![]() “They had no fun, there’s no TV,” said Tomica McClellan, Blake’s mom. And don’t forget extra trips to and from lunch and dinner. In order to keep up with his coursework, he needed to walk to and from a library located a mile away from the shelter. “We were homeless for five months, so I didn’t get to have much of a senior year to enjoy. “I wasn’t able to do anything enjoyable for the first half due to being in a shelter,” McClellan said. The McClellans now are renting an apartment thanks to online school, transportation to and from physical schools is not an issue. His dad Chris lost his job as a postal worker due to a car accident that totaled his vehicle. View Gallery: With on-line schools, they can learn and pursue their passions More: He'll go to Alaska if it means cranking up his hockey career He had been bullied at his old school and needed to re-boot somewhere else.Įxacerbating his journey was the fact his family became homeless for five months, just in time for the start of senior year. But if not for the chance to learn online, he might have dropped out a couple of years ago. McClellan, a Monroe resident, graduated as class valedictorian with a 4.05 grade-point average. ![]() McClellan was at the top of the class of 2018, which had about 200 students from all over the state. ![]() ![]() Michigan Virtual Charter Academy is a tuition-free public school that receives just over $7,000 per pupil in state funding. “It’s kind of that euphoric moment where I’m staring out from the summit.” “It’s like trying to climb a mountain and getting blown back down to the bottom and keep trying to climb the same mountain and finally reach the top,” McClellan, 18, said following Michigan Virtual Charter Academy’s graduation June 15 at Suburban Collection Showcase in Novi. Watch Video: Words of 'tough love' inspire Michigan Virtual Charter Academy valedictorian To the summit ![]()
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