Events Calendar
Enrolled Students, Prospective Students
Join us for a K12 Virtual Field Trip to the incredible Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys and meet some sea turtles! The Turtle Hospital contains up-to-date equipment needed to perform a variety of surgeries on different species and sizes of sea turtles.
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Enrolled Students
Step into the spotlight in the 2025 K12 Talent Showdown! Whether you sing, rap, dance, juggle, or play a mean trombone, we want to see you bring it. Open to all K12-powered students in grades K鈥�12. Just grab your phone and film a single-take performance (45 seconds to 2 minutes). No edits, no filters. Just pure, original talent. 馃幀 36 finalists will get to perform LIVE 馃弳 Winners take home $500 馃棑锔� Submit your video by Nov. 17, 2025
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Enrolled Students, Prospective Students
Join us for an exciting K12 Virtual Field Trip to learn all about flying foxes! Head to Sydney, Australia and meet Sandra Guy, a volunteer with Sydney Wildlife Rescue. She checks on colonies of Flying-foxes, looking for orphaned bats that may have lost their mothers due to injury or illness.
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Enrolled Students, Prospective Students
Get into the gathering spirit and meet a biologist to learn about Clearwater Marine Aquarium's fish kitchen and our animal diets! CMA鈥檚 fish kitchen is an important part of the care and feeding of the resident and rescue animals at the facility, including dolphins, sea turtles, and other marine animals.
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Everyone
The K12 Writing Competition invites K鈥�12th grade students to turn their ideas into powerful stories and celebrate their voices as writers. Open to all K12-powered students, the competition invites original submissions in three categories: poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. First-place winners in each category will be awarded $250, and their work will be published in a K12-branded student book. A People鈥檚 Choice winner will also be named in every grade level, highlighting the voices of writers across all ages. When students register, they also gain access to Strider鈥檚 Writers, an exclusive space in the K12 Zone. Here, they can share their work, connect with peers, and explore resources to inspire their craft. More than a contest, the K12 Writing Competition is a celebration of imagination, self-expression, and the power of words.
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Enrolled Students, Prospective Students
Got a bold idea that could change the way we learn? The K12 Innovation Challenge is your chance to show it off! Open to all students in grades 6鈥�12鈥攚hether you attend a K12-powered school or not. Think big, get creative, and pitch your vision for the future of education. You can work solo or team up with friends鈥攋ust submit a 30-second to 2-minute video in one of these categories: 馃挕 Tomorrow鈥檚 Classroom 鈥� Reimagine what learning could be 馃 Student Life Hacks 鈥� Smart solutions for everyday school challenges 馃幃 Gamify It! 鈥� Make learning fun and level up education Make it to the national finals for a chance to win $500! 馃挵 Your ideas can shape what鈥檚 next鈥攁re you in? 馃搮 Submit your video by Feb. 9, 2026
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