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Zach Veach: K12 Student and Team Refuel Finalist

Submitted by on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 11:05am

Our K12 Kids are doing amazing things every single day. 

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Ohio Virtual Academy student and racecar driver Zach Veach has been named a finalist in Team Refuel, a competition to find impassioned and committed athletes who have made it their goal to inspire others to be their best.

Zach Veach is an autoracing driver who competes in INDYCAR’s ‘Mazda Road to Indy’ Firestone Indy Lights Series and a student at Ohio Virtual Academy, a K12 partner school. In 2012, Veach captured the Formula Car Challenge Winter Series Championship and in 2011, he secured the USF2000 Cooper Tires Winterfest Championship. In 2010, Michael Andretti signed Veach to his team, Andretti Autosport, while also being named one of CNN’s “Intriguing People,” being named by ESPN the Magazine as a NEXT athlete in motorsports and was voted the “Most Popular Driver” in both 2011 and 2012 in USF2000 and Star Mazda

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K12 Kids are Amazing: California Virtual Academy student Jonathan S.

Submitted by on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 12:41pm

Good Luck to figure skater and CAVA high school student Jonathan S.

Jonathan S - California Virtual Academy

Jonathan S., a junior at K12 partner school, California Virtual Academy, and his skating partner, Elizabeth Addas, will be competing in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Omaha, Nebraska in January.  

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K12 Student Zach Veach: An Astronaut or Racecar Driver?

Submitted by on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 2:35pm

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Zach Veach and K12 Sponsored Race CarMy name is Zach Veach, and I’m a proud student of Ohio Virtual Academy. Being only 17, I may have a few more responsibilities than the normal teenager that wouldn’t allow me to “fit” into public school but I also had a few problems that any kid can face in public school. To tell how I am where I am today, I need to go back to the start of it all, when I was just a young boy that wanted to drink the milk at the Indianapolis 500 one day. 

The thought of online education began to bounce around the walls of my home between my parents when I was 12 years old, in 6th grade, when I started to chase the dream I was overly obsessed with since I was old enough to walk, and that was becoming a professional racecar driver.

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K12 Kids are Amazing: Arizona Virtual Academy Student Anna H.

Submitted by on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 10:18am

[Courtesy of R. Andrew Lepley]16 year old Pianist and Arizona Virtual Academy student Anna H. won the Stecher and Horowitz Foundations’ sixth New York International Piano Competition last month.The invitation-only event for pianists between 16 and 21 brought together 22 performers from around the world.

Anna first showed an interest in piano at the young age of 5 when her parents started her in piano lessons “for fun.” That fun has turned into a passion. She has already performed with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra — twice, and won first prize at the 2011 New Orleans International Piano Competition for Young Artists and the International Institute for Young Musicians International Piano Competition, a title she also won in 2008.

In order to focus on her craft and properly prepare for competitions, Anna has to spend sometimes up to seven hours a day practicing her skills. She is able to devote so much time to practice and truly pursue her passion because of the flexibility she has found by attending school online through Arizona Virtual Academy. 

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K12 Kids are Amazing: Agora Cyber Charter School student Brandon F.

Submitted by on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 10:58am

Here's an inspiring story about an Agora Cyber Charter School student, who discovered his joy of cycling after joining Cadence,  a Philadelphia nonprofit that gives opportunities for underserved youth through cycling.

Throughout middle school and the beginning of his freshman year in high school, Brandon was a victim of bullying. The constant bullying began to interfere with his learning. "I didn't want to go to school," he said. "I did anything I could to get through the day. That meant sitting in the back of the class, not paying attention, sleeping."  Brandon's family enrolled him in Agora Cyber Charter and he found Cadence where he discovered a passion for cycling. 

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K12 Kids are Amazing: Colorado Virtual Academy student Kelsey W.

Submitted by on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 7:52am

Photo by Kelsey W. When you talk about accomplished students, no doubt Colorado Virtual Academy (COVA) student Kelsey W. will be mentioned. Attending school online has allowed Kelsey, a self-taught artist, a budding entrepreneur and a student with a 4.3 GPA, to actively pursue her interests, including medicine, and advance academically and personally. 

Kelsey was recently selected out of hundreds nationwide to be featured as Next Step U magazine’s Super Teen, recognizing students “who drop jaws” through their academic, community and extracurricular work. And without a doubt, Kelsey can drop jaws.

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K12 Kids are Amazing: California Virtual Academy student: Christine L.

Submitted by on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 10:28am

This is an awesome story!! 

California Virtual Academy student, Christine L., won a $96,000 Heritage Scholarship at LeTourneau University in Texas to pursue her dream of becoming a civil engineer. With only 8 scholarships available, Christine competed with 88 other candidates, including 53 high school valedictorians, by participating in group sessions, interviews and writing an essay.

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K12 Kids are Amazing: Washington Virtual Academy student Danielle K.

Submitted by on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 11:30am

Washington Virtual Academy 10th grader, Danielle K. was recently chosen to serve as a legislative page during the 2012 legislative session. Danielle attended page school each day where she learned about legislative processes and also experienced sponsoring mock bills with fellow students. She was able to help distribute documents to state lawmakers throughout the Capitol campus, including the House floor and committee rooms during her experience. 

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K12 Kids are Amazing: Tennessee Virtual Academy student Davis F.

Submitted by on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 8:13am

Wait until you read this story about Tennessee Virtual Academy, Davis F., and how he outscored most of the other college teams at the recent Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Southeastern competition.

Out of the 54 teams competing in the competition, only Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering, University of Alabama and Mississippi State scored higher than this fifth grader! 

His impressive robot he named "davibot" took a week to create and was completely autonomous to meet the competition's requirements.  

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K12 Kids are Amazing: iCademy student, Taylor T.

Submitted by on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 8:37am

Recently, we announced that iCademy, our online private school for grades K–12, has become the Official Online Education Provider for USTA Player Development, allowing many of the United States’ top junior tennis players to take advantage of the individualization and flexibility provided through the K¹² International Academy online private school.

Meet iCademy student and USTA junior player, Taylor Townsend, who just won the junior girls' singles champions at the Australian Open.

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