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Military Dad in Iraq Sees Daughter Graduate From PA Cyber

March 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

HARRISBURG, Pa., March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Though stationed in Iraq, U.S. Army Maj. Jay Eckhart got to see his daughter graduate from high school after all.

Wearing a blue cap and gown, Miranda Eckhart, 19, was graduated from the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Wednesday, March 2, in a special ceremony at the online school’s Harrisburg Support Center. Present were her mother, Susan, her sister-in-law Jenny, and -  via a Skype video phone connection – her father, a career Army engineering officer who served 20 years ago in Operation Desert Storm and has returned to active duty in Iraq.

Among PA Cyber staff present was Miranda’s instructional supervisor, Sarah Potter.

“Sarah asked me if I wanted to do a graduation thing,” said Miranda. “I didn’t care, but Dad wanted me to do it, so I did it for him.”

In a ceremony videotaped for airing on the local Fox Network station (to view report, click on Fox 43) PA Cyber Harrisburg Academy Leader Jade Kozlina thanked Maj. Eckhart and the other men and women of the armed forces for their service to our country.

Sarah Potter acknowledged the challenges Miranda had to overcome to complete her graduation requirements, recalling the many famous people who succeeded despite stumbles in their formal education.

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Cyber grads face military’s bias

March 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

“Our people advise them during the enrollment process that this could be an issue,” said Fred Miller, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School based in Midland, Beaver County.

Miller said that school officials sometimes suggest students return to a brick-and-mortar school for their senior year. Students can be counted as Tier 1 if they have at least 15 college credits, and the school encourages dual enrollment in college-level courses during high school.

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Lt. Gov. Cawley Explores Virtual Learning

February 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley yesterday toured The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School’s Harrisburg facility, where teachers and school administrators demonstrated a virtual class and discussed how their innovative approaches and use of digital learning tools are improving educational opportunities for students across the commonwealth.

“As the new administration explores educational innovation in preparation for its budget proposal, we are proud to showcase for Lieutenant Governor Cawley how our flexible, personalized approach is achieving results and helping our students thrive,” said Dr. Nick Trombetta, Chief Executive Officer of PA Cyber. “That he has taken the time to learn more about PA Cyber shows that the new administration is interested in identifying creative educational approaches that are working.”

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Trombetta talks cyber education

January 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

EAST LIVERPOOL – An additional workforce for a cyber education curriculum may come to East Liverpool, according to the head of Midland-based PA Cyber.

Dr. Nick Trombetta discussed that and a host of other issues during an East Liverpool Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday.

Trombetta is the CEO of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. He is also the founder of the National Network of Digital Schools (NNDS) and had a role in establishing the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School among other local entities involving cyber education.

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School allows teen flexibility to help grandmother

December 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School may not be well known to most people. However, there are now more than 10,000 students in the statewide program. Recently it celebrated its 10,000th student – Tiffany Spencer of Chester Hill.
Spencer is 16 and previously attended school at Glendale and Philipsburg-Osceola Area before finding out about PA Cyber from a neighbor who is in the program.
“My neighbor up the street is doing it,” said Spencer.
She researched what the program has to offer and decided it may be well suited for her.
“I feel I learn more and work better independently rather than having a teacher there all the time,” said Spencer.

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Cyber schools take budgetary bite

December 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Pennsylvania cyber schools are growing – in number of students, in popularity and in cost – but the strain on the budgets of local school districts may become too much if changes aren’t made to the system.

Four local school districts spent thousands of dollars on cyber school tuition this past year: South Williamsport Area School District paid $155,000, Loyalsock Township School District spent $160,000, Jersey Shore Area School District spent $427,153 and Williamsport Area School District spent $1.03 million.

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Cyber Charter Schools: The End of Public Education or a New Beginning?

November 23, 2010 By 1 Comment

The ultimate question on this debate remains: what is best for students and for public education as a whole?

It seems that these alternative institutions can claim some amount of success. Pennsylvania Cyber Charter’s average ACT and SAT scores (22.4 and 1515, respectively) are higher than both the state and national averages (21.9 & 1473 for Pennsylvania; 21 & 1509 for the country). Seventy percent of PA Cyber Charter students matriculate to a 2 or 4-year college.

If more online educational institutions follow the cyber model, it will continue to fuel the never-ending debate on the state of education. Certainly, more attention must be paid to this new movement to ensure it fulfills its promise to public school students, particularly the ones on the fringe. And though opinions of online schools between elation, skepticism, and downright anger, there is no doubt that virtual education which will not easily or quietly go away anytime soon.

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‘Backpack SIS’ Unveiled at iNACOL Symposium

November 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Educators attending the nation’s largest conference for online learning and technology here will get their first look at Backpack SIS – the first student information system to be fully integrated with Microsoft products – and its companion, Backpack Community, a student information portal and secure social network for students, parents and teachers.

A session on Backpack, entitled “Student Data Management: the Cornerstone of Every School,” will be presented on Monday, Nov. 15, at the iNACOL Virtual School Symposium 2010 by representatives of Microsoft, National Network of Digital Schools, and the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (PA Cyber).

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Mandatory cyber learning expands

November 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Like Burrell, many area school districts have come to recognize students’ desire for flexibility. As a result, more districts are offering online courses, and many high school teachers now incorporate online learning into regular classes.

But giving students what they want has created challenges and concerns for the districts.

Pennsylvania’s 11 cyber charter schools have expanded to enroll more than 19,000 students since the first one opened in 1998. Cyber charter tuition is paid by students’ local districts, an expense that, despite partial reimbursement from the state, has become a significant line item in many budgets. Burrell, for example, spent $341,000 on cyber charter tuition in 2008-09, the equivalent of 2.3 mills in taxes.

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PSSA results please cyber schools with York students

November 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Cyber charter schools might have taken another small step toward acceptance in the education community with their collective performance on the state exams last spring, officials from several schools said.

Three cyber schools that have York County students enrolled — Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School and Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School — met all state standards for adequate yearly progress, according to Pennsylvania System of School Achievement results released this fall.

Officials for the schools that met state standards believe the progress underscores their stake as a legitimate education alternative for public school students.

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