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As my final year of being in PA Cyber wraps up, I still remember three years ago when I enrolled. I had so many emotions going from a public school to a cyber school, but I wouldn’t trade my choice of PA Cyber for anything in this world. PA Cyber gave me the individual attention each student deserves and helped guide me into self-discipline. More »
The life of a budding rock star is a hectic one. Just ask 17-year old Tyler Lyons. The teenage musician from East Stroudsburg, Pa., just finished a month-long tour with his new band Kelsey and the Chaos — during which they traveled by bus up and down the East Coast and across the Midwest and slept in a different hotel every night. Oh, and did I mention he’s still in high school? More »
American Idol semifinalist Aaron Kelly probably has never met any of the 9,000 other students in his school, but he hopes they’ll vote for him when he performs tonight as part of the final Idol group of 12. More »
Alaina Witherel, a senior in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, has received academic and athletic scholarships to Baylor University worth 75 percent of her tuition over four years. Witherel is a level nine gymnast who will compete on the university’s new NCAA-sanctioned competitive cheerleading team when she attends Baylor this fall with a major in pre-medicine. More »
BRIAN POKRIFKA
Brian Pokrifka of Economy Borough, Pa., a senior in the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, has been named a semifinalist in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. PA Cyber CEO Dr. Nick Trombetta announced the honor Sept. 17. Brian has attended PA Cyber since he was a freshman. Prior to that he was home-schooled. He is a son of Kenneth Pokrifka and Debra Evans. His sister, Gwenore, a ninth grader, is also enrolled with PA Cyber. More»
MADISON STOKES
PA Cyber first-grader Madison Stokes has a passion for learning and the arts. The five year old plays the violin, dances and paints on top of her rigorous school work, and loves every second of it. Student, artist, musician, dancer— at the young age of five, Madison Stokes is already headed for success. She has even inspired a children’s book and is a prime example of the early childhood literacy work being done by her “superhero” father. More »
SARAH BLAHOVEC
Since she was a toddler, Sarah Blahovec has wanted to be a musician. “My mom said I’ve been asking to play the violin since I was two years old.” At age six, Sarah attended a week long music camp, learned the violin and has been playing ever since. In 2007, Sarah was accepted into the studio of Cyrus Forough, a world renowned violinist and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, with whom she still studies under today. In the fall of 2008, Sarah auditioned for and was accepted as a substitute member of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. More»
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