A TRADITION
OF SUCCESS AND INNOVATION
ECOT was the first online charter school in the nation to graduate students. It was a proud day for ECOT
when those 21 high school graduates who comprised the very first ECOT class beginning in 2000 and graduating in
Spring 2001, received their diplomas. Every year since then the number of
high school students graduating from ECOT has increased dramatically, rising to over 1700 graduates in 2011.
- In 2001, ECOT graduated 21 students.
- In 2011, over 1700 students graduated from ECOT.
In 2001, ECOT’s first graduation ceremony was held in the Atrium of the historic Ohio
Statehouse, located on Capitol Square in downtown Columbus. Since then as class sizes grew, larger venues have
become necessary to accommodate the number of graduates, family, and friends. The ECOT graduation
ceremonies are presently being held at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University
in Columbus.
Because ECOT provides academic flexibility to accommodate a wide variety of learning styles, interests, and special
circumstances, graduates from ECOT have attended college, pursued varied careers, and become members of the
armed forces. To help with college costs, ECOT makes scholarship opportunities available for ECOT graduates.
In addition to the growth of graduating classes, ECOT has also accelerated in the growth of technological
advancements for the delivery of education. ECOT students log on to school and are taught using the IQity® e‐Learning Platform.
Developed and perfected over years of use, refinement, and
evolution as technology advanced, IQity® is the most complete solution available for the
electronic search and delivery of curriculum, courses, and other learning objects. In addition to the thousands of
ECOT students using it, IQity® delivers over one million courses each year throughout the country as a proven
success for students, teachers, school administrators, school district offices, as well as state, regional, and national
education officials.
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