School News Roll Call, Cover Story, November 2015
In addition to providing students with a highly personalized and flexible learning environment, TCA offers students unique opportunities to collaborate and work with their peers and teachers. Students have the option to attend weekly academic workshops where they work on group projects and receive individualized instruction. TCA students also have access to their neighborhood school of residence where they participate in many academic and extracurricular activities. Read entire article.
Orange County Register, Front Page, 10/20/2015
Fifth-grader A.J. Bevacqua aims to play in the French Open one day. Those aren’t the vague, fleeting dreams of childhood. A.J. speaks eloquently about how weekly yoga sessions help extend the reach of his 11-year-old frame and his goal to be ranked among the top 100 tennis players nationally by age 17. Such lofty goals don’t always leave room for the conventions of youth. So rather than return to the classroom with his friends Sept. 1, the Santa Ana boy joined the inaugural class of Tustin Unified’s online program, Tustin Connect Academy. Read entire article.
Orange County Register, Tustin News, 4/29/2015
For students who are working actors, gifted learners or battling cancer, traditional school doesn’t always work. So when students return to school this fall, some won’t head for a classroom.
Tustin Unified School District is launching an online independent study school for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. It’s called Tustin Connect Academy, with enrollment open now for the 2015-16 school year. Read entire article.
Tustin Unified School District is launching an online independent study school for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. It’s called Tustin Connect Academy, with enrollment open now for the 2015-16 school year. Read entire article.