HISTORY OF ODYSSEY ACADEMY

1998: Founded by Robert A. (Bob) Mosbacher, Sr., founder of Mosbacher Energy Co. and U.S. Secretary of Commerce for President George H.W. Bush; chartered by State Board of Education as a third-generation charter school

1999: Opened as an open-enrollment public charter middle school in Galveston, then grew to serve PreK - 8th grade

2008: Moody Methodist Church offered a temporary home when Hurricane Ike destroyed the school

2009: Opened current Galveston campus at 61st Street and Stewart Road

2013: Expanded to high school grades at the Galveston campus

2015: Expanded to the Bay Area with a campus of PreK - 8th grade serving students in 14 school districts

2017: First high school graduating class

2020: Opened the Texas City location with PreK - 6th grade