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Cyber School Offers Bullying Prevention Resources to Parents to Protect Students

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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

CCA student’s academic success jump-starts volunteer efforts

By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 09.25.2019

It’s 11-year-old Madelyne’s educational successes at CCA that led her to expand her volunteer efforts far beyond distributing coffee shop gift cards to the homeless – efforts that have helped her amass an adult-sized history of service to others at such a young age. Madelyne, who has been a CCA student for four years, was […]

Graduate credits CCA with helping develop her passion for medical field

By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 09.11.2019

Abigail Adkins of Franklin County has always known she wanted to help people after she graduated from CCA. She just didn’t know how she was going to do so. For Abigail, there were two choices: Join the Army or go into the medical field. She chose both paths. Abigail decided to join the Army as a […]

CCA’s college prep program helps student determine his career path

By Commonwealth Charter Academy / 08.28.2019

Brandon is ready to graduate from CCA. He said the school has helped him carve out a future career path and helped him gain the skills and confidence needed to fulfill his dream of going to college. Brandon plans to enroll at the University of Valley Forge this fall and plans to major in pastoral […]

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