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This year’s college admissions season has been another one for the record books. Across the U.S., institutions continued to see application numbers climb. In fact, compared to 2019/20, the Common…

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) passed by Congress was signed into law by President Biden in March 2021 and provided $1.9 Trillion to bolster the economy in response to the COVID-19…

This holiday season, YDO is keeping it casual–the theme for our annual New Year’s kickoff event will be a “pajama party”. Due to the rapidly-increasing community spread of Covid,…

Challenged with planning a safe, in-person YDO Summer, our young leaders, John Diaz (Soph, NECC) and Camille Lopez (Gr. 12, LHS-ALA), were able to limit the daily size of our program to 50% of capacity…

Hi everyone! This message contains a lot of information about Spring in-person and virtual programs. Please read fully, and contact Mark if you have questions or would like to register for…

The YDO team is not quite as efficient as St. Nick … But, in two nights, we visited 110+ households all across Lawrence and brought a little Halloween joy (and candy!) to our students and families….