Online High Schools

Hi M.:
I dont have any exsperience with online school but I have a good friend named Chris that does. She has always home schooled her daughters but now that she cant she has them do it online. Her daughters are 13 and 15. There online school is really cool you work with a acule teacher that grades you and everything. I think you need to talk to Chris about it. Her email address is ____@____.com. I think you will really like her.-A.(mother of two-Dakota 8 & Emma 2)

Hi M..
I have never enrolled my kids in online high school (they're too young) but I am good friends with one of the instructors. Online high school seems to be a pretty good deal. The attendance is watched closely. Your step daughter will be assigned to a particular liasion and if she doesn't log in regularly or complete her homework assignments on time, the liasion will call. But the liasion is not just a watch dog. This person would be in charge of helping your step daughter for entire time she is doing online high school. If she doesn't know how to operate the computer, the liasion can help. If life is causing problems and getting in the way of completing assignments, then the liasion can act like a counselor. So it sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

If you are concerned about social interaction, I would check with the school. Online high schools are still operated by the state, so perhaps (and this is just a guess) she could still attend after school activities at her local high school.

Good luck!

My kids arent old enough yet, But when i was in high school they didnt have alot of the computer progams they have know. I think that if you think it will help then do it. If her mother is the reason that she has such bad attentance then i think you and your husband should get together and have a meeting with her mother and tell her that she needs to get it together!! Have a great day!!

Sorry, I don't have any input, but I'm also curious about this. One of my friends was thinking about investigating this option for her daughter, who has almost daily migraines, and misses a lot of her school day due to that. I'm not sure if online school will let you "attend"/do your work on your own schedule, or if you have to be involved in something like classroom chat....

I'd like to know more about it, too, so I can maybe pass it on to my friend.

My niece is attending a virtual academy and doing extremly well. Here is a link to there web page http://www.idahova.org.

I have a 16 year old that has done correspondence on line for a couple of years now. I will tell you that the only saving grace is that she is self disciplined and motivated. I homeschooled her until 4th grade and then put her in Christian School it was getting to be too much being a single mom and owning a salon. I handed her education over to her....meaning I let her know from an early age that getting an education is her responsibility and that being self sufficient and not having to depend on anyone but herself to pay her bills was what I would want for her but ultimately it is her choice. I even joked with her about signing up for welfare if she ever wanted to quit school. At 15 either your step daughter will thrive or rebel. I personally would "Let" her try it for a probationary period and if she is able to do it without constant nagging then it might be for her. It can get in the way of your relationship if you let it.Hand it over to her and trust her.....It could be exactly what she needs...If you enable her it will not be doing her any favors....I learned the hard way....heehee
Good Luck!G.

I have both a son (16) and a daughter (13) who were enrolled until quite recently in an online school. And I truly see these schools as the best balance between traditional public school and homeschooling. I also plan to enroll Cherokee in Washington Virtual Academy (the online school that my 13 year old attended, which is a k-8) this may when she turns 5. I think this is a very good option for some kids. By the way, the kids both went back to public school because they decided to go live with their other parents, who didn't support this kind of schooling. They both believe in the old tradional type of schooling, and see any type of homeschooling as abnormal. But sometimes you've just gotta look outside the box for answers. Good Luck. Have a Blessed Day.

Hello
My name is N.. I wonted to shair with you my triles in life I dont know if they will help but I tryed. At 16 I choses to go to a vocational school by my self. Thus going to high school there as well. It was a lot of fun I learned a lot but in the end I wasnt motivaled enough and had a child before finishing high school. And that is how I ended up home schooling my self the rest of the way. There was many triles in doing it. The child has to posses the will to wont to make it becaues it can be extermely hard. If that will to make it isnt there its very hard for them to care enough to do there work. On the other hand if they just wont to get it over they can move much faster. I know that there is a program that you can go through one of the hight schools to still home school you only have to go to school once a week long enough to turn in your home work and get new home work. Than you dont have the cost of home schooling. Good luck with eveything.

Well just make sure she's doing her work. I'm attending a college and I take online classes and it requires me alot of time online than in a class. So just make sure that she's doing her work and is not letting other things occupy her time.

I know someone who has their child in an online middle school. If you would like you can e-mail me at ____@____.com and I can connect the two of you.

I havent. Had a friend do it. She liked it. Stephanie is right on the attendance part. You can get into alot of trouble for low attendence.
Here if low attendance it will get office of childrens services involved. OCS also doesnt like online schooling in alaska ive got several neighbors that are fighting the state due to there choice in online schooling even though there kids are in a proper place. You May want to check and see with your local OCS offfice and ask if they have problems with online schooling. If your local OCS doesnt i can say they are VERY resourceful and helpful to give numbers out for the things you will need for your child. Be careful and good luck