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Marion County Acceleration Academies Celebrates the Class of 2025
June 18, 2025 — A wave of pride swept through Marion County as 34 students from Marion County Acceleration Academies received their high school diplomas, a remarkable achievement highlighted by WCJB-...
A Journey of Resilience: 75 Lee County Teens Featured on Gulf Coast News for Graduating After Overcoming Challenges
June 12, 2025 — This week in Fort Myers, Lee County Acceleration Academies was featured on ABC Gulf Coast News as they celebrated a powerful milestone: 75 students earned their high school diplomas, e...
Lee County Acceleration Academies Celebrates Ribbon Cutting with District Staff, Students
Grateful graduates, Lee County School Board member Melisa Giovannelli and Acceleration Academies leaders were featured at a ribbon-cutting October 23 to celebrate the opening of a new, permanent site...
Ocala Newspaper Features Marion County Accelerations Academies First Graduation
The first-ever graduating class from Marion County Acceleration Academies (MCAA) took a star turn in the Ocala StarBanner newspaper and website after a festive commencement ceremony held April 11, 202...
Pensacola Radio Show Features Escambia Academy
The flexible, personalized education offered by Escambia County Acceleration Academies hit the airwaves recently, when ECAA Director Mat Taylor made a guest appearance on the “Pep Talk with Jake Walke...
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.” Th...
SAA Graduation: ‘We Are So Proud of Each of You’
At a ceremony filled with pomp, circumstance and an extra serving of joy, Sarasota Acceleration Academies (SAA) celebrated its latest class of graduates. The auditorium at Suncoast Technical College c...
Alyssa Hooper: The Phone Call That Changed Her Life
Alyssa Hooper had always been a gifted student, earning good grades in advanced courses and delighting in discussing the fine points of history and other subjects with teachers and classmates alike. ...
Talea Washington: ‘I’m Improving Every Day’
At her old high school in Belleview, Florida, Talea Washington got tired of less-serious students getting in the way of her goals. While Talea wanted to buckle down and learn, too many of her classmat...
Marion County Public Schools 2023-24 Schoolwide Improvement Plan (SIP)
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