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First Arizona Project Challenge Cadet to Graduate With High SchoolDiploma

Two weeks prior to graduating from Arizona Project Challenge, Cadet Michael Jensen will be the first Arizona Project Challenge cadet to graduate with a high school diploma from Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning.

In December of 2008 a partnership was formed between Arizona Project Challenge and Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning in order to give Project Challenge cadets the option of earning credits toward their high school diploma. Prior to the partnership the cadets's only option was to earn their GED (General Equivalency Diploma). However, even this lone option left the cadets and their families, even APC administration, wanting more. Now, the cadets have options.

Every time I visit the campus at Project Challenge, I am amazed at the cadets's response to having educational options, especially those cadets wanting now to pursue their high school diploma, said Paula Bynum, Student Services Director at Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning.

Michael Jensen initially enrolled in Arizona Project Challenge because he struggled with traditional learning in traditional environments. After enrolling in Arizona Project Challenge, Cadet Jensen took full advantage of the partnership with Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning and as a result, will be the first cadet to graduate from the program with a high school diploma. Clark Coldiron, Director of Arizona Project Challenge, said, We fully expected that future cadets would eventually graduate with a high school diploma as the partnership evolved, we just didn'st think it would happen this fast.

Cadet Jensen was able to make the online learning environment work for him, and as a result, has achieved success. Angel Avis, Cadet Jensen'ss Creative Writing teacher, said, As an educator, I tremendously value the moments that allow me to observe a student'ss growth. Cadet Jensen'ss writing not only improved over time, but I watched his overall confidence increase as well. I was truly struck by the amount of maturity and self-reflection skills that he brought to the poetry he created for the course.

What'ss next for Cadet Michael Jensen He wants to study Electrical Engineering and will begin his higher education career at Chandler Gilbert Community College in the summer of 2009. From there, because he now knows he has options, not even the sky is the limit.

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