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Student Spotlight: Rohan

Sammed Shikharji, Jharkhand, India Trip By: Rohan, Cortona Academy Class of 2019 Rohan’s project for Cortona Academy’s Award Program. Overview of planned activities: Details of the Trip: I wanted to visit one of the holiest Jain Pilgrimage place in India, which is called Sammed Shikharji. It is located in eastern part of India and is …

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Jason

Northern Virginia parents are well-versed in what it takes to be an academically successful student. For some students that road is hard, for others it is easy, and for some it’s just boring. Some students want more out of their high school years than a perfect record and great test scores. What parents don’t understand, …

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Gaia

The measure of a student’s academic success is something that, from the very first grade, is ingrained into our minds as having to do with grades and test scores. Students are judged and measured by numbers and performance. But what happens when a student’s scores and grades are fine, but their learning and focusing issues …

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From Student to Professor

This school year is coming to a close and Cortona Academy’s 26th Graduation ceremony is just around the corner. In honor of the closing of a chapter and the beginning of a new facet in life, this month Cortona Academy is featuring Professor Eric. As a member of Cortona Academy’s graduating class of 2002, Professor Eric …

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