Editor’s note: Every month, Step Up For Students – which co-hosts this blog – profiles a family that benefits from Florida’s tax credit scholarship program. Here’s the latest: Vivian Calhoun is raising a princess. She didn’t plan on it, but it’s working out just fine. She gets to give and receive[Read More…]
Tag: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Charter school named for Derrick Brooks rises to the challenge
They’re one of the first things people notice when they walk inside the new Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School in Tampa. Windows, everywhere. Inside the 67,000-square-foot renovated building, light pours in through an expansive curved entryway, between the cafeteria and lush outdoor dining area, inside classrooms and even along the[Read More…]
At this Florida school, lessons from gardens, food drives, furniture repair
Ryan Wallace left his big, cliquish high school last spring for The Foundation Academy, a non-denominational Christian school with vegetable gardens and an aquaponic farm. “I wanted a chance to try something new,’’ said Ryan, now a 17-year-old junior planning a dodge-ball fundraiser for his class president campaign. Twelve-year-old Marc’Anthony[Read More…]