| When you choose to do your high school diploma | | | | and Languages, things like that. My interests lie |
| from home, you not only have the capability of | | | | more on the artistic side and there was not |
| working at your own pace, without the | | | | anything there to stimulate me. I finally gave up, I |
| distractions and stresses that the high school | | | | felt like I was wasting my time." |
| social scene poses, but you also have the | | | | That's when Jason realized that at Citizens School, |
| capability of choosing the classes that you want, | | | | the choices in course selection are endless. He |
| from a far wider variety of option than what | | | | came across our information while searching for |
| your local high school would be able to offer you | | | | other options and realized that he would be able |
| through night school. | | | | to take artistic classes like painting and graphic |
| At Citizens School, we realize that while | | | | design through our institution, while still achieving a |
| economics and the need to work full time is a | | | | federally recognized high school diploma. While |
| primary motivator for people to leave school prior | | | | adhering to official requirement for a high school |
| to achieving their diploma, we also realize that | | | | diploma, we are able to offer a more outstanding |
| there are many other factors at play. Our | | | | selection that stimulate our students, while they |
| marketing team research has clearly shown that | | | | also complete the required courses to achieve |
| not only do students leave school out of a need, | | | | what they ultimately are looking for a high school |
| they also leave school out of desire, the desire to | | | | diploma with a breadth of selection that is |
| be stimulated more than what their local high | | | | unparalleled. |
| school could provide. | | | | So, if you are thinking that you want to achieve a |
| One interviewee, Jason, put it most bluntly, "I left | | | | high school diploma, but the idea of it makes you |
| school because I was bored. Plain and simple. The | | | | cringe from the memories of high school |
| high school that I went to, did not offer the kinds | | | | boredom, remember that you have more |
| of courses that I was interested in taking. They | | | | opportunities than you think. |
| offered all the necessary stuff, for sure, like Math | | | | |