Launch Student Stories
What’s it like to learn with Launch? Learn from students statewide.
A Checkered Path
Meet Devanshi Chowdada, a middle school Launch student whose long-term goals include attending Harvard, becoming a pediatrician and mastering the…
Savannah Waszczuk
Breakout Room BFFs
After becoming friends in their Launch class, fourth grade students Bristol Michael and Josi Walker have talked every day—and they’ve…
Savannah Waszczuk
One for the Record Books
Meet Jonah Swann: a Launch AP Physics student, a Central High School, Springfield Public Schools (SPS) senior and a new…
Savannah Waszczuk
Dancing Toward Her Dreams
Thanks to the flexibility of Launch, Ladue Horton Watkins Junior Grace Scheffel is currently finishing up her first year of…
Savannah Waszczuk
The Virtual Violinist
Meet Launch student Brianna Chay (pictured), a bright and bubbly 12 year old who recently wrote and published her own…
Savannah Waszczuk
Learning as they go!
Springfield’s Hedley Frank family travels the country with four kids in Launch—and a total of 10 individuals in an RV—as…
Savannah Waszczuk
Sharing Her Story
Eating dessert is a special treat for most kids. For 8-year-old Elinor Rowe, it was an occasional necessity. “If her…
Savannah Waszczuk
A Goalie with Goals
Thanks to the flexibility of Launch courses, Hunter Penberthy is able to follow his passion: playing ice hockey and traveling…
Abby Brownfield
An Author in the Making
Meet Launch student Brianna Chay (pictured), a bright and bubbly 12 year old who recently wrote and published her own…
Savannah Waszczuk
Flexibility for Fitness
Meet Marshfield High School senior Emma Cary, CrossFit’s 2019 “Fittest Teen on Earth,” who is entering her senior year with…
Savannah Waszczuk
Take a Hike!
When he isn’t working on his online classes, Jackson Baskins enjoys trekking dozens of miles on multi-day backpacking trips. Glendale High…
Savannah Waszczuk
Girl’s Got Grit
Recent Parkview High School graduate Alissa Schilling balanced a schedule of volunteering, working and learning with Launch—and she won local,…
Savannah Waszczuk
Launch, Camera, Action!
Meet Launch student Ezrah Noelle, a 17-year-old senior who spent many of her school-age years performing in Branson. Access Launch: When…
Savannah Waszczuk
Wrangling School & Rodeo
A full-time Launch schedule allows Raymore-Peculiar middle school student Alaina Gatz time to train and participate in rodeos nationwide.Alaina Gatz…
Savannah Waszczuk
Puck, Pass, Class!
Thanks to a full-time courseload with Launch, Northwest High School student Alac Gamble is spending his senior year playing hockey…
Caitlin Seiler
Welcome to the Club
Springfield Public Schools student, Alissa Schilling, was recently named Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year for Springfield and…
Caitlin Seiler
Finding Balance
Warrensburg High School junior Alexis Jeffrey is a two-time USAG Junior Olympics Champion and an Elite-level gymnast. Read on to…
Savannah Waszczuk
Change of Course
Springfield Public Schools student Savannah Hollan went from a life of playing volleyball and attending sporting events to learning she…
