{"id":10329,"date":"2019-05-31T20:09:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10329"},"modified":"2019-05-31T20:09:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T20:09:06","slug":"home-schooled-children-win-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10329","title":{"rendered":"Home Schooled Children Win Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10320\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10320\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/010.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/010-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lalonde family and clinic staff after receiving the award. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Educating their children in a home setting has been a priority for a Laguna Vista couple who believe in the benefit of home schooling.<br \/>\nAnd for Adam and Cara Lalonde that has paid off.<\/p>\n<p>Their children Ava, Aiden, and Beckett have earned top honors from the Private Schools Interscholastic Association statewide academic competition.<\/p>\n<p>PSIA is a non \u2013profit education organization that serves all privately-schooled students from first through eighth grades.<br \/>\nCara Lalonde has been educating their children at home since each child was a toddler while her husband has been working as a dentist at the Los Fresnos Dental Center.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, their children received the top honors in a number of areas they competed against students taught at home.<\/p>\n<p>The competition included mathematics, creative writing, vocabulary and listening skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel really great,\u201d Ava, who is 12 years old said, after learning of the award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud of mom and dad,\u201d her 10 years old sibling, Aiden, said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10321\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10321\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/012-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/012-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/012-1-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/012-1-405x379.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right are Beckett, Aiden and Ava Lalonde. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Adam Lalonde, a Canadian native, said they moved to this part of the United States to live near the water and ended up settling in Laguna Vista.<\/p>\n<p>He said he and his wife opened the dental clinic 13 years ago and as time went by, they expanded the business hiring 13 employees today.<\/p>\n<p>The Lalonde children won the competition after they previously took top honors in a regional event held earlier this year in McAllen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Tony Vindell\/LFN Educating their children in a home setting has been a priority for a Laguna Vista couple who believe in the benefit of home schooling. And for Adam and Cara Lalonde that has paid off. 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