Welcome to our Season 1 Recap! We have had an amazing first season with some truly inspiring guests. Thank you so much to each of our guests for coming on the podcast and sharing your stories. We’ve talked to educators, providers, an elected official, and parents on the show, and it was fascinating to […]
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Welcome back to We Have Hope! We have a special guest on the show with us today. Alden Kiertzner, founding principal of Pathways Early College Academy is here with us to share about their program. PECA is an online High School Academy partnered with Pathways College. Pathways College started with a mission to bring
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In today’s episode, we are learning more about Emmanuel Christian School in Clarksburg, West Virginia. ECS focuses on providing a classical Christian education to their students. The school is in it’s 50th year! ECS is an extension of Emmanuel Baptist Church. They are first and foremost a ministry, so they are dedicated to helping
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The process of preparing, getting accepted, and choosing a college can be overwhelming for both students and parents.. but today’s guest prides herself in helping families along the way. Jamie Dickenson is a Certified Educational Planner in Charleston, West Virginia. She typically begins her work with students when they are in 8th grade. Jamie
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In today’s episode, we are sitting down with Heidi Treu, executive director and founder of West Virginia Academy. West Virginia Academy is West Virginia’s first charter school. After moving to West Virginia, Heidi & her husband started their children in public school. One year into their public education, it was apparent to the parents
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Today on the show, we have special guest West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore. Treasurer Moore started out as a welder maintaining mining equipment. He worked his way through college, and went on to work on Capitol Hill on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a National Security Advisor. Eventually, he left government and
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Today on We Have Hope, we are chatting with our editor and friend, Victoria Evans. Victoria lives in Salem, West Virginia with her husband Travis and their two children. In our conversation today, Victoria shares about challenges her daughter had before, during, and after the school shutdowns, and how school choice made a way
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Seven years ago, Kristine Ayers Cline saw a need. She was in a field in which she worked with people with disabilities and she started to notice a pattern: Many of those she worked with would come into her office asking for help to file for social security benefits. She had the ability to
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Welcome back to the We Have Hope Podcast! Today on the show, we are chatting with Angie Channell, founder of Mountaineer Homeschool Hub. In 2011, Angie’s son came to her and asked her to be homeschooled. He was in second grade at the time and was being bullied in school. After some research and
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Welcome back to the We Have Hope Podcast! Today, we are chatting with Rishira Dille – Program Coordinator for WVU High School ACCESS Early College Program. WVU High School ACCESS Early College Program allows 10th-12th grade students to take college courses while still attending High School. The only requirement is a 3.0 grade point
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