PASC Community Profiles
The Provost Academy Community speaks out!
A wide variety of students, families, educators, and community members have found a home at Provost Academy South Carolina. Each has a personal story about why this innovative educational alternative is so important for the South Carolina Community, and for their personal ability to achieve their goals.
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PASC Leadership
PASC school leaders represent parents, community and business leaders, and career educators, each with a unique perspective and a personal interest in how PASC affects the South Carolina Community.
In the below videos, Chief Officer of Digital Education, Ray Rozycki, Community Outreach Directors, Diana Blue, Josh Brickey, and Frankie Creel,and PASC Board Member Breeze Draheim sound off about PASC.
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Provost Academy Student Jacob Larson, Freshman in 2009-10.
Jacob Larson often misses school.
He doesn't cut classes; he physically can't be there because of a chronic illness.
But this fall, the Little River teen will be learning in an online classroom, one he can participate in even from a hospital bed.
Larson has enrolled as a freshman at Provost Academy South Carolina, the state's new online public high school. The free institution is now enrolling students for the fall semester.
"For us, the online school eliminates our largest problem and allows him to continue with school even when he is in the hospital," said Hope Larson, Jacob's mother. "This opportunity is going to let us be more involved and allow Jacob to get one-on-one help. I think it is going to be a huge relief as a parent."
As for Jacob Larson, his mother said he is ready to go to school wherever he might be.
[The school-provided laptop] "That is their classroom and I think that it will allow the students to connect to the learning," she said. "Plus, Jacob is very excited to not have to share his computer with his brothers."
Profile created using excerpts from the article "Online education goes public" written by Heather Gale and published in The Herald, May 29th 2009.
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