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Don’t Procrastinate, Motivate!
Motivation is literally a desire to do things. It is crucial to attaining goals. Motivation is the difference between getting up and doing something or being a couch potato all day. Whether you want...
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Traveling the World with Family: A Mom’s Perspective
This is the second post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. When Mike and I decided to take off for a year to travel the...
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Preparing for College: Start Early, Be Consistent, Finish Strong
Many students fall into the trap of thinking college is something they need to start considering their senior year. Students who wait until then, however, will be much more than a day late and a...
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Making the Journey the Destination
This is the third post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. “There once was a man who became unstuck in the world. He...
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5 Ways to Stay Safe While Traveling the World
This is the fourth post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. August is Travel Safety Awareness Month, and it’s the perfect...
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Meet FLVS Student Kayla
Kayla loved school. She loved her teachers. She loved her friends. However, she really struggled with staying focused and was morally disappointed by the various distractions at her public school. She...
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Never Stop Exploring
This is the fifth post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the...
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Meet FLVS Student Zac
Meet Florida Virtual School student Zac Pullam. Zac has been with FLVS since the summer of 2014. He is a homeschool student, although he takes a pretty full load of classes with FLVS. In January of...
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Congrats to our 2015 Photo Contest Winners
This year, we saw all kinds of inspiring and amazing student stories in our fall photo contest. Over the last two months, students have been sharing images on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook showing...
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What Travel Has Meant to My Career
This is the sixth post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. Traveling has been such an amazing opportunity for me in so...
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Student Researches Sunscreen’s Effects on Oysters
Hi! I’m Madison and I’m a student at FLVS. I attended a Busch Gardens camp in the summer of 2014. There I learned that the park utilizes oysters to naturally filter their lakes. I soon became...
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Travel is the Ultimate Education
This is the seventh post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. Recently, friends of ours withdrew their nine-year old...
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Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle While Traveling
This is the eighth post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. Whether you are planning a “stay-cation” or a global yearlong...
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The Value of a Diverse Education
This is the ninth post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. Most people who live in the United States believe they are...
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How Online Learning Helped Make our Dream Come True
This is the tenth post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. As any parent knows who has children enrolled in an online...
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A Narrow Piece of Geography
This is the eleventh post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. Our around the world trek was accomplished in two stages....
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Let Freedom to Choose…Ring
Choice. It’s a beautiful word. It means having options and being able to select an alternative for something that works for you. Whether you’re male or female, if you live in the United States, you...
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A Life-Changing Experience
This is the final post in a series by the Cooney family about their world travels, made possible by the flexible learning offered at FLVS. For the past 12 months, my family and I have been recounting...
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Cooney World Adventures Blog Series
If you’ve ever dreamed of traveling the world, it may not be as complicated as you think. In 2008, Mike Cooney traveled the world with his wife, Catrell, and three teenage sons, Morgan, Zach, and...
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FLVS Student Pursues her Passion for Animals
This post was written by tenth grade high school student Madison Toonder. Read about Maddie’s oyster research in a previous blog post here. In October 2015, I was awarded a scholarship to attend any...
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