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Tiovanni's road to being 'magnificent' starts with an education choice scholarship

Tiovanni Johnson squirms in his chair and lowers his head. His grandmother is telling a story about his kindness toward strangers, and he wishes she would stop. In fact, he asked her to stop. “This is embarrassing,” he said. “What’s embarrassing?” asked his grandmother, Angela Lepore. She continued. The previous day, Angela brought two Slim […]
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New Worlds Scholarship and Captain Underpants make reading 'cool and fun' for young student

Cam Imburgio can tell you about Grim and Punishment and Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea. He knows For Whom the Ball Roles. Cam devoured the Dog Man series, which addressed those topics in detail, reading each of the 13 books in the series cover-to-cover. Now, he’s moved on to the adventures of George Beard […]
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'The kind of student you dream about' flourishes with the help of an education choice scholarship

Winter Park – The piano stood silent in the corner of the empty gymnasium until Riccardo Cerutti sat on the bench, lifted the key lid, and played the opening notes of Billy Joel’s signature song, “Piano Man.” “That’s me,” Riccardo said, “Piano Man.” He moved on to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the 1975 rock ‘n’ roll anthem […]
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Yaya's got this, thanks to the help of a PEP scholarship

DELTONA, Florida – Of all the skills Yaeli “Yaya” Santos could have picked to earn a grade in that portion of her eighth-grade physical education class, standing on her head seemed the easiest. Understand this: Yaya does not claim to be athletic in the least, but she had to master a skill, and “How hard […]
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Ed choice scholarship a winning combo for the Newton family and Clearwater Central Catholic

CLEARWATER, Florida –The Newton brothers’ reign at Clearwater Central Catholic High School ended on a Thursday night in December when Jershaun, the youngest, played his final football game. It was quite a run for the family who lives down the road in St. Petersburg. It was quite a run for the high school’s football program, […]
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CES Academy of Lakeland strives to accommodate gifted students like Aleksandar

Editor’s note: This story is published in celebration of National School Schools Week, which runs Jan. 26-Feb. 1. LAKELAND, Florida – Aleksandar Kurilenko arrived at his new school as a seventh-grader backed by a family who wanted him to be challenged academically, including a mother who told administrators that her son was “so smart.” It’s […]
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The option of an education choice scholarship will expand Joly's options for college and beyond

TAMPA, Florida – It was the first day of freshman year and everyone at Tampa Catholic High School was a stranger to Joly Masoud. Classmates. Teachers. Administrators. Scared? Yes, Joly admitted. “I was just trying to find my way,” she said. Joly found her way to a front-row desk in Hannah Taylor’s Eastern-Western Heritage history […]
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The right educational setting has Khloe learning with resilience

SANFORD, Florida – Elsa the Snow Queen sang “Let it Go” as Kimberly Jones entered the room. Kimberly’s daughter, Khloe, 2 at the time, sat with her eyes laser-locked on the TV, watching “Frozen” for the umpteenth time. Let it go, let it go Can't hold it back anymore “Perfect pitch,” Kimberly remembered. “I thought, […]
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Author! Author! Charisma loves school so much she wrote a book about it

SANFORD, Florida – Charisma Lowery loves fractions, which is not something you hear every day from a third-grader, but she does. Mixed fractions, improper fractions – bring ’em on. Charisma, 7, loves fractions so much that one morning while in the second grade, she jumped out of her mom’s car during drop-off and ran to […]
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At 19, Gabriel is an ordained minister, motivational speaker, author, and now an education choice advocate

Gabriel Lynch III is new to his role as an education choice advocate. Though in essence, he’s been doing it nearly all his life. He’s a product of both private and homeschooled education. He’s attended brick-and-mortar schools and studied virtually. Along the way, Gabriel, 19, has become an ordained minister, a motivational speaker, an accomplished […]
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