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Tadpoles, robots, and sewing machines all part of this family's hybrid-homeschool experience
Jun 11, 2025 • By Roger Mooney
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PEP scholarship benefits students 'whose needs don’t fit inside the one-size-fits-all system'
Lily Wheeler loves project-based learning, and she loves to draw. She loves phonics lessons that combine the two. Draw a letter and draw an object that matches the letter. One lesson from this past school year stands out to her mother, Erica. Lily, a kindergartener, couldn’t stop looking out the window, and she wouldn’t stop […]
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What does America mean to Caleb? Freedom, honor, and a whole lot more
To me, America is more than just a country. It means freedom, liberty, and honor. That’s how Caleb Vergara Scott began the nearly 308-word essay he wrote for a contest celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States. The topic: What does America mean to him? He summed it up with his title: America the […]
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Of Haydn, hens, and tree forts: The diverse home education of Chiara, the PEP student
TALLAHASSEE – Joseph Haydn’s Sonata 16 filled the house as Chiara Lemmon’s fingers moved across the keys of the family’s piano. Eyes nearly closed, she concentrated on each note. Her head gently bobbed along with the music. A few minutes later, Chiara sat in an adjoining room with her cello. “The music room,” her father, […]
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Meet the 32-million-year-old skull that transformed a PEP student into a paleontologist
EAST BRADENTON – The skull lay buried in a dry riverbed in northern Nebraska, undisturbed for millions of years until Amelia Hemmer walked by and noticed what she thought was an eye socket. It was hard to tell at first glance. The bleached bone blended in with the dirt. But centuries of erosion uncovered just […]
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PEP allows Lyra to fly through the air with the greatest of ease
VENICE – He is not afraid. Lyra Kerr wants to make that clear. He is not afraid to climb a ladder that rises 29 feet above ground. He’s not afraid to stand on the small platform near the top of that ladder and reach for the bar that will swing him over the safety net. […]
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For this family, hybrid home education includes a class at the district high school
Each school day at 2:35 p.m., Joshua Jones enters a classroom at Crescent City Junior-Senior High School and settles into an agriculture class for eighth-graders. It’s the only class Joshua attends at the school, located about six miles from his home. And it caps the academic portion of his day, which starts at 8:30 a.m. […]
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Ed Choice scholarship helps student-athlete navigate the world of Name, Image, and Likeness
CLEARWATER, Florida – A check recently arrived in the mail for Landon Green, his compensation for the two hours he spent autographing baseball cards of himself one day last summer. He signed 2,000 cards and was paid $1 for each signature. That’s a nice payday for anyone, especially a 17-year-old high school junior who is […]
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Lofty dreams and a PEP scholarship power 12-year-old pilot in training
MELBOURNE – When it comes to her son’s education, Denice Santos always thinks about the big picture. “What can we do to merge his goals?” she said. “Education, and then, of course, becoming a pilot.” Her son, William, 12, has wanted to fly airplanes for half his life. He took control of a plane for […]
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Chickens, horses and ed choice scholarships combine for an ideal home education setting
This is what home education looks like to Vivian McCoy: Feeding horses in the morning. Mucking stalls, too. Doing the same in the late afternoon, plus whatever else needs to be done at the horse farm where she works part-time. In between, Vivian, who is in the ninth grade, and her sister, Genevieve, second grade, […]
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Tadpoles, robots, and sewing machines all part of this family's hybrid-homeschool experience
Seppie Furlano gets dirty at school. It happens. He’s 8, he’s a boy, and one day a week, his classroom is a mixture of trees, shrubs, dirt, and mud. And there’s a creek. Seppie and his classmates, who include his 10-year-old sister, Luciana, climb trees, discover tadpoles, and build small boats out of twigs and […]
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