Online High

This week’s focus school is Laurel Springs School. For those who follow online high schools, it is best-known as the school for students with big dreams. Yes, it has regular students, but it has more than its share of child actors, dancers, athletes, and more. It has carved out a solid niche for itself.

Best Online High Schools link: Laurel Springs School

Internet link: Laurel Springs School

Address: 302 W. El Paseo Road, Ojai, CA 93023

Accredited: Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Snippet from listing: They boast students in 26 countries and all 50 states, including many who are gifted and talented, have disabilities or are homebound, are at risk or have special needs, and those needing to make up classes or simply get ahead.

Something to consider: Laurel Springs School has a long history of providing online education in a personalized manner to a wide variety of students. Watchers may notice that the school has an increased emphasis on college preparation. It has graduates in top colleges around the country. Worth a look.

Laurel Springs School

This week’s focus school is Penn Foster High School. It seemed a reasonable choice to choose the school that had the longest history of serving students in the United States. Take a read!

Best Online High Schools link: Penn Foster High School

Internet link: Penn Foster High School

Address: 925 Oak Street, Scranton Pennsylvania 18515

Accredited: Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools

Snippet from listing: Earning your high school diploma at home with Penn Foster is convenient, affordable, and accredited. Since there is no set class schedule, you study when and where it’s convenient for you. You work at your own pace. There’s no one to rush you or hold you back. And while you’ll work independently, you’re never alone. Expert instructors and support staff - dedicated to helping you complete your coursework – are just a phone call or an e-mail away.

Something to consider: Penn Foster has been around for over a hundred years (since 1890). You don’t last that long without having a sense of what you are doing and what it takes for students to achieve. The school accepts both teens and adults and, importantly for many of you, the program is self-paced.

Penn Foster High School

Today begins a new feature of the Online High Blog called “Focus: NameOfSchool”. Once a week, I will be posting in-depth information on a specific online high school. This gives you the opportunity to see specifics on a school that you might otherwise miss.

The first one up is Penn Foster High School. Enjoy!