrical production: Disney’s Tony Award winning musical “The Lion King”. As the musical promises, it was indeed a celebration of...

The expeditionary learning process at ASCEND makes learning relevant to students and really allows them engage deeply with the academic content. Recently, national journalist Kathleen Cushman...

Holly San Miguel, a current 5th grade teacher at Achieve, has been honored by OUSD as a Charter School Teacher of the Year. Congratulations on this well deserved honor, Ms. San Miguel! Ms. San Miguel...

A small group of teachers at LWL are starting a Girl Scout troop – it’s going to be the very first one in the Fruitvale region of Oakland! From teacher Sonya Mehta:...