EQA's mission is to develop students so that they have the skills, confidence and experiences they need to continue their education and enter a career upon graduation.

We recognize and encourage each student to take their own path: what is important is that they keep growing and succeeding.

Here is a 2025 Report on our Alumni.

Here are a few updates on our graduates talking about their experience at EQA.

NET:Gentilly Front Office & Attendance Manager: Angel Cummings

January 2020 NET:Gentilly Graduate

Words of wisdom from Angel:

How her life journey has been since graduation:

Life has been a journey filled with lessons. Life started to get real because it was time

to grow up; responsibilities were in full effect. I faced the hard reality of working, going

to school, serving in a church, and helping my parents due to health reasons. Through

all of this, I was trying to find balance, which is harder than it sounds. But through it

all, I’m grateful for my journey because it prepared me for further challenges in the

Future.

What it's like going from student to staff:

Going from student to staff was weirdly awesome! I say that because, as a student, I

would always help the staff, and it felt like I worked for The Net, just unpaid. Now I get

paid for what I do, and when The Net first hired me, I had a chance to work with

teachers who taught me in my last year of high school. It was very different because I

was the youngest in the group, but I started to get more comfortable and grew into my

different positions. Not only that, but building relationships with families and students

became the best part of my job. to see the change in students from when they first

attend to the day they walk across the stage. It lets you see that this job shouldn't be

taken for granted. I can honestly say I know what it means to be a Net Student, even

though things have changed a lot, and I now have a different perspective as a Net staff

member. I have something unique to offer because I have a point of view from both

positions. As a student, you see things through a child’s eyes and often find them

unfair, leading to many questions of why. But as staff, you understand why you have to

handle things differently and why things are the way they are. From time to time, you

still have the question of why, but you push through and handle your responsibilities.

The most challenging thing since graduating:

My biggest challenge has been putting myself first and making myself a priority. When

I first started working for The Net, I was part-time and going to school, but once the

full-time position was offered to me, I made every excuse in the world for why I could

not go to school and work full-time. So I quit school and started giving my job

everything I had. I looked in the mirror and realized I had become a hypocrite because I

would tell students to stop making excuses for why they couldn’t do their Edgenuity

classes, why they couldn’t finish high school, and why they needed to push through to

graduate. I realized the advice I gave them was something I wasn’t following myself. I

got to a point where I needed to heed wise counsel and stop making excuses for why I

couldn’t and start coming up with reasons for how I could.

Most proud of since graduating:

I am so proud that I went back to school. As you read above, that was one of my

biggest challenges: finding a balance between my life and the added responsibilities.

With the support and help of The Net and my parents, I am on track to graduate in a

few years. Yes, the path was laid out before me, but I had to take the necessary steps

and put forth the effort.

Advice for recent graduates:

Live life being grateful, whether or not your life has turned out the way you thought it

would. You graduated and you’re alive! The second thing is, don’t give up on yourself,

whether or not you're where you want to be in life. If you have goals and dreams,

chase them and conquer them because you will always look back wondering what if.

Last but not least, keep pushing forward. There is no harm in trying things in order to

get to where I'm at. I had to try many things I wanted to do with doing that you find out

what you're meant to do is purpose over pleasure.

Once you are at EQA, you are always part of our Family!