Over a span of two days in April 2020, teachers at Positive Tomorrows drove more than 100 miles and six hours around the OKC metro to bring well wishes and familiar faces to their students during the COVID-19 closures. The idea to coordinate a teacher parade came as parents of the students reported to their… Read More

Imagine you’re the parent of a student who is receiving distance learning assignments from your child’s teacher during the COVID-19 pandemic? It can be overwhelming to think about how to switch from “parent” to “teacher” to help your child complete his or her work. Now imagine that you’re the parent of a student who is… Read More

“We are very fortunate that we’ve been using online-learning software like Lexia and Dreambox for our literacy and math curriculum before the COVID-19 pandemic hit,” Director of Education Amy Brewer explains. “But what’s the point of all that if they don’t have a way to access it? We had to figure out how our kiddos… Read More

“Every child deserves to see themselves in the world around them,” Sarah Caputo, art & music teacher at Positive Tomorrows, said. Mrs. Sarah, along with Director of Education Amy Brewer, work to incorporate cultural and diversity curriculum into the classrooms and extracurricular activities at Positive Tomorrows throughout the school year. This February, they are helping… Read More

Winter Break Camp from Dec. 30-Jan. 2 was the perfect way to celebrate the end of 2019 and ring in 2020, especially since it was the first break camp ever to be held in our new facility! At Positive Tomorrows, our programs are in session year-round, even when other schools are out on breaks such… Read More

At Positive Tomorrows, our teachers use the Lexia Core5 Reading system to help get our kiddos caught up and on track for reading success! The Lexia Core5 Reading system is a personalized, online program that engages students through motivating and fun literacy-building activities while tracking progress in real-time. What does this mean for our students… Read More

On Dec. 2, we welcomed all our kiddos to their first day of classes in our new school! As our students exited the bus and vans, they were greeted by a high-five tunnel of staff, board members and friends. They walked under a kaleidoscope of color under the specially designed covered walkway leading into the… Read More

For the second year, Oklahoma City Thunder players and members of the OKC Thunder Cares Foundation helped our kiddos and their families enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving meal together. On Nov. 14, our kiddos and their families got to see the new school for the first time. After the OKC Thunder Cares Foundation served all our… Read More

On Oct. 29, 2019, Positive Tomorrows’ Director of Education, Amy Brewer, led a three-hour workshop on the High Structure-High Love™ model for  educators, administrators and staff at the Oklahoma Public School Resource Center (OPSRC). The model, which focuses on working with children experiencing deep poverty, combines information about trauma and the brain with observations Brewer… Read More

For most schools, fall break means classes are cancelled and short vacations are planned to take advantage of the extended weekend. But for a child whose living situation can change overnight, fall break can be a time of uncertainty. Scheduling vacations and childcare are typically not options for families experiencing homelessness who, on a daily… Read More