You wouldn’t know it from his 1,000-watt smile, but Stanley Cezalien has seen more than his share of trouble. The Haitian native lost family members in the devastating 2010 earthquake, grieved the unrelated deaths of his father and baby sister, and followed his mother to Florida only to find he...

Alison Hansen has always had a way with numbers. But the Bethel Acceleration Academy content coach doesn’t just teach students how to master their math.

Kelly Bolanos is on a roll. A high school diploma in hand, college credits to her name and, soon, a career that feeds her passion for nurturing young children.

For many, if not all, the 25 young women and men who graduated on January 21, a high school diploma once seemed a dream beyond their reach. But with perseverance, grit and support from the educators at St. Lucie Acceleration Academy, they realized that dream and strode into their brighter futures....

Bree Thom grew up in a household riven by drug addiction, but she decided she wanted something better. Her search led her to Bethel Acceleration Academy, where she found a learning community that helped her become her best self and, in December, earn her high school diploma. The Tacoma-based News...

Thien Nguyen dreams of becoming a computer software engineer. But just a few months ago it wasn’t clear that he would be able to graduate on time to start his college studies.