Examine how the worlds of alternative education, digital learning, social-emotional learning, and career and technical education collide in an innovative new approach to middle and high school design.The Shelby Academy is a unique marriage of a personalized online learning program, an operationalized GED opportunity, and an alternative school, all using a hybrid learning format, but - more importantly - built on wrapping around a student's educational and social-emotional needs when the traditional learning environment did not fit.  Accomplishing this requires a unique structure, the right technology, and a human touch often forgotten in online learning.  Welcome to a school for ”The Rest of Us”!