Alabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City Schools Highlights Graduates with In-Person Commencement Ceremony

Alabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City Schools ALVAECS an online publicschool serving students in grades K12 throughout the state will celebrate the Class of 2019 during an inperson commencement ceremony on Thursday May 16supthsup The ceremony will take place at the Montgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel and Conference Center in Prattville pblockquotep idpullquotepblockquote p Many assume that attending an online public school like ALVA means that students miss out on real high school experiences but this inperson graduation proves quite the opposite p p This year ALVA will graduate almost three dozen students about 60 of whom are graduating with honors Student Robert Blum is one of them He is this years valedictorian who has earned several noteworthy honors such as the Presidents Endowed Scholarship at Texas AampM University National Merit Recognition and the University of Alabama in Huntsvilles Charger Distinction Scholarship p p Collectively the Class of 2019 reports it has been offered more than 200000 in scholarships and have been accepted to trade schools colleges and universities across the country including Wallace Community College Maine College of Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago University of Alabama at Birmingham Shelton State Community College Chattahoochee Valley Community College Full Sail University Troy University Auburn University at Montgomery University of Texas at Arlington University of Montevallo University of Washington University of Florida and Texas AampM University p p ALVAECS students have worked so hard to get to where they are says Head of School Kayleen Marble I know that the lessons theyve learned and the relationships theyve formed in online school have laid a solid foundation that will extend far beyond high school p p Students enroll in ALVA for a number of reasonssome are looking to escape bullying some may have fallen academically off track and others are looking for an alternative to the traditional brickandmortar classroom setting ALVA students access a robust online curriculum in the core subjects of math science English language arts history art and music as well as a host of electives These live virtual classes are taught by Alabama certified teachers p p Details of the graduation ceremony are as follows p p classbwmarginl1 bWHATbAlabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City Schools 2019 Graduation CeremonybrbWHENbThursday May 16 2019 1100 AM CSTbrbWHEREbMontgomery Marriott Prattville Hotel amp Conference Center 2500 Legends Circle Prattville AL 36066 p p bAbout Eufaula City Schoolsb p p Established in 1872 Eufaula City Schools is the oldest city school district in Alabama and is the heartbeat of this beautiful southeast Alabama city Eufaula City Schools is a progressive district providing many academic enrichment and technical opportunities for students and teachers while maintaining the values and traditions of the best in public schools For more information on Eufaula City Schools visit a referrerpolicyunsafeurl targetblank hrefhttpsctsbusinesswirecomctCTidsmartlinkampurlhttps3A2F2Fwwweufaulacityschoolsorgampesheet51984604ampnewsitemid20190514005868amplanenUSampanchorhttps3A2F2Fwwweufaulacityschoolsorgampindex1ampmd5bb2197112ace0d7029c2dc55da84b524 relnofollowhttpswwweufaulacityschoolsorga and for specific information on the Alabama Virtual Academy visit a referrerpolicyunsafeurl targetblank hrefhttpsctsbusinesswirecomctCTidsmartlinkampurlhttps3A2F2Falvak12com2Fampesheet51984604ampnewsitemid20190514005868amplanenUSampanchorhttps3A2F2Falvak12com2Fampindex2ampmd58b024941339ad325a3b95a15b6292856 relnofollowhttpsalvak12coma p p p pimg referrerpolicyunsafeurl alt srchttpsctsbusinesswirecomctCTidbwnewsampsty20190514005868r1ampsidweb02ampdistronxamplangen stylewidth0height0span classbwct31415p

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