Faith Snelson, from Bristol, PA, began at PA Distance when she was in 9th-grade after learning about it from her enrolled cousin. After being homeschooled prior to enrolling, Faith has benefited from having face-to-face interactions with her teachers and peers. 

Once again, PA Distance is offering fun and educational virtual summer camps beginning this June for students in grades K-12. As many parents lookout for ways to engage their children educationally over the summer, these camps will provide a world of learning opportunities, virtually! This year, PA Distance is offering a whopping 12 virtual summer camps focusing on a variety of topics and interests. 

Ms. Stephanie Faith, joined the ranks at PA Distance during the 2020-2021 school year as the Special Education Coordinator. Although she is new to the cyber education world, she is not new to the education world having held several positions as a special education and regular education teacher, assistant principal, principal, school psychologist and special education coordinator. 

There is no doubt that video games are extremely popular among young adults, including PA Distance students. A recent Pew Research Center study showed that more than 95 percent of high school-age boys and nearly 85 percent of high school-age girls play video games. The study explains that teenagers are making friends while playing video games and are staying connected with their peers at the same time. Today, professional esports are combining popular streaming services with social networking - two things with which teenagers are very familiar. 

Mr. Evan Rumble knew he wanted to be a teacher, specifically an art teacher when he was in high school. You could usually find him hanging out in the art room with his friends where he could be creative and observe what it was like to teach, too. 

The new PA Distance Computer Science program is in full swing. The program, which was rolled out in the 2018-2019 school year, will build year-over-year by introducing new courses for various grade levels. PA Distance believes that computer science is for ALL students and our goal is to offer multiple computer science and technology courses to all students in grades K-12. The courses offered will provide students with the skills they need to succeed in this modern, technology-savvy world. The entire program, and the 13 courses it offers,  will be fully implemented at PA Distance by the 2022-2023 school year.