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Enrollment Opens for the 2024-2025 Academic School Year at Three California K12-Powered Online Schools

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Three K12-powered online learning schools, California Virtual Academies (CAVA) , Insight Schools of California (ISCA) , and iQ Academy California - Los Angeles (iQLA) , are now accepting enrollment applications for the 2024-2025 school year.

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  • Three K12-powered online learning schools, California Virtual Academies (CAVA) , Insight Schools of California (ISCA) , and iQ Academy California - Los Angeles (iQLA) , are now accepting enrollment applications for the 2024-2025 school year.
  • These accredited, full-time, online public schools provide California students with a tuition-free education using state-credentialed teachers and a tailored learning approach to meet students where they are in their academic journey.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240222977364/en/
    CAVA , an online public school serving more than 20,000 TK-12 grade students throughout the state, has been offering online education since 2002.
  • The schools also celebrate traditional milestone events by offering an in-person graduation ceremony for their high school students.

Five Acellus Academy Students Receive Academic All-American Award from USA Gymnastics

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Monday, December 18, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Acellus Academy proudly announces five student recipients of the USA Gymnastics 2023 Award for the Academic All-American Program. This prestigious award recognizes academic achievement in junior gymnasts in the USA Gymnastics Men's Development Program. Designed to encourage a high level of academic accomplishment in young athletes, the Development Program establishes a training ground in both physical development as well as academics.

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  • KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Acellus Academy proudly announces five student recipients of the USA Gymnastics 2023 Award for the Academic All-American Program.
  • Acellus Academy announces five student recipients of the Academic All-American Award from USA Gymnastics.
  • The five Acellus Academy students who received the 2023 Award for the Men's Artistic are:
    The Academic All-American Recognition Award is presented annually at Regional Championships.
  • To qualify for the USA Gymnastics Academic All-American award, students must be current members of USA Gymnastics enrolled in high school (grades 9-12) with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Christian Nationalism

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- I am deeply concerned about the rise of Christian nationalism in this country. I say this not just as a Christian but as the president of Pacific School of Religion (PSR), a progressive Christian seminary founded in 1866.

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  • Dr. David Vásquez-Levy
    BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- I am deeply concerned about the rise of Christian nationalism in this country.
  • I say this not just as a Christian but as the president of Pacific School of Religion (PSR), a progressive Christian seminary founded in 1866.
  • Christian Nationalism, and the ideologies that have fueled it from the very founding of our nation, have left a centuries-long trail of devastation that continues to this day.
  • I urge my fellow Christians to engage their communities and churches to foster understanding and inclusivity across the political divide.

STANFORD ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL LAUNCHES ADVANCED, IMMERSIVE ONLINE MATH COURSE THROUGH UNIVERSITY-LEVEL ONLINE

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- High school students in need of advanced mathematics courses need look no further than Stanford University. Stanford Pre-Collegiate University-Level Online Immersive, a unit of Stanford Online High School, has launched Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra, an online course based on recently developed curriculum for first-year Stanford students.

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  • Stanford Pre-Collegiate University-Level Online Immersive, a unit of Stanford Online High School, has launched Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra, an online course based on recently developed curriculum for first-year Stanford students.
  • A portion of EPGY was a fully-accredited, diploma-granting, online independent school for students in grades 7-12 which is now known as Stanford Online High School.
  • "We are honored to offer high school students the opportunity to take Stanford University-Level Online courses with other highly motivated, math-minded high school students," said Dr. Tomohiro Hoshi, Head of Stanford Online High School.
  • Students at Stanford Online High School are academically advanced, and participate in engaging, real-time online classes from anywhere in the world.

PSR Professor Honors Mentor in "Howard Thurman: Seeking, Queering and Transcending"

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Nov 7th Pacific School of Religion (PSR) professor Rev.

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  • BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Nov 7th Pacific School of Religion (PSR) professor Rev.
  • Blake's lecture, " Howard Thurman: Seeking, Queering and Transcending ," will explore how Thurman's lifelong identity as a "seeker" showed up in his life and work.
  • PSR partners with students of all backgrounds to deepen their spirituality and enhance their capacity to lead in transformative ways.
  • PSR is accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).

PSR Welcomes Most Diverse Class in its 157-Year History

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Combined with continuing students the new class brings PSR's enrollment to its highest in recent history.

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  • Combined with continuing students the new class brings PSR's enrollment to its highest in recent history.
  • PSR has continued its upward enrollment and retention trajectory despite a 15+ year downward trend in seminary enrollment in the United States.
  • PSR partners with students of all backgrounds to deepen their spirituality and enhance their capacity to lead in transformative ways.
  • PSR is accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).

California University of Science and Medicine Granted Institutional Accreditation

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM) today announced it had achieved accreditation status from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).

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  • California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM) today announced it had achieved accreditation status from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
  • Accreditation validates that the CUSM community and its purpose are appropriate and are being accomplished through viable education programs.
  • CUSM worked with WSCUC to prove compliance with the organization’s core commitments, standards and all criteria required for accreditation.
  • To date, CUSM has graduated two classes of Doctor of Medicine (MD) and five classes of Master of Biomedical Sciences students.

Insight California Students to Celebrate Class of 2023 Commencement

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Monday, June 12, 2023

The students at Insight Schools of California ( ISCA ), an online public school serving students in grades 9-12 throughout the state, will celebrate their graduation at three in-person and online commencement ceremonies this week.

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  • The students at Insight Schools of California ( ISCA ), an online public school serving students in grades 9-12 throughout the state, will celebrate their graduation at three in-person and online commencement ceremonies this week.
  • Details for the graduations can be found below or on ISCA’s Facebook page .
  • Accredited by the WASC, ISCA is proud to graduate approximately 385 students this year.
  • Details of the graduation ceremony are as follows:
    June 14: Insight School of California Graduation Ceremony.

Pacific School of Religion announces $3.5M Gift for Ethics Chair

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific School of Religion (PSR) is honored to announce the funding of the Stanley Watson Endowed Chair in Ethics through a legacy gift of $3.5M. The rotating position will be open to existing or visiting faculty engaged in cutting-edge teaching and research on ethics across diverse fields of study, strengthening PSR's 150+ year mission to create spiritually rooted leaders with a strong foundation and formation in ethics.

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  • Alumnx whose work was shaped by the AIDS crisis, studied ethics in healthcare, funds the gift
    BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific School of Religion (PSR) is honored to announce the funding of the Stanley Watson Endowed Chair in Ethics through a legacy gift of $3.5M.
  • The chair is funded by alumnx and former board member Stan Watson (MA '90).
  • Founded in 1866, Pacific School of Religion is an interdenominational seminary, graduate school, and center for social justice committed to a radically inclusive Gospel.
  • PSR is accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).

Success Point College UAE Announces Its New International Academic Partnership With Notre Dame De Namur University in the United States

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Saturday, December 24, 2022

SHARJAH, Arab Emirates, Dec. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Success Point College (SPC) extends its international academic collaboration to the United States.

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  • SHARJAH, Arab Emirates, Dec. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Success Point College (SPC) extends its international academic collaboration to the United States.
  • SPC announced today its new academic partnership with Notre Dame De Namur University (NDNU), the third oldest college in California and the first college in the state to grant women a Bachelor's degree.
  • This partnership will allow the students to earn graduate degrees while living in the USA at the NDNU campus in Belmont, California.
  • Finas Kundil, Managing Director at SPC, said: "UAE attracts people from all around the world for both jobs and business.