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Calvert Virtual Academy Introduces Next Generation in Homeschooling

Calvert Virtual Academy Introduces Next Generation in Homeschooling

BALTIMORE, July 29 -- Calvert School is delighted to introduce Calvert Virtual Academy (CVA), a virtual school option for middle school students. Calvert Virtual Academy students will learn at home in a robust online learning environment that includes assignments, self-paced assessments, threaded discussions and multimedia activities, video and audio exercises, and evaluations.Traditional homeschooling provides individual...

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Date: 2010-07-29 15:00:58
Website: Citybizlist

Related topics : online homeschooling programs for high school students / families in support of home education / virtual home schools

IHSAA Meetings To Reconsider Non-traditional Athletes | News ...

Currently, 27 states, including Indiana, do not allow non-traditional students – those who are home schooled or attend non-accredited and virtual schools to compete in interscholastic athletics at home district schools. There are 21 states that do, and two others leave it to the school districts to decide.

IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox thinks that students should be held to certain academic standards to be allowed to compete in state-sanctioned athletics.

“Currently, in the state of Indiana,...

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Date: 2011-12-12 12:47:13
Website: WFIU Local News Podcast

Related topics : department of education home school / virtual home schools

K12.com - Virtual School AND Summer Camps - Homeschool ...

We are off on a new adventure with the 2011-12 school year - the Chicago Virtual Charter School using the K12 curriculum. So far, I'm excited about the quality of what K12 brings, but somewhat apprehensive about the charter/public school aspect of things. This is a low-cost introduction to virtual schooling, though, and if we like K12 but not the Charter aspect, we may start saving and invest ourselves in 2012. Over the last few weeks, we've been introduced to an aspect of virtual school at K12...

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Date: 2011-07-31 00:39:51
Website: Homeschool Savings Blog

Related topics : homeschool virtual school / information about home school / virtual home schools

K 12 Virtual Homeschooling Curriculum Review

K12 virtual homeschooling curriculum provides this concerned mom a way to school her sons at home, and enjoy many perks of government-funded education. Read her review... I have been using K12 virtual homeschooling curriculum with the Ohio Virtual Academy going on three years now, to home school my sons, ages 15, 14, and 12. They offer fun interactive lessons, complete teacher resource guides, student guides, and oodles of materials! I am so encouraged by the progress and fluency that my boys...

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Date: 2009-08-19 21:49:26
Website: Homeschool Savings Blog

Related topics : homeschooling for the summer / homeschooling curriculum materials / homeschooling curriculum used

Our Homeschooling Experience | GregoryPittman.com ...

Officially, our kids are students at the South Carolina Virtual Charter School. We use their curriculum, which is provided by K12.com.

I have been told by homeschooling parents, “Oh, it’s a public charter school. You’re just doing it at home? Well, you’re not really ‘homeschooling.’” We’ve been doing school. We’ve been doing school at home. We’ve been homeschooling. We may not have used the Bob Jones or Abeka curricula many homeschool families use, but we’ve been...

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Date: 2011-09-30 13:30:31
Website: GregoryPittman.com

Related topics : what is the best homeschool curriculum / homeschooling charter schools / homeschooling public schools