Acceleration Academies
New Markets Team
Mark Grovic
Co-Founder and General Partner
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Dec 10, 2025
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Gwinnett County students to graduate after given second chance with non-traditional, free program, Acceleration Academies
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Traditional high school wasn’t all that smooth for Cobi Dawson. He discovered the Gwinnett County Acceleration Academies program. “Traditional school wasn’t really for me,” Dawson said. “Like people, everybody wants to be alike. They act like people they’re not; they hang around other people they do the wrong things.” The program caters to students who felt traditional high school wasn’t working out. It’s primarily an online program, that also requires them...
Sep 25, 2025
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DeKalb County Acceleration Academies Celebrates New Tucker Campus with Ribbon Cutting
TUCKER, Georgia – On September 22, 2025, DeKalb County Acceleration Academies (DAA), in partnership with DeKalb County School District,...
Jul 24, 2025
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Broward County Public Schools with Acceleration Academies Opens a New Fort Lauderdale School for At-Risk Students — Giving a Self-Paced Path to a High School Diploma
Broward County Public Schools in partnership with Acceleration Academies opens a new non-traditional school for students who are at-risk...
Founded in 2014, Acceleration Academies is a national leader in re-engaging young adults not experiencing success in a traditional high school setting.
Acceleration Academies partners with school districts across the U.S. to offer dropout recovery and re-engagement services, credit recovery, and a flexible personalized alternative for students (and former students) to earn a customary district issued high school diploma. They offer in-person and online options so that students can work anytime from anywhere, plus a social and emotional support system to remove impediments that have caused students to struggle in a traditional setting.
Their research-based program is currently supporting over 5,000 students with "personalized learning plans" in partnership with school districts in eight states.
