The Best Florida Charter Schools’ 5000th Graduation Candidate: ‘It Feels Great!’
When Reannah Bautista became The Best Florida Charter Schools’ 5000th graduation candidate this week, she didn’t just create a milestone for the nationwide network of personalized high school programs. She also laid the foundation for a milestone of her own — the diploma that just months ago seemed far from reach. “Traditional high school just […]
Bethel Grad Pedro Suazo: ‘The Teachers Told Me Not to Give Up’
Pedro Suazo is 20. It wasn’t so long ago that he thought he’d never walk across the stage to receive his high school diploma. The seemingly mile-high obstacle in his way — geometry. At his former, traditional high school, Pedro was one of many students struggling to master the mysteries of acute angles, parallelograms and […]
Bryce Dittman: Finding the Quiet He Needs to Succeed
For Bryce Dittman, a traditional high school with its bustling classrooms and hectic hallways proved an exercise in distraction. “It was a draining environment,” he says. “I couldn’t really learn.” Then he learned about The Best Florida Charter Schools (BFCS), where the soft-spoken teenager can settle into a comfortable chair in the cafe-style learning space […]
