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About OMI
The Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy is a co-educational college preparatory academy for grades 6-12. Using the California Cadet Corps curriculum, a military framework, and principles of leadership and character development, we strive to educate all youngsters with a solid academic curriculum that prepares them for success in college and the future. All Oakland Military Institute cadets follow a course pattern that prepares them for admission to the California State University and University of California systems and other institutions of higher education (including the Service Academies). Oakland Military Institute was founded in 2001 by then Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, who had a vision for a school with high expectations for student achievement, conduct, character, patriotism, and leadership. The founding leadership team of the school consisted of Brigadier General Ezell Ware, Brigadier General Ralph Marinaro, Colonel Gary Richards, Chief Warrant Officer Gerald Martin, Chief Warrant Officer Garrett Roosevelt, and Chief Warrant Officer Harold Newson. The first summer encampment took place at Camp San Luis Obispo in June and July, 2001. A class of 157 7th graders successfully completed that encampment and enrolled in August of 2001. The first Commandant on the campus was Colonel Bradford M. Jones with Command Sergeant Major Alex Cabassa serving as the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer for the adult cadre. The sixth grade was added during the summer of 2004 and the 2006-2007 school year saw the first complement of all grade levels 6-12 enrolled at the Academy. The first graduating class of 61 seniors held commencement at the Lake Merritt Bandstand on Saturday, June 6, 2007. Of the graduating class, 22 were continuously enrolled since their 7th grade year. California Attorney General Jerry Brown was the commencement speaker. Eighty percent of the first graduating class was accepted to four year colleges and universities. With this inaugural ceremony, OMI launched a commencement tradition – passing through the OMI Gate. This passing symbolizes the cadets completing their studies, leaving the academy and entering a new phase of their lives. The OMI Gate was presented to the Superintendent, Mr. Bruce Holaday, by then Cadet Battalion Commander Cody Kopowski.
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