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Summer Bridge: Helping Students Start 9th Grade Confidently
The Omaha Summer Bridge Program helped students who ended 8th grade on uneasy footing to feel confident and prepared to enter high school this fall.... Read More
Looking Ahead to Fall 2020: Our Plan for Seamless Learning
Quest Forward Academy's Seamless Learning plan protects health and safety and ensures that every student is fully engaged and supported, wherever they are.... Read More
5 Family Commitments for Distance Learning
After several months of distance learning, it's clear that most students managed it, but the results weren't great in most schools. With coronavirus infections rising again around the country, more distance learning is likely for many... Read More
3 Superpowers Every High School Student Needs
If your high school student is like most across the US this past spring, they might have been bored and frustrated. There are three “superpowers” every high school student needs to learn and grow in our complicated world.... Read More
Distance Learning Doesn’t Stop High School Graduates
2020 has been a year of firsts for so many of us. For Quest Forward Academy Omaha, that includes our first graduates. It was with great pride that we held a virtual ceremony (also a first) for our two members of the senior class, Leah... Read More
Distance Learning Done Right
The past school year has been a challenging experience for students, parents, and teachers alike as schools transitioned to distance learning in the face of COVID-19. When schools began to switch from in-person classes to distance... Read More
Omaha Internships: From the Academy to Beyond!
Think back to your high school years. What sticks out? Probably not the Pythagorean Theorem! For many, some of the most formative moments happened outside of the classroom: in a fast food kitchen as we worked our first jobs, at a... Read More
Student Wins the EPA’s High School Video Challenge
The state wide winner of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “See a Bloom, Give it Room” High School Video Challenge has been announced, and it’s our own McKinley, a junior at Quest Forward Academy Omaha! This challenge... Read More