Florida charter school beams with pride over valedictorian’s college choice
DORAL – Senior Amanda Fernandez walks the halls of Doral Academy Prep in Miami in her neatly tucked red Doral...
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The lean, angular kid arrived at his new school three years ago, whip-smart and rage-filled. TJ Butler didn’t want to...
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Kelly Perkins was in a full-blown panic when she woke up at 5:15 a.m. and her son Ross wasn’t there....
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The note was written on a torn piece of paper slipped through a slot in Hannah Waibel’s locker. When she...
Read More >School choice scholarship was her ticket out of extreme poverty
At Seven Rivers Christian School in Lecanto, there’s a list of core values for students. Among them: Do hard things....
Read More >School choice scholarship 'saved' bullying victim
Middle school is tough for a lot of kids. For Valentin Mendez, it was hell. At night, he would try...
Read More >Adoptive family grateful for private school, scholarship that made it possible
When Camron Merritt came home from first grade with a card inviting him to a birthday party, he didn’t know...
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As a boy, Orlando Rivera dreamed of being a pilot. He grew up in the shadow of Orlando International Airport,...
Read More >With the right school and a portable scholarship, she found her voice and graduated with honors
Eliya McDonald was in ninth grade when everything fell apart. First her mom was diagnosed with frontal lobe epilepsy, a...
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