Anna Siftar, a senior at 21CCCS and member of National Honor Society, organized and lead a group of youth and adults in a “Maze Garden Clean Up Day” as a part of Bethlehem’s First Friday Festivities. The group and community enjoyed DJ Arm 18 and DJ Marcelino’s spinning while uprooting out of control thistles, taming […]
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Youtube/Essay Contest Winners!
May 13, 2013Our school recently ran a YouTube/Essay contest to learn from our students why cyber school has made a difference in their lives. Why did they choose 21st Century Cyber Charter School? Why do they stay? This year, we had six winners! We will post winning submissions throughout the next two weeks! To start us off, […]
Continue Reading »Congrats to Rachel Bertoni!
21CCCS is proud to announce Rachel Bertoni has been awarded a scholarship to participate in the U.S. Department of State’s NSLI-Y program. She has earned the opportunity to study languages abroad, including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Russian, and Turkish. To see the press release with more information, CLICK HERE. We are so proud of […]
Continue Reading »Cyber-Educator, Cyber-Mom Speaks Out
May 10, 2013Veteran cyber school teacher, Monica Frank, has an interesting perspective on cyber charter school. Not only has she been a cyber school teacher for the past 5 years. She also opted to enroll her son, Stephen, into a cyber charter school in 2012. Her experience and the path she’s taken with her son has not […]
Continue Reading »What’s Happening?…with Ms. Cherrier
May 9, 2013On Thursday, May 2nd, I got home from school and found myself incapable of keeping my eyes open. I was sleepy, bored, and perusing my Twitter feed. Quickly I came across a tweet from #DowningtownDOES. (PS- I highly suggest adding all of the local blogs and newspapers to your own Twitter feed to keep you […]
Continue Reading »State Standardized Tests Offered Online at 21CCCS
May 8, 2013This year, the state of Pennsylvania (as well as several others) offered an online version of their standardized tests for students. For us, this means the PSSAs and Keystone exams could be taken on a computer. 21CCCS was one of the first schools in PA to opt-in for online testing. While reports across the country […]
Continue Reading »What’s Happening? …with Ms. Cherrier!
May 7, 2013Sometimes, starting a new teaching job means moving to a new place. Such was the case for new teacher, Ms. Cherrier. Read below to see what Ms. Cherrier has to say about finding things to do in a new place! In the future, she will be posting information throughout the school year on events and […]
Continue Reading »A Need for Transparency? We’ve Got it All!
May 6, 2013I’ve heard a lot of words floating around recently, to describe what’s missing in cyber charter schools. Transparency. Accountability. There are plenty of efforts across the legislative landscape that are aiming to attack cyber charter schools, claiming that they lack these two things. This assumption can be easily rectified. How does 21CCCS create transparency and […]
Continue Reading »Twitter Attack!
May 3, 201321CCCS is very excited to have launched Twitter handles for our teachers recently. Many of your teachers can be searched by their first initial, last name, and the symbols “21CCCS.” While not all of our teachers yet have their handles up and running, we are all in the process! It has been a fun experience […]
Continue Reading »Alumni Spotlight!
May 1, 2013Read below to learn more about some of our spectacular alumni! Rachel has a lot of great things to say about college and making a life transition. Rachel: I’m currently a freshman at MIT in Cambridge, MA. Most of my first year here will be spent taking general intro classes, but I plan to get […]
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