It has helped me raise the ceiling on what’s possible.

The Yass Prize has empowered our youth, families and community by bringing great visibility to our efforts.

And through that, we were able to open up our second campus in the city of Wichita.

The Yass Prize is almost like Burning Man for education reform.

including public recognition from our Governor and partnership conversations with other education innovators from around the country.

We believe very much that microschools should be bottoms up, they come from the community. They're founded by educators who know their community really well. And they want to design a learning environment for the kids in that community.

When we originally applied, we simply provided supplemental support services to homeschooling families. Now, we are growing into an education network that provides community, coaching, and curriculum nationwide.

we have to find academic experiences that represent neuro-divergent learners, kids who want to learn about gaming, who want to do stuff online, who dropped out of school.

It's given us an opportunity to start critical discussions with our congregations, parents, community leaders and members, about the laws that govern education in Pennsylvania.