While BOMLA actively celebrates the success of our students year-round, Senior Signing Day is an opportunity for friends, family and the community to join us in recognizing our outstanding seniors and their next life chapter. This year, BOMLA is proud to announce JCPenney and Toyota Motor Corporation as our Senior Signing Day presenting sponsors, showcasing […]
What do charity, mindfulness and team building have in common? eSports gaming at BOMLA, believe it or not. The idea became reality when two seniors approached literature, debate and creative writing teacher Jeff Chetoni about enlisting his help to start a team on campus. After a few learning curves, Chetoni learned that Dallas Independent School […]
It’s not every day you meet a middle-schooler with a rising talent for debate, but that’s exactly what you’ll find in BOMLA seventh grader Leroy Tamfu. Tamfu, who says he became interested in debate through politics, recently placed fifth out of fifty competitors at a local tournament. Tamfu said he trained with his classmates, teacher […]
BOMLA alumnus Bryan Flores is currently a junior at Texas A&M University studying industrial distribution, but he has a greater calling. “The most rewarding part of college so far has been the opportunity to strengthen my faith,” he said. “[After graduation] I want to first and foremost work in ministry, where I can take all […]
Imagine visiting Oprah Winfrey’s Instagram page and seeing a video of your son presenting the media-mogul with a rose as a thank-you for a scholarship. For John Thompson and his son Zachary, this was a reality made possible through FRIENDS donations. In his first semester at Morehouse College, Thompson made the Dean’s List. His father, […]
It’s hard to believe that BOMLA now has five years of graduating seniors – what a joy it’s been to watch our young men become leaders in the classroom and beyond. On Saturday, May 25, BOMLA recognized and celebrated the 43 seniors at our graduation ceremony, all of whom were accepted to a four-year college […]
Earlier this month, BOMLA had the pleasure of hosting our first own Baccalaureate Ceremony to recognize and celebrate the Class of 2019, or the “19 Dream Team.” This year, though, our graduation celebrations extend outside of our campus walls as BOMLA alumni across the country prepared to receive their university diploma – a first in […]
Seniors will begin the fall semester in style, thanks to JCPenney. A long-time corporate partner of FRIENDS of Obama Academy attended Senior Signing Day this year, with a big announcement – each graduate will receive a dorm makeover package and an invitation to an exclusive event at JCPenney Headquarters in Plano. “Because of your hard […]
Timothy McCall is one of 12 students from Obama Academy’s first graduating class in 2015 and will graduate from Florida A&M University (FAMU) this spring. Although his matriculation through the HBCU in Tallahassee was far from easy, he has landed a full-time position as a business analyst for Goldman Sachs in New York city post-graduation. […]
The Texas Christian University Community Scholars Program is a full ride valued at $260,000 and includes one year of study abroad. Out of the eight Dallas ISD students to receive the offer, five students are from Obama Academy. “It’s a long process for the students that begins with early admissions in the fall” said FRIENDS […]