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I Promise School (IPS) is a public elementary school in Akron, Ohio. Opened in 2018, it is supported by the LeBron James Family Foundation and specifically aimed at at-risk children. Opening with students attending grades three and four, the school became fully operational in 2022, teaching grades one through eight.
Aug 4, 2023 · Akron native NBA superstar LeBron James, Akron Public Schools and the LeBron James Family Foundation started the unprecedented now full-capacity third-to-eighth-grade school as an extension of the I Promise student program to raise graduation rates.
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This partnership that began in 2011 - and serves more than 1,300 students and counting - has evolved into the joint creation of the I Promise School that is rooted in its deep connection between LeBron and the community that raised him.
First Day of School for I Promise Students in Grades 3-8. 2024.
Dec 30, 2021 · In July of 2018, the LeBron James Family Foundation and Akron Public Schools officially opened the doors of the I PROMISE School with a mission to wrap around the most at-risk students and families in Akron.
Jun 4, 2024 · The NBA star’s congratulatory message on Tuesday was for Anthony Claytor of Akron, Ohio, who graduated from Kent State University in May, becoming the first student from James’ I Promise School...
LeBron James and his foundation opened the Ohio school for at-risk third and fourth graders in his hometown, calling it one of the best moments of his life.»...
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