June 16, 2025
Class-101 Dayton was recognized with the first Community Impact Award from the Unleashed Brands Foundation at the Unleashed Brands annual convention in Fort Worth, Texas, in May. From more than 1200 franchise locations nationally, Class 101-Dayton was chosen for this honor because of actively engaging in service as well as creating and implementing service opportunities for their students.
“This is an award we share with our students,” said Karen Lane Derosa, Class 101 Owner, “especially the student volunteers who have led or served with our More Than One interscholastic community service club.” In its first year, More Than One volunteered at a local park, ran a route for Avenue of Flags, helped teachers prepare classrooms at an elementary school, led a Toys for Tots drive, and collected more than 1400 books and donated them to an after school program in Dayton. In addition, Class 101-Dayton students made more than 80 Class 101 Teddy Bears. These bears were donated to Safe on Main, The Dakota Center, Beech Acres Parenting Center, and Toys for Toys. With these efforts, Class 101-Dayton students also won a national contest which led to a donation of $3,000 to Shoes 4 the Shoeless from the Unleashed Brands Foundation.
The DeRosas opened the first Class 101 in the Miami Valley in August 2018, and it quickly became one of the top performing locations in the nation. With the Community Impact Award, Class 101 Dayton is the first Class 101 in the history of the brand to receive six consecutive national awards.
2019 Class 101 Rookie of the Year Award
2020 National Growth Award
2021 Franchise of the Year
2022 President’s Club
2023 President’s Club and Franchise of the Year
2024 President’s Club
2025 President’s Club Award and the Unleashed Brands Foundation Community Impact Award
Photo: Among several service projects, students at Class 101-Dayton made more than 80 stuffed bears that have been donated to Safe on Main, The Dakota Center, Beech Acres Parenting Center, and Toys for Toys.
August 25, 2025
Questions around test prep and college entrance exams can seem even more daunting than the questions on the exams themselves. While the test-optional option was in place at hundreds of colleges before the pandemic, the idea of being a “test-optional” candidate took hold since 2020. However, the State of Ohio makes it possible for every high school junior to take an ACT or SAT through their high school, so access to take a test is not an issue. Over the last few years, colleges that were test optional in 2020 announced that scores are now required.
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August 22, 2025
The college list is the foundation of college planning at Class 101. Many factors help students define their college lists: location, the student’s college fit preferences, family expectations, and academic program information. For some students, their area of study has to be a primary consideration. If they would like to major in something few schools […]
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August 21, 2025
EA, ED, REA, RD, Binding, Nonbinding, Rolling…. College application deadlines are confusing. Is there a difference between Early Action and Early Decision? What does it mean to apply before the Regular Decision deadline? What is meant by Binding or Rolling Admissions? How does when I apply affect my application? Different deadlines make sense for different […]
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