Online High

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

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

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.

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.

Yet one more reason to go to an online high school.

The relevant quote from the Hays Daily News:

“When there was a chance for her to do online high school, it was such a relief,” she said. “We don’t have to worry about what time she starts her school work.”

I know there are some of you that look to me for all things online high schools (because you nice people write and tell me). However, there are people around that I look to for much the same. One of those people is Jamie Littlefield, guide of About.com’s Distance Learning site.

On her site today, she has a good article on the different types of online high schools. Go have a look, will you?

What you just missed was the latest edition of Online High Schools Digest. This issue featured Liberty University Online Academy.

Want to get the next issue? All that you need to do is go here and enter your email address in the box on the left.

Easy.

There are many myths and rumors about distance learning. For an article on the top 5 distance learning myths, go see About.com’s Distance Learning website and the latest article by Jamie Littlefield.

I am pleased to announce that the University of Miami Online High School has become Kaplan College Preparatory School. With the purchase of UMOHS by Kaplan last year, this has been coming for a while now. While retaining the quality of the program (and the quality of the program has always been reported to me as excellent), the school will be joining the Kaplan family of schools. This change should be for the better because Kaplan has a long tradition of providing non-traditional education. This includes its distance learning opportunities.

You can read a school interview with Kaplan College Preparatory School here.

You can find out more information on Kaplan College Preparatory School here.