Online High

Amazon.com has Complete Guide to Online High Schools for $11.99. That’s a good deal!

Kentucky has one and only one online high school. Kentucky Virtual High School does not offer a diploma program, but does offer Advanced Placement, credit recovery, GATE, and foreign language courses.

Jamie Littlefield of About.com offers a new article, How to Choose the Right Online High School. Good introduction to the topic.

Basehor-Linwood Virtual School was the first virtual school in the state of Kansas and opened in 1998.
Lawrence Virtual School is a part of the Lawrence Unified School District. The focus is on preparation for college.

Smoky Valley Virtual Charter School has a focus on providing quality education comparable to their brick-and-mortar schools, but with flexible scheduling.

Turner Virtual Learning Center is located in Kansas City.

Turning Point Learning Center is part of the Emporia Public Schools.

Earlier today, Best Online High Schools reached 50,000 hits. What is interesting is that in the first year, BOHS hit 30,000. that other 20,000 has been in the last two months. I think it is safe to say that readership is on an upswing!

The goal has always been to become the place for learning how to earn a high school diploma online. It appears we are headed in that direction.

Alyssa Cao, who is a student at DPS Online High School (Denver, CO), will be awarded the Gold Award by the Girl Scouts. The award is given to girls who work to make the world a better place through acts of community service.

Iowa has a total of two online high schools. The first, Iowa Learning Online, provides students with the opportunity to take courses that would otherwise not be available. This is similar to the second, Iowa Online AP Academy provides Advanced Placement courses to small school districts and rural settings.

Coquitlam Open Learning offers online courses for summer school. While in Canada, what these students saying about learning online applies, in varying degrees, to all online high schools. The students offer very practical advice.

The United States Distance Learning Association this week recognized the efforts of Laurel Springs School and its founder, Marilyn Mosley Gordanier. This award is the most prestigious in the world of distance learning and pushes Laurel Springs to a new level. If you would like to read about the award, go here.

As I have said before, if you want to know how to run a successful online school, look no further than Ojai, California.

Orion High School is an online high school working toward accreditation with both CITA and NIPSA. While new, it is working toward being a school of choice.