Meet Maddy Bates, on the left, she is yet another student who chooses PDL so she can be MORE active in her community! (posed here with one of her best friends)
Meet Maddy Bates.
School hasn’t been easy for her, and yet, she is ahead in all of her Edgenuity classes. I asked her what her secret was. She says she puts aside complete days and works on each class until she is ahead. This is one strategy. She does it this way because she also has two classes at Emerald Ridge (Math and ceramics) and two classes through the YMCA (Digital photography and Editing).
In addition to her more than full time school schedule, she is also completing her community experience with an Edgerton pre-school class once a week, which she enjoys “I absolutely LOVE those little kids! It’s hard work but it is so much fun.”
As IF that wasn’t enough, Maddy also helps out with the Diving team at RHS, when I asked her proud mom if I left anything out, she said “
Maddy was in a bad car accident last year that could have easily taken her life. She had a concussion for several months that put her behind in several areas of her life. She had to fight her way back and she has done so with flying colors!
Maddy also has an extreme anxiety disorder which makes going to different classes very difficult. She is very right brained and very creative. She loves the online classes where no one asks her questions and puts her on the spot that she has to answer in front of her peers. Everyone does not learn the same.
Maddy feels like she made the right choice with Puyallup Online Academy because she is eager to learn and hopes to work ahead here, which will make time for the Photography Business that she and her mom are starting up.
Alli Parks----The 7th fittest teen in the WORLD attends Puyallup Digital Learning(PDL)! Why? So she can be the 7th fittest teen in the world!
Meet Alli Parks, a senior who attends Emerald Ridge High School as well as Puyallup Digital Learning. Alli stays caught up in all her coursework at Emerald Ridge and PDL, trains for competitions 3-4 hours per day and is glad she found Puyallup's online option(POA). Students who are making the choice to take online classes to pursue a serious discipline outside of the school setting see POA as a necessary part of their life. They may not have the time between 8-4 for traditional school, but it doesn't mean that they don't work just as hard as they did in the regular classroom.
The expectation here at POA is that students will spend approximately one hour per class, per day. The benefit is that the student can choose what time of day to do their work.
“With Online School, I am able to get to the gym when I need to and makes training for the CrossFit Games much easier! ”
Determination, Dedication, Self-Discipline- three traits that make online school a good choice.
