--- title: Blog - Acceleration Academies | Jeffrey Good (28) description: Stories and insights from Acceleration Acedmies (28) --- [![acceleration academies logo](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/wp-content/themes/acceleration-academies/library/images/placeholder/aa-logo.png) ![acceleration academies logo](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/wp-content/themes/acceleration-academies/library/images/placeholder/aa-logo-footer.png)](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/) - The Program « Back - [High School Completion](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/the-program/high-school-completion/) - [Our Flexible Approach](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/the-program/our-flexible-approach/) - [Personalized Teaching](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/the-program/personalized-teaching/) - [Career Coaching](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/the-program/career-coaching/) - [Meet Our Graduates](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/the-program/ourgraduates/) - [Social Support & Aid](https://www.accelerationacademies.org/the-program/social-support-aid/) - 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But she had a spark of talent — both intellectual and academic — and people who stood ready to fan it. [![](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CCAAPatrickBell.jpg)](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-5-7-that-phone-call-it-changed-my-life) ## [‘That Phone Call, It Changed My Life’](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-5-7-that-phone-call-it-changed-my-life) May 20, 2021 | Jeffrey Good After Patrick Bell began high school, his parents didn’t encourage him to study hard. Instead, he says, they encouraged him to drop out. “They never really supported me in school. At a very young age, they wanted me drop out of school and support my 11 siblings.” [![](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CCAA2BDiamond2Band2BJavier.jpg)](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-5-13-celebrating-our-young-moms) ## [Celebrating Our Young Moms](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-5-13-celebrating-our-young-moms) May 14, 2021 | Jeffrey Good Some of our most dedicated graduation candidates are not only working hard for their high school diplomas, but also striving to be the best possible mothers to their children. In honor of Mother’s Day Week, we have been profiling some of them on our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Instagram... [![](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MDAAMarcOrbegozoportrait-scaled.jpg)](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-5-5-gotta-better-yourself-gotta-look-forward) ## [‘Gotta Better Yourself. Gotta Look Forward’](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-5-5-gotta-better-yourself-gotta-look-forward) May 6, 2021 | Jeffrey Good To meet Marc Orbegozo, you’d think he’s had life figured out for a long, long while. At age 22, he’s an accounting major at Miami-Dade College with plans for rooting out financial corruption as an FBI agent. He’s happily married, self-supporting, a successful young adult. 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[![](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SAA252BKevin252BSierra252Band252Bbig252Bfam.jpg)](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-3-18-brothers-find-their-way-at-sarasota-acceleration-academies) ## [Educators Help Brothers Find Their Future at Sarasota Acceleration Academies](https://info.accelerationacademies.org/blog/2021-3-18-brothers-find-their-way-at-sarasota-acceleration-academies) April 29, 2021 | Jeffrey Good GC, Kevin Sierra Celebrates with his father, sister and brother. 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Her family was homeless and she couldn’t afford a computer to do coursework remotely. 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