NorthStar Academy student Sheaffer Stanfill is the first person to ever shoot a perfect score at the Junior World Skeet Championship. He is also ranked #1 in the world in his age division for skeet shooters. Listen as he shares his experience as a student at NSA and how the flexibility allows him to pursue his dream. Sheaffer will share some struggles he had when first transitioning to online school and how great it was to have real teachers who were there for him to support him.

Show Notes:

1:36 – Self-motivation is something I have struggled with. It’s hard to motivate yourself especially when you have so many things going on around you.

2:36 – What do you think you’ve picked up from online learning?

3:50 – Online school is a different approach from going to a brick and mortar school.

4:43 – I wake up in the morning and practice shooting, come back in and get my school work done and then go back out and practice again.

6:56 – Online school would be a good fit for anyone who wants to have a more flexible schedule.

7:20 – “Online schooling has let Sheaffer follow his dreams.”

8:54 – Sheaffer has given a few lessons to people who have reached out. He wants to give back what other people have given to him

10:45 – “I have been going out to the range since I was four.”

11:35 – This is one of the few sports that a young person can walk out there beside a 45-year-old professional ranked #1 in the world and shoot next to him and be competitive.”

12:27 – At NSA, they get their grades back pretty fast so they can see if they need to improve.

14:43 – “I took a painting class and it was very fun.”

15:34 – “I wouldn’t have been able to travel and obtain a top 30 spot in the world if it had not been for NorthStar.”

16:22 – “Anything that requires training and extra time, NorthStar has been great to give us that freedom that we could adjust his schedule to what it needed to make it work for him.”