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Let the Cheetahs Run: Understanding Your Gifted Child’s True Nature
May 14, 2025 Victoria Nesti

Let the Cheetahs Run: Understanding Your Gifted Child’s True Nature

As a parent of a gifted child, you've likely seen it: that electric spark, the insatiable curiosity, the way your child asks questions no one else seems to think of. Maybe you've been amazed by their [...]

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When Smart Kids Struggle with ‘Perfect’: What Cyber Parents Can Do
May 6, 2025 Victoria Nesti

When Smart Kids Struggle with ‘Perfect’: What Cyber Parents Can Do

Perfectionism can sneak in quietly but grow quickly amongst high achieving and gifted students. Does your child spiral into thinking everything must be perfect before it's submitted… or worse, never s [...]

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Cutting funding from cyber schools will hurt families like mine - Northeast Times
June 26, 2024 Jen Brittingham

Cutting funding from cyber schools will hurt families like mine - Northeast Times

Check out an article by AHCCS parent Robyn Scolnick in the Northeast Times, where she shares her son's positive experience with cyber school and discusses the negative impact of impending budget cuts [...]

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AHCCS Staff Members Speak at ELECT Statewide Virtual Conference
April 30, 2021 Jen Brittingham

AHCCS Staff Members Speak at ELECT Statewide Virtual Conference

Achievement House Cyber Charter School staff members, Shana Harris and Brittanie Strachko, had the distinct privilege to participate as panelists on the 2021 ELECT Statewide Virtual Conference Panel D [...]

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AHCCS 10th Grader Finds Success in the Ring
March 1, 2021 Jen Brittingham

AHCCS 10th Grader Finds Success in the Ring

Antwoine Dorm Jr. The road to becoming a pro boxer can be a long and difficult one. A person must be committed and focused on a rigorous training program in order to develop their physical and mental [...]

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Best Practices for Schooling at Home to Help your Child Continue Learning During COVID-19
May 12, 2020 Julia DeBald

Best Practices for Schooling at Home to Help your Child Continue Learning During COVID-19

1. Have a designated learning station. Your child should have a room or area in your home that has good lighting, strong Wi-Fi, a place to plug in their device, and a space to keep a notebook for note [...]

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You are NOT failing! How parents and students can stay sane and healthy during this uncertain time
April 9, 2020 Julia DeBald

You are NOT failing! How parents and students can stay sane and healthy during this uncertain time

1. Find fun family-friendly activities to do together. With activities being canceled, find opportunities to reconnect and use home resources to play together. Build a fort Set up a treasure hunt Bake [...]

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