Valor Collegiate Academies
Chase Larson is an experienced educator currently serving as a 10th Grade World History Teacher at Valor Collegiate Academies since June 2020. Previously, Chase held teaching positions in 7th Grade English Language Arts and 7th and 8th Grade U.S. History at RePublic Charter Schools from June 2018 to June 2020. Alongside teaching, Chase has been involved as a clothes distributor for Hands and Feet since November 2015 and worked as a driver for Pizza Hut from November 2012 to June 2015. Chase holds a dual degree in Political Science and History from Austin Peay State University, earned between 2013 and 2018.
Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor Collegiate Academies is the first diverse-by-design, public college preparatory charter school in Nashville, TN to serve a holistically diverse background of students. Founded with the mission to empower our diverse community to live inspired, purposeful lives, Valor currently serves 1,900 students across three schools in grades 5-12. At the core of our model is Compass, a nationally-recognized model for comprehensive human development and social-emotional learning. Ranked in the top 5% of Tennessee schools for growth and achievement since opening in 2014, we are proving that schools don’t have to compromise academic results for comprehensive human development.