Making Virtual School Feel Real with Tonette Price: Field Trips & Events at GCA

Virtual school does not mean every part of the student experience happens behind a screen. In-person opportunities can give students and families meaningful ways to connect with their school community and with one another. In this episode of GCA Unmuted: Voices of Virtual Education, Tonette Price, Assistant Director of Community Partnerships at Georgia Cyber Academy, shares how GCA plans field trips and events for students and families across the state. The conversation explores how locations and experiences are selected, what it takes to coordinate events for a statewide school community, and how in-person experiences can support connection, belonging, and learning. Tonette also reflects on what students and families gain when virtual education creates opportunities to come together in the real world. This episode offers a closer look at how GCA builds community both online and in person. Thanks for listening to GCA Unmuted: Voices of Virtual Education, a podcast documenting how virtual school works in practice at Georgia Cyber Academy. Each episode features educators, staff, and leaders sharing real stories and systems that support teaching and learning in a virtual environment. Learn more about the podcast and explore past episodes at:  https://www.georgiacyber.org/about/unmuted You can also watch full episodes and highlights on our YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@GCAchampions