Online learning program gives Simi students another way to earn credits

The Simi Valley Unified school board has approved the purchase of an online learning program that will allow students to recover credits this summer and attend a virtual school in the fall.

At a special meeting April 14, the board unanimously approved the purchase of the APEX Learning Digital Curriculum, which will operate from four computer labs at Simi Valley High School.

The purchase price of $55,050 includes one year of digital access to ClassTools Virtual containing general studies and Advanced Placement course materials and examination preparation tools for AP testing, California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Mathematics and CAHSEE English- Language Arts.

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Turlock school board approves ‘eCademy’

TURLOCK — School board members moved ahead Tuesday night with a proposal that aimed at bringing life back to a shuttered campus and drawing back 100 or so students lost to other districts every year.

On a 6-0 vote — trustee Loren Holt was absent — The Turlock Unified School District voted to pursue a petition to turn the former Crane School into an “eCademy” that would offer home school, independent study and online learning options for students from kindergarten through high school.

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High school from home

A new program at Maidu High School in Auburn offers students an option to go to class without coming to school.

This year the school, which gives high schoolers a variety of independent study options, is offering completely online courses through the Placer Union High School District’s Online Learning Program.

Maidu High School offers several learning options to students. They include 100-percent-virtual learning, which means students have an on-campus adviser, but are taking all of their classes online from home. There is also blended learning, which involves students taking online classes in some subjects and then attending either full or small group classes with an instructor in other subjects.

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San Francisco Flex Academy to Open Downtown This Fall

The school will offer both onsite classroom instruction with highly qualified, credentialed teachers and state-of-the-art online learning provided by K12 Inc., America’s largest provider of online school programs for students in kindergarten through high school. There is no tuition to attend this public charter school.

SF FLEX will incorporate an innovative hybrid learning model that uses a combination of traditional classroom instruction and online learning. Every student is given a customized learning plan. Students will have greater freedom to progress through their individual learning plan at their own pace and receive quality instruction, support, and individual attention from highly skilled teachers. SF Flex provides engaging and personalized learning that is designed to maximize each student’s full potential—an education that fits the individual student, not the masses—so kids of all backgrounds and aptitudes can thrive in high school and beyond.

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