“After 36 years in public education, it is time for me to start a new, active chapter of my life. I am extremely proud of the work we have done to build the best cyber charter school in Pennsylvania and I look forward to continuing to do what I love most: advocating for students,” Trombetta said.

Founded in 2000, PA Cyber is a public school that brings together proven academic methodologies and modern technology to offer a compelling alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar public schools for K-12 students across Pennsylvania. PA Cyber has experienced extraordinary success and growth in the past twelve years. The school served 500 K-12 students in 2000 and now has more than 11,000 K-12 students across the commonwealth enrolled.

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West Point got the point. Hannah Tuffy will be a member of the incoming corps of cadets this fall.

Dr. Nick Trombetta, PA Cyber’s CEO, said she is the first graduate of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School to win appointment to the Academy.

Lt. Col. Thomas, commander of the ROTC program at Cedarville (Ohio) University, wrote in his nomination: “She is smart, physically strong and mentally tough.  . . I would be remiss if I do not comment on her personal strength and peer leadership.  She has been a cadet in my ROTC Battalion for this one semester and has accomplished more in that one semester than most of the juniors . . . The United States Military Academy will be making a mistake if they do not accept this cadet.  The Army deserves future officers like her.”

That didn’t stop him from enrolling his children for a time in a Pennsylvania cyber charter school and insisting that taxpayers there pay for it, even though his children lived primarily in another state.

Earlier this month, Santorum told the Ohio Christian Alliance that if he becomes president, he would homeschool his children in the White House. He has homeschooled in the past.

“Most presidents homeschooled their children in the White House. … Parents educated their children because it was their responsibility,” he said.

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With several club members interested in the physics phenomena, for their January meeting, CES advisor Caroline Hardman arranged for a special online discussion with Hiro Miyake, a graduate student at MIT, and Nabil Iqbal, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Santa Barbara’s Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics and a former graduate student at MIT.

Miyake studies matter at temperatures billionths of degrees above absolute zero with lasers. Iqbal’s work focuses on attempting to understand the physics of black holes in the framework provided by string theory.

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“We try to use the most cutting-edge education technology,” said Brian Laquinta, director of technology and innovation for the school, “and none of the other tools we looked at matched Fuze Meeting’s cross-platform ability to work with such a wide variety of mobile devices and operating systems.”

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“This surprising and disappointing decision serves to illustrate how much work remains in creating an innovative, effective, and equitable system of public education that truly meets the needs of all 21st century students, and of modern society. Wednesday’s ruling reverses previous decisions by both the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Commonwealth Court in support of PA Cyber’s kindergarten program for four-year-olds.

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Today, the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, the largest and most successful cyber charter school in the state, is proud to announce that its students continue to excel in their virtual education and, in many instances, outperform their traditional-school counterparts.

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One of 1,500 graduates in the PA Cyber Class of 2011, Cattron delivered the senior commencement address during June 4 ceremonies at Pittsburgh’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.

As a board member with full voting privileges, Cattron, who turned 19 a week ago, will help shape the future of the state’s largest and most successful cyber charter school. Cattron was sworn in immediately and joined fellow board members in voting on agenda items, including a “yes” vote on a new budget of $122 million for the 10,000-student online school.

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What sets this honors student apart from her peers is that she attends school online in her home rather than in a traditional school building.

“I really liked the idea of having the flexibility of it,” said Bump, a student in Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School who likes learning in a home environment.

She takes three virtual classes — precalculus, Spanish and physics.

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