Pre-apprenticeship program provides career pathway for cyber school students
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 01.15.2020
Commonwealth Charter Academy cyber student is able to pursue non-traditional career path with help of pre-apprenticeship program at ABC Keystone. CCA prides itself on creating career-ready students. A Lancaster County program is helping provide students with hands-on and work-related experience the public cyber charter school feels is necessary to train the next generation of workforce employees. […]
Flexible schedule allows CCA student to show, train alpacas for Farm Show
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 01.13.2020
Karson, a CCA junior, also is a member of the Cumberland County 4-H Alpaca Club. For six years, Karson and his family have been involved with the PA Farm Show through the Cumberland County 4-H Alpaca Club. The organization focuses on positive youth development and mentoring, and it welcomes young people of all beliefs and […]
Cyber school’s personalized learning experience helps family build legacy at CCA
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 12.23.2019
Pittsburgh area family has been with CCA for 12 years and values the school’s process of evaluating student performance. Heather’s time student teaching in a city school while she was earning her elementary education certification prompted her to explore cyber school for her firstborn, which marked the start of a long run for the family. […]
Cyber School Offers Bullying Prevention Resources to Parents to Protect Students
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 12.23.2019
Bullying can devastate children, families, and schools. CCA takes bullying seriously because we see the lingering impact on the many students who enroll with us to escape bullying at their former schools. We understand our responsibility to protect students from bullying and help victims heal. CCA’s network of personal, academic, and family resources helps students […]
Seven Reasons to Change Schools
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 11.26.2019
Your ZIP code should not determine the quality of your child’s education. Academic success depends on much more than the school that happens to be nearest your home. If your child is having a hard time in school, you want to do everything you can to help them succeed. There are good reasons to consider […]
CCA program provides families support they need to overcome challenges
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 11.20.2019
Commonwealth Charter Academy offers a program that partners with various organizations across Pennsylvania to provide students and families the support they need to overcome challenges beyond the classroom. These partnerships increase the resources that the Student Assistance Program (SAP) can give families to eliminate non-academic barriers that can prevent a child from receiving a proper education. SAP, […]
CCA electives jump-start graduate’s career in sports management
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 11.06.2019
CCA’s hearty menu of electives helped Justin, a college sophomore, identify his career passion early in high school, and that’s given him a jump-start with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a career in sports marketing. Justin, who attended CCA for all 12 years, always wanted to be an engineer. He jumped at the chance to take two engineering […]
Flexibility allows CCA student to start her own business
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 10.23.2019
From struggling with school after the death of her mother to now being a fledgling entrepreneur and competitive dancer throughout the East Coast, Ta’Kierra has managed a remarkable turnaround with the flexibility of CCA. In the summer between seventh and eighth grades, Ta’Kierra should have been looking forward to her last year of middle school […]
Where’s Comet? CCA’s mascot to visit families at field trips across Pennsylvania
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 10.16.2019
CCA’s mascot, Comet, will be visiting various field trips as he travels across the state to surprise families with a big smile, hugs, some high-fives and course, an extra punch on their Comet Card. Every few weeks, Comet will make an appearance – so keep your eyes open for clues, and see if you can spot him […]
CCA students win top honors at educational film festival
By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 10.02.2019
Technology is an integral part of working at a cyber school. CCA teachers learn to use the film studio to produce high-quality videos and films so their students can learn on a schedule that is convenient to them. One teacher decided that getting students behind the camera could open a whole new learning experience. “I had gotten […]