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About PopScholar.com

Improving the lives of students, improves the world for us all.

PopScholar is a social networking site that helps students put together a comprehensive and organized Album of Accomplishments. Students can post text, pictures, YouTube linked videos, Word documents and PDF files to their album. Students can organize their album under the 5 Straight A categories of Academics, Activities, Altruism, Art and Athletics and students can tag posts for more specific sorting.

Students can invite people they know and trust to be their mentors, to see their album and to support their work. Students do not connect with other students. The student Album is accessible only to those mentors specifically invited by the student and only invited mentors can view the album. Students are encouraged to choose mentors who are willing to provide them with the reinforcement, encouragement, and wisdom they need to live a successful and meaningful life.

PopScholar was first envisioned by Steve Parsons, a psychology teacher at Lane Tech High School and an adjunct professor at North Park University in Chicago, Illinois. With the help of fellow Chicago Public School teachers Vince Caputi and Peter Vlahos, the idea was developed over the course of the 2013-2014 school year. In the spring of 2014 Americaneagle.com was contracted to build the website. Thank you to Tim Benson, our Project Manager, for doing a great job.

On September 8, 2014 PopScholar was launched.

As technology continues to create new educational opportunities, PopScholar offers a safe and supportive forum for students to present their best work. As mentors provide reinforcement and guidance, it is our hope that students using PopScholar will grow into well-rounded and thoughtful individuals who reach their full potential and contribute to the improvement of our world.