Introducing Carolus Online Academy: Empowering South Carolina Students to Achieve Their Goals Through Proven College and Career Readiness

Introducing Carolus Online Academy: Empowering South Carolina Students to Achieve Their Goals Through Proven College and Career Readiness

Carolus Online Academy (COA), a virtual charter school committed to providing students across South Carolina with opportunities for college and career readiness, is now welcoming families to apply for the 2023-2024 school year. Initially enrolling students in kindergarten to eighth grade, the tuition-free, online public school will expand to include grades K through 12 for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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New facility, career pathways top priorities for Arkansas Virtual Academy

New facility, career pathways top priorities for Arkansas Virtual Academy

Having grown from 250 students to more than 4,000 over the past 20 years, Amy Johnson with the Arkansas Virtual Academy (ARVA) is still in the planning stages. The ARVA has purchased a building in downtown Little Rock to expand its services and there are elements of the forthcoming LEARNS Act that will require a change in aspects of ARVA’s delivery.

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An Ernest Gooden grave marker was unveiled in North Braddock, the latest in a project to recognize Negro League ball players

An Ernest Gooden grave marker was unveiled in North Braddock, the latest in a project to recognize Negro League ball players

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, local history teacher Vince Ciaramella would walk through local cemeteries in the Pittsburgh region.

He came across the unmarked graves of nine baseball players who were in the Negro Leagues. Mr. Ciaramella — author of “Greats in the Graveyard,” a book highlighting former baseball players buried throughout Allegheny County -—decided to do some research.

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