Missouri Connections Academy News
- May 13, 2024 – Missouri Connections Academy Celebrates the Class of 2024
- January 24, 2024 – Pearson’s Connections Academy Partners with HOSA–Future Health Professionals
- September 28, 2023 – Connections Academy Partners with Home Depot for Trade Career Prep
- June 20, 2023 – Pearson's Connections Academy Launches College and Career Prep Initiative
- April 15, 2023 – Missouri Connections Academy student Caitlin Fuller has been inducted into the National Honor Society. Learn more in the Daily Journal.
- February 5, 2023 – Interview on The Talking Points Podcast with Missouri Connections Academy school leader Lynsie Hunt, Falcon View Connections Academy principal Anne Wasmund and Ohio Connections Academy superintendent Marie Hanna celebrating National School Choice Week and what school choice looks like in their respective states.
- January 23, 2023 – Missouri Connections Academy student Kyndric Flye is highlighted in the Southest Missourian as January Student of the Month.
- November 22, 2022 – Missouri Connections Academy school leader Lynsie Hunt thanks legislative leaders for giving school choice back to parents and caregivers in the state of Missouri in this "Thankful For" Columbia Missourian letter to the editor.
- October 7, 2022 – Missouri Connections Academy (MOCA) students Charlotte Brown and Ariana Howard are named Students of the Month for October. Learn more in the Kansas City Patch.
- September 6, 2022 – Missouri families invited to learn more about full-time online school
- September 5, 2022 – Missouri Connections Academy (MOCA) School Leader Lynsie Hunt discusses the difference between emergency learning and full-time online school, the types of students who thrive at MOCA and more in this in-depth interview on KMOX-AM.
- April 21, 2022 – Missouri Connections Academy (MOCA) is mentioned in a News Tribune article about a charter school funding bill that was recently passed.
- April 14, 2022 – MOCA is mentioned in a KRCG-TV story about bills in the state aiming to expand access to virtual education
- March 25, 2022 – MOCA student Jayseon Wade is named Student of the Month for his outstanding accomplishments. Read more about this amazing student and how full-time online school has helped him advocate for himself on the Florissant Patch.
- February 15, 2022 – MOCA School Leader Lynsie Hunt discusses why families should be able to choose the right school for their child in this Columbia Missourian op-ed.
- January 27, 2022 – "I'm her mother...I know what is best for her. It should not have to take an advocate to get what I need," says Missouri Connections Academy (MOCA) School Leader Lynsie Hunt on her experience trying to enroll her daughter in the full-time online school. Learn more in this News Tribune article.
- March 31, 2021 – "When these students see that there are people that see them and genuinely care about their success and are successful themselves, they realize they too can work towards and achieve whatever their dreams may be," says MOCA teacher Jacob Smith. Read more about Jacob and how he engages students in this Fenton-High Ridge Patch story.
- March 17, 2021 – Missouri Connections Academy (MOCA) School Leader Lynsie Hunt's commentary, "School choice could be the most important choice for many Missouri students.” Read more in the Columbia Daily Tribune.
- June 17, 2020 – New Tuition-Free Full-Time Online School Approved to Serve Missouri Families Statewide
- March 24, 2019 – COVID-19 Response: Connections Academy Gives Access to K-12 Online School and Resources
- June 24, 2019 – Connections Academy Online Schools Celebrate High School Graduation Nationwide
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