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Symposium teaches Stanislaus educators about online learning

June 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Speaker Rob Darrow, former principal of Clovis Online School, said the day is coming when all districts will have online schools, but state funding has to catch up — “virtual” attendance is not enough.

“It takes a while to build. … It’s not a new cash cow,” Darrow said, adding, “Innovations cost money. They just do.”

Modesto City Schools jumped into online learning last fall, projecting it would draw hundreds of independent study and home-schooled students. Modesto Virtual Academy attendance peaked at 135 students and finished the year with only 48, said Principal Eric Andersen. The experience cost the district $325,000.

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“Virtual School” in Lodi Lets Students Study from Home

June 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

LODI—

Log on in Lodi. Instead of going to school, students can stay home and take their tests in their pajamas.

And with tight school budgets, this is new trend school districts across the country are turning to. Like most teens, Shea Killian heads to her room when she needs some space. But unlike most teens, Shea can go to school without leaving her room.

Shea Killian says, “I’m not on the computer for 7 hours and I have free time.” Going to virtual school happened by accident for Shea, literally. She was hit by a car and off her feet for nine weeks. That forced her to sign up for online classes. Her family found out the accident may have been a blessing in disguise. Her mother Jackie Killian says, “This gets her going to study harder and get her work done.”

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‘Hybrid’ Charter Schools on the Rise

June 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Across the country, the numbers of hybrid or blended charter schools are on the rise. Loosely based on the idea of combining face-to-face education with online instruction, these hybrid charters can often look very different. Some are primarily virtual schools that have added a limited face-to-face component. At others, like Flex Academy, students attend school in person daily.

The reasons behind the popularity of such schools are as myriad as their forms. For the for-profit virtual charter school companies, it’s good business, since the number of students who can participate in full-time online schools is limited. In other cases, financial woes have pushed charter schools to think about new ways to deliver learning. Others cite the goal of ultra-personalization in giving students both an online teacher and a face-to-face one.

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Golden Valley Charter, Virtual Charter schools celebrate graduates

June 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Graduation day was the first and last time that Halley Pearson and her fellow graduates would ever meet.

The 13 students from Ventura-based Golden Valley Charter School and Golden Valley Virtual Charter School never entered a classroom to work toward their diplomas.

Instead, they were home-schooled or enrolled in online learning programs overseen by teachers who ensured they met state standards for graduation.

On Saturday, they found themselves standing side by side in blue caps and gowns in front of an auditorium filled with more than 100 relatives, teachers and friends.

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Pivot Online Charter School North Valley Expands to Include Grades 9-12 for Upcoming School Year

June 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Pivot Online Charter School, North Valley, a free online public school that offers full-time programs for students in Butte and surrounding counties, announced today that it has added a high school program for the 2011-2012 school year. Under new authorization from the Golden Feather Union Elementary School District near Oroville, Pivot Charter School is now serving grades 6-12. Pivot North Valley is ideal for many students, including accelerated learners looking for Advanced Placement and dual-credit classes, students missing credits and needing to catch up, those needing a flexible schedule in order to pursue outside interests, and many others. A local information session has been scheduled for June 22 to help prospective students and parents learn more about the innovative online and site-based program during its open enrollment period for the fall 2011 semester.

Pivot Online Charter School, North Valley complies with all California graduation requirements and offers a rigorous, standards-based curriculum and comprehensive student support and assistance. The school features both on-site and online classes and tutoring, more than 15 Advanced Placement courses, credit recovery and early graduation options. Students can jump-start their college careers with dual enrollment in college courses. In addition to on-site teachers available to provide daily oversight, motivation and academic support during school hours, Pivot students have online access to California-certified teachers who can provide immediate assistance 24 hours a day.

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Oak Christian School opens its doors to online world

June 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Moorpark resident Selina Farrell, whose son Joseph recently enrolled in the full-time online program, said her family chose Oaks Christian School because it supports their values and the new program includes personalized college guidance.

“We’re very excited about this opportunity. We’re really looking for a college-oriented education because (Joseph) is serious about getting a degree in computer science and he’s very academic,” said Farrell, a law school teacher at Pepperdine University.

Joseph, who is 15, is homeschooled through California Virtual Academy, a free public school program serving thousands of students. He will enter 10th grade this fall.

“We wanted more support for him in a smaller class environment. Sometimes in public school programs there can be up to 200 kids in one online class session, which makes the teacher inaccessible,” Farrell said.

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Marketing Campaign Underway To Boost Enrollment At New LEUSD Online Academy

June 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Lake Elsinore Unified School District is using billboards, vehicle wraps, banners around town, and word of mouth to boost enrollment at its new online charter school.

To date, advertising and promotional efforts for Southern California Online Academy — which is slated to begin operation on Aug. 11 — has attracted 164 students.

And the district plans to continue its marketing campaign.

The goal is to have 300 students enrolled in the school this year and to continue to boost interest in the program, which provides education via computer and communication with online instructors.

Godinez said that although, it has been a lot of work preparing for an online school, the effort has been rewarding. “I love it,” she said, noting that she has had the previous experience of opening an online school in Idaho.

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Online school to enroll 100 new students

May 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Student registration and enrollment has begun for Northern California’s new tuition-free, online school for grades kindergarten through 12th Lost Coast Virtual Academy.

Only 100 student openings are available from Tehama County and the following counties Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Lake, Glen and Sonoma.

Leggett Valley Unified School District offers this personalized, high-quality educational opportunity to students in all surrounding counties, regardless of geographic location.

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Pivot Online Charter School North Bay to Hold Local Information Sessions for Prospective Students

May 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

May 27, 2011 (Business Wire) — Pivot Online Charter School, North Bay has scheduled local information sessions June 6-7 to help prospective students and parents learn more about the innovative online and site-based program during the school’s open enrollment period for the fall 2011 semester.

Pivot Online Charter School, North Bay is a free online public school that offers full-time programs for students, grades 6-12, in Sonoma and surrounding counties. The school complies with all California graduation requirements and offers a rigorous, standards-based curriculum and comprehensive student support and assistance. Pivot North Bay is made possible by leading online learning provider Advanced Academics, which supplies the program’s learning management system, curriculum and online teaching staff. Advanced Academics provides online education options to more than 100 school districts and charter schools in more than 30 states.

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MORENO VALLEY: Trustees scrap proposed high school sites

May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The school board has rejected two sites for a fifth high school in Moreno Valley and will start looking for a less expensive alternative.

One popular idea is to explore converting a vacant Home Base building into a school at The Festival shopping center on Hemlock Avenue.

Among the other possibilities are a virtual high school with more online learning in a partnership with Riverside Unified, moving sixth-graders back to elementary schools to free a middle school for 1,200 high school students, finding smaller sites for magnet schools devoted to the arts or sciences or changing boundaries.

The trustees voted 4-1 Tuesday night to scuttle both proposed sites north of Highway 60, each of which would have cost at least $100 million or more.

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