Pittsfield Students Inducted into National Honor Society from Massachusetts Virtual School
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Eric Worrick and Eric DuPont of Pittsfield were inducted into the National Honor Society (NHS) this spring as part of the first class from TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School (TECCA), the state’s newest and largest full-time, tuition-free virtual public school for students in grades K-12.
NHS is the nation's premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to recognize those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character.
Sixteen students from the sophomore, junior and senior classes at TECCA qualified to join this new chapter of the National Honor Society. Worrick and DuPont are juniors at TECCA.
“Scholarship, leadership, service and character: While these guiding ‘pillars’ of NHS have stood the test of time, the ways in which TEC Connections Academy has recognized your achievements represent a type of educational innovation far beyond the imagination of the founders in 1921,” said Adam Goldberg, Superintendent of TECCA, at the induction ceremony. “The induction of the first NHS class is a terrific milestone in the development of our school.”
The 2015-16 school year is the second for the new school. The success of the virtual school is apparent in the school’s first survey of TECCA parents, which was completed by an independent third party. Ninety percent of parents would recommend TECCA to other families and 85 percent say their child is enjoying the online program. Nearly 80 percent of parents gave the school an “A” or “B” grade, whereas ratings from the 46th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools shows that traditional public schools received only 67 percent “A” or “B” grades from parents.
Parent satisfaction with TECCA’s teachers and curriculum ranges from 85 to 90 percent, with 87 percent of parents agreeing that the use of technology improves the learning experience.
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