Learner Spotlights
Learner Spotlight: Korban & Emma
Korban and Emma are two artistic iLEAD Exploration learners! Homeschooling has given them an opportunity to explore many unique passions and interests. Korban enjoys learning about flight and developing skills such…
LEARNER SPOTLIGHT: EMILY SPECHT
Emily is a sophomore in high school. She loves the flexibility and freedom she has with iLEAD Exploration. She is passionate about art and loves that she can use her…
Learner Spotlight: Nadia Salinas
Nadia is an iLEAD Exploration learner who is in fifth grade. She and her family believe that homeschooling is a gift and a joy! There was a time when Nadia…
Learner Spotlight: Tala Peterson
Ninth-grader Tala Peterson (age 15) loves the flexibility of homeschooling with iLEAD Exploration because she can go on adventures any day she chooses! Her favorite grand adventure was visiting Iceland,…
Learner Spotlight: Legend and Maverick Maltin
iLEAD learners Legend and Maverick Maltin are two adventurous learners. Homeschooling has allowed them the gift of learning through hands-on, interactive experiences. They gain valuable insight from new places and the people…
Learner Spotlight: The Strom Family
Even though they are new to homeschooling, the four Strom learners: Karen (10), Bennett (9), William (6), and Matthew (4) are OWNING homeschool life! On their first day, the boys…
Learner Spotlight: Ballinger Brothers
The Ballinger brothers, Brody (grade 9), Ronin (grade 7), and Owen (grade 4) can be found most days in or near the water. Although their competitive water polo and swim…
Learner Spotlight: Carson Sandlin
Carson is a high school learner with iLEAD Exploration. His passion for fishing started at the young age of 4 when he began tying his own hooks and cleaning the…
Learner Spotlight: Riley Bristol
Riley loves the freedom of homeschooling! He is a high school learner who is also earning college credit through dual enrollment at a local junior college. In his free time, Riley…
Learner Spotlight: Kallie & Dodge
Kallie (5th grade) and Dodge (3rd grade) Olson are beginning their third year of homeschooling with iLEAD Exploration. As a family they especially enjoy studying history. They both love the…
Learner Spotlight: Emma & Ellie
The Sousa sisters (say that five times fast!) are accomplished gymnasts. Ellie (10th grade) competes in trampoline and Emma (7th grade) competes in artistic gymnastics. Together they compete in acrobatics….
Learner Spotlight: The Jensen Girls
The Jensen family is starting their fourth year with iLEAD Exploration. Eilee is in 6th grade, Emme is in 2nd grade, and Eden is in kindergarten. These sisters love anything related to music! Homeschooling…
Learner Spotlight: Maximus Gomez
Maximus Gomez enjoys learning about the human body and how it all works together. He is so interested in both the human body and robotics that he has decided to…
Learner Spotlight: Lucy and Jack Kurtenacker
Lucy and Jack Kurtenacker are two of iLEAD Exploration’s amazing learners. Lucy has been homeschooled for two years and this is Jack’s first year to be homeschooled. Both Lucy and…
Learner Spotlight: Claire and Will Larson
Claire and Will Larson are two talented and enthusiastic learners who are new to iLEAD Exploration this year. These siblings lean into their passions on a daily basis and are…
Learner Spotlight: Wyatt Stockstill
Wyatt Stockstill is completing his first year with iLEAD Exploration as a TKer! It has been a great year for him! Wyatt has been learning so many exciting things. He…
Learner Spotlight: The Beck Family Trio
Avery, Garrett, and Grady Beck have been homeschooled their entire lives. They joined iLEAD Exploration during the 2016-17 school year. Being home schooled has allowed each one of them to…
LAPD Youth Leadership Cadet Training
After an 18-week LAPD Youth Leadership Cadet Training, 8th grader Daniel McBee graduated (Devonshire Division) along with over 400 Los Angeles Police Cadets at the USC Galen Center. Mayor Eric…
Learner Spotlight: Ariyah Hope
Ariyah Hope is a lovely third grader. Having always learned at home with her parents and many siblings, Ariyah’s world is full of fun and relaxing adventures. She says her…
Learner Spotlight: The Dynamic Duo
The de Vera sisters have been with iLEAD Exploration since it first started. Milena is a sophomore in high school and her sister Miya is in seventh grade. This dynamic…
Learner Spotlight: Emma Fowler
Emma Fowler is an amazing young lady who is smart, talented, funny and always ready with a smile and a positive attitude! She is a seventh grader with iLEAD Exploration…
Learner Spotlight: Rafa’ella Ruelas de la Cruz
Meet Rafa’ella Ruelas de la Cruz or (as her friends call her) Rafa. This is Rafa’s first year homeschooling. She has enjoyed her experience thus far, because it enables her…
Learner Spotlight: Daniela Sotomayor
Meet Daniela, a third grader with an amazing outlook on life and a desire to learn! Daniela has been homeschooled “since forever” and started with iLEAD Exploration in the fall….
Learner Spotlight: Natalie Saavedra
Natalie is a seventh grader with a great attitude toward learning. This is her first year with iLEAD Exploration and she couldn’t be happier! Homeschool has provided a learning environment…