Madison County Virtual Academy (MCVA) recognized its graduating class of 2025 and highlighted student achievement figures during its commencement program.

In his remarks, Scott McMicken, principal of Madison County Virtual Academy, praised graduates and the school’s staff, saying, "You have gone through valleys and hills to get here today." The ceremony also included formal recognition of district leaders and a pronunciation of graduates by Delia Roberts under authority from the Alabama State Department of Education.

Why this matters: MCVA’s reported figures provide a snapshot of how the virtual campus’s seniors performed on college- and career-readiness measures that affect postsecondary options and workforce entry.

MCVA reported the following outcomes announced during the ceremony: 62 students met at least one ACT benchmark used as a college- and career-ready indicator; 11 students earned qualifying scores on Advanced Placement tests; 65 students scored silver or higher on the WorkKeys assessment; 27 students earned at least one college credit while in high school; 107 students passed a credentialing test in an approved career-technical course; and 30 students completed a career-technical program. The school also announced that five graduates had enlisted in the military.

The principal and presenters emphasized the role of teachers and families in the outcomes. McMicken asked the audience to acknowledge faculty and parents during the ceremony; earlier in the program Joshua Gaston invited district leaders and administrators to stand for recognition.

School officials noted the state’s college- and career-readiness recognition: a few years ago Alabama established indicators that can be used to show a student is college- and career-ready; MCVA cited the number of students meeting at least one such benchmark during the ceremony. The school also described its local honors criteria: students graduating with an honors cord must have at least a 90 average across four years of high school.

The ceremony included other program elements — a first-time appearance by the MCBA choir and a student commencement address — and ended with Delia Roberts announcing graduates and formally pronouncing the class of 2025 as high school graduates by the authority vested by the Alabama State Department of Education.

Details and limitations: counts and program descriptions came from remarks read at the ceremony; the transcript did not specify the total number of MCVA graduates, the precise denominators for each metric, or postgraduation destinations for all students. Funding sources, districtwide comparisons, and longitudinal trends were not provided during the program.