Virtual Schools Provide the Power of Choice

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When Russian-born Wimbledon American Virtual High School Champion Maria Sharapova was asked by the press how she continued to impress everyone she met with her literacy and ability to speak fluently and intelligently, she promptly told them she was a student at a virtual high school in the United States. The ability to continue her academic education while she swept tennis tournaments across the U.S., culminating in a stunning victory at Wimbledon in July, is a testament to the power and inherent flexibility of virtual schools. Virtual schools provide parents and children, Virtual High school of Excellence from Oregon to New York and across the globe to Russia and other countries, with access to world-class curricula, myriad teachers, and support, Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. just about anytime and anyplace. Most importantly, virtual schools provide the power of choice.

The "common school movement" that Horace Mann, Henry www.virtualhse.com Barnard and other reformers created in 1852 did not provide families with many choices. These new public schools were for the training or educating of future factory workers. One hundred and fifty years later, parents www.virtualhse.com have more options available to them for their child's education: public schools, homeschooling, charter schools, Virtual Highschool of Excellence homeschool charter schools, magnet schools, americanvirtualhighschool.us private schools, and virtual schools.
Today's virtual school movement has its roots in distance-learning programs and correspondence schools dating as far back as 1929, when the University of Nebraska started distance-learning high-school courses. The new "virtual school" movement underway in the United States is fueled by a technology-rich society, a motivated and literate population of parents, and visionaries in education, Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. technology, and business. Today Virtual Highschool of Excellence there are very few paper-based and snail-mail correspondence programs in virtual education; children everywhere can attend a virtual public school at home. Virtual access gives children online curriculum americanvirtualhighschool.us opportunities like "traveling" with Robert Ballard, the scientist who found the R.M.S Titanic, and "visiting" remote locations around the world via the latest satellite and streaming media capabilities.

Like most technology-based products and services in use today, virtual schools, courses, and supplemental programs will continue to improve in usability, power, and speed. For now, the power of technology-delivered, virtual American Virtual High School educational programs adds to the options parents can investigate as they make a difficult Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. decision with life-long implications: how their child will be educated.

Are Virtual Schools a Type of Homeschooling?
The answer to this question depends on the virtual school. While most of the learning happens in the home with virtual schools, many of them are public schools without doors. Students who register Virtual High School America with a public virtual school are counted as public-school students, not homeschoolers, in their state. These public virtual schools collect ADA americanvirtualhighschool.us (average daily attendance), just like the neighborhood brick-and-mortar school. They offer a standards-based curriculum; require attendance keeping, frequent assessments, and progress reports; and comply Virtual High school of Excellence with mandated state testing. Some Virtual Highschool of Excellence virtual schools or programs are tuition-based, and a parent can choose to use an entire grade's work or supplement in math, driver's education, foreign language, history, and other subjects. A high-school student can participate in make-up americanvirtualhighschool.us and credit programs to enhance www.virtualhse.com their high-school experience.

In the homeschooling world, children who attend conventional schools, either public or private, are considered to be receiving a "traditional" education. "Traditional homeschooling," on the other hand, has typically indicated a family www.virtualhse.com using varied approaches and curricula to have their children learn at home (outside the auspices of a public school). Many American Virtual High School traditionally homeschooled children use private distance-learning or a tuition-based virtual school for all or part of their homeschooling career.

Is a Virtual-based Education for Everyone?
Like any school, curriculum, or program, virtual schools work for some families and not for others. Public virtual schools have the same requirements and regulations that brick-and-mortal schools do, along with Virtual High School America the support of a credentialed teacher; detailed, standards-based rich lessons; continual assessment; and supplemental learning resources. Some families choose a virtual school because they Virtual Highschool of Excellence believe it combines the best of both worlds: the flexibility and Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. individualized instruction inherent in traditional homeschooling, joined with the support and accountability of a public school.

Families facing educational choices need to research all options thoroughly. They must examine their educational priorities in order to determine which features best support their goals. Most importantly, they must decide Virtual Highschool of Excellence which method best serves their child's unique needs and talents.

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Virtual High School Inspires Excellence in Teaching

T he Virtual High School (VHS) of Science and Mathematics American Virtual High School --a partnership of high schools in Anne Arundel, Garrett, Washington, Wicomico, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Queen Anne's, and St. Mary's counties and the city of Baltimore in Maryland--was created in 1995. Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. The project stemmed from the state's Montgomery Blair High School, which had established a record of excellence in computational science studies and that year received an National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to Virtual High School America expand its program and work with other schools in the surrounding counties. "MVHS brings to the classroom the same team problem solving, technology rich approaches currently used in research and business," says Mary Ellen Virtual High school of Excellence Verona, an educator at Montgomery Blaire that helps oversee the project. "Preparing students Virtual Highschool of Excellence to do science in the real world of the future means guiding them in doing science science now."

MVHS teachers are selected from each participating school and trained to use advanced computer systems and computational science techniques to solve problems in the sciences and math. Once they're Virtual Highschool of Excellence comfortable using computational www.virtualhse.com tools, they plan and field collaborative projects that link students across high schools in MVHS.

COREMODELS FOR SYSTEMIC REFORM

As many of the most advanced computational tools are relatively new, educational researchers and policy makers are still studying their impact on classroom learning. Recently, MVHS--with funding from the NSF through the Montgomery County Public Schools--launched a project to help decision makers answer some pressing questions about technology and education. Can computational modeling americanvirtualhighschool.us activities be successfully implemented in a science classrooms? Can their use enhance student performance? Can teachers successfully mentor peers through site visits, classroom coaching, and telecommunications?

The VHS American Virtual High School project supports systemic math and science reform efforts as specified in the state of Maryland's Core Learning Goals and in the Common Themes of the AAAS Science Benchmarks for education.

A vital component of the project is assessing the role of the teacher in developing activities and evaluating their effectiveness in the classroom. Extending the initial success of MVHS in developing a collaborative learning environment, American Virtual High School the CoreModels program further supports teachers through the use of peer mentors. Reflecting many proposed national standards for professional development , teachers in the MVHS CoreModels program collaborate on teaching practices, facilitate change in science education, Virtual Highschool of Excellence integrate theory and practice in school Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. settings and produce knowledge about www.virtualhse.com learning and teaching.

BUILDING ON AN IDEA

A typical CoreModels Virtual High School America activity begins an idea for a computer modeling activity that the teachers wish to develop. As the idea grows into a project, it is submitted to a peer review process, which examines not only the content Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. but also the method of delivery and the appropriateness of the application. During these review sessions, teachers have an opportunity to reflect on the content and methods of teaching and skills required of students.

One CoreModels activity--examining the relationship between americanvirtualhighschool.us reaction time and stopping distance of a tailgating car--raised several questions about student abilities to read and use graphs. Discussions and classroom experiences with these skills led to the development of preliminary activities that would prepare students to handle the more complicated tailgating activity. Teachers Virtual Highschool of Excellence were then asked to evaluate the effectiveness of the activity in the classroom and to collect representative student response papers. These assessments are used in follow-on sessions to modify the activity.

INSPIRING TEACHER COLLABORATION

Teachers not only Virtual High School America work together in the development of activities, but also in their presentation in the classrooms. CoreModels mentoring has involved having teachers visit the classroom of a teacher Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. who is more experienced using computer modeling. The visiting teacher has the opportunity to observe students in the school setting using the activity and can follow up on the observation with the mentor. Or an experienced Virtual High school of Excellence teacher may visit the classroom of the teacher who is initiating modeling activities for the first time. The mentor may teach the class or may simply offer assistance if needed. In each case, www.virtualhse.com both teachers learn about the classroom activity and effective teaching practices within a classroom. American Virtual High School "The peer mentoring approach has already proven quite effective in encouraging teachers to use computational activities in the classroom," says Verona.

Development of activities in this environment has been stimulating to veteran and first-year teachers alike. Experienced teachers have an opportunity to share their ideas and to examine content from a new perspective. First-year Virtual Highschool of Excellence teachers are more apt to incorporate technology lessons when they are assured that an experienced teacher will be nearby. Questions raised by the models and the application of curricular concepts to real-world situations challenge teachers to apply their knowledge and to seek help outside the secondary school community.

Finally, teachers Virtual High School America in the MVHS CoreModels project are participants in a research project. While many science teachers have participated in research within their content specialties, they are now American Virtual High School challenged to examine educational practices as researchers. Teachers reflect on the methods teaching concepts they use and are encouraged to modify their approach when necessary. As part of a larger group of teacher-researchers, the teacher has peers to confer and collaborate with when considering changes to a lesson. americanvirtualhighschool.us Teachers become active participants in the search for classroom practices that help students achieve.

TESTING MODELS IN THE CLASSROOM

After the first training workshop in October, teachers tried the STELLA modeling language www.virtualhse.com with their students. To test the tailgate model, several classes tested the rules taught in driver's education classes. The two-second rule says the tailing car should take two seconds to reach the point where the lead car is located. Another rule says that the tailing car should allow one car length for every 10 mph. Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. Those rules generated many questions from the students. "Are the rules equivalent?" "What assumptions are being made regarding road conditions, braking ability, and reaction time?" By manipulating the model, the students were able to test their hypotheses and answer their questions without damaging any automobiles

Biology Virtual High School America teachers introduced students to computer modeling using the glucose, deer population, and diffusion models. To familiarize their students with the STELLA language, MVHS Virtual High school of Excellence educators George Morse and Paul Mandl started their classes with a pre-built deer population model and students soon built models of their own. Each month, Mandl takes his classes to the Virtual Highschool of Excellence computer lab for two consecutive days to build a new model. With each session, the students americanvirtualhighschool.us demonstrate a greater understanding of the modeling process even though they are studying different topics each time.

Morse's Advanced American Virtual High School Placement Biology class is very enthusiastic about their experience with computer modeling. After building a glucose-insulin model, they reported that building a model was a more interesting way to study the effects of different foods on insulin levels than the typical lecture method. The model also illuminated the complexity underlying an apparently Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. simple biological process. A second model of great interest was one for blood alcohol concentration that demonstrated the effect of alcohol on the body. Eight students volunteered to link this model to the tailgating model to see the effects of drunk driving and www.virtualhse.com presented their results at the Maryland Technology Showcase held at the Baltimore Convention Center in 1997.

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"We cannot expect the task of science and mathematics education to be the sole responsibility of K through 12 teachers while scientists and graduate students live only in their universities and laboratories. There is no group of people who should feel more responsible for science and math education in this nation than our scientists and scientists to be."

Creating Citizens for the 21st Century

"What is an individual's responsibility for creating a just society?" is the prevailing theme of Hudson High School's community engagement in Hudson, Massachusetts. From the curriculum of the students down to the design of the school facility, Virtual Highschool of Excellence all is focused on fostering responsibility and building community. This new school, Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. which was built in 2003, is the center of a small working class suburban community of 18,000 residents thirty miles from Boston. One www.virtualhse.com third of the population is of Portuguese decent, many coming from the Azores, Portugal and Brazil.

Fostering Responsibility, Building Community

Citing the statistic that only 26% of US high school students Virtual High School America demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge, skills and dispositions that are essential to citizenship, Hudson High School developed a curriculum focused on fostering responsibility, democratic governance, and building community. The end result is young people prepared to enter the adult world with the skills, values, and commitment to participate actively in our civic community. The goal is to create students that ease the transition from school to work.

A key component of this education Virtual High school of Excellence is the requirement that each student develop a service-learning project that fosters a more just society. For the past 12 years the Hudson school district has been integrating service americanvirtualhighschool.us learning into the curriculum. The students quickly learn that there are no bystanders in one's moral life.

To build community, American Virtual High School students are organized into teams of 100 to 150 students or clusters based on career interest. In grades 8 and 9, students are grouped into teams and taught by an interdisciplinary group of teachers. The 10-12th grades are taught in four-interest based clusters based on student interest: communications, media, and the Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. arts; science, health, and the environment; technology, engineering, and business; and public policy, education, and social service. (While grouped in clusters, students are still able to pursue any academic course of study and take any course offered.)

Form Follows Function

Since the curriculum Virtual High School America is based on clusters, Virtual Highschool of Excellence the new school building was built with an eight cluster configuration, each of which includes a large central meeting www.virtualhse.com space surrounded by classrooms. This configuration of space provides the "public space" to enable students to participate in school decision-making and community-building activities.

The results of early community engagement in the school's design also led to a facility that now serves as a community center for concerts, a recreation center for children, a day-care/pre-school Virtual High School America program for young children, a conference center for education and community groups, and a center for community governance in addition to its role as a high school.

A wide range of community groups from the Hudson Senior Center to the Hudson Arts Alliance were involved in the planning of the new facility. The new facility includes a 200 seat mini-theater and an 800 seat auditorium as well as special wing for americanvirtualhighschool.us day-care and pre-school.

The large auditorium provides a venue for concerts by the Riverview Community Band, the Symphony Pro Musica, and the Youth Chorus. The bi-annual town meeting is held in the large auditorium and thus the students are able to see the school model service learning and governance for its students. The school is open and available to the community from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. American Virtual High School The mezzanine level walkway is accessed and in use by senior citizens by 6 a.m. Between 7 and 7:30 a.m., parents arrive and drop off their children at the pre-school and day care programs in a wing of the school devoted to this collaboration. Outdoors, the facilities are available to the community based on a Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. developed partnership between the Hudson Recreation Department and the school. Students have built a nature trail along the banks of the Assabet River and students are engaged to conduct scientific field research to promote the sustainability of the river.

The school also has a very rich technology focus. Intel Corporation donated $600,000 for computers for the new school. More important, Intel engineers volunteered hundreds of hours to install the Virtual High school of Excellence school network, recycle old equipment and Virtual Highschool of Excellence set up new equipment. Hudson is also one of 200 high schools in the nation that participates in a nationwide Virtual High School. The technological resources of the school are available to the community as well. The nine computer labs www.virtualhse.com are open for community use each night. Further, Virtual High School America the TV and radio studios provide community access programming. The diversity of high-tech large and small group spaces enable a variety of groups to use the facility and allow the school to engage the community. From ESL and adult education classes to an extensive set of summer institutes for teachers throughout New England.

American Virtual High School Counselors work with students to address their career, college, personal, social and educational needs and concerns. They provide students with expanded career, college and self- awareness exploration activities, to americanvirtualhighschool.us assist them in the development and utilization of short, and long range, education and career plans.

They also provide students with Virtual High School America activities to help develop personal and social skills.  School Counselors foster excellence by helping ALL students to achieve their potential. They promote excellence through their work in four program areas:

• Individual and small group counseling, Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. consultation, and referral, related to helping students with personal goals and concerns, and with educational progress. Small groups such as new students, grief/loss, divorce, attendance, relationships, or at-risk groups, help students with concerns.

• Individual planning, including Virtual High School America enrollment, four to six year plans, and the scheduling of student's courses.

• Management activities to support the guidance program www.virtualhse.com and other school programs along with the community.

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Our exceptional teachers and American Virtual High School counselors take the time and care to work with each student allowing each to grow at his or her own pace. Counselors understand the goal of education is to help support students to discover and develop their interests, talents, and natural gifts. Our teachers and counselors give students the skills needed to become self-directed Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. adults who are confident about life directions and/or career paths.

Chosen for their ability to advise and support you and your family, www.virtualhse.com our teachers grade each lesson with care. They note and respond to each individual student's areas of need with expertise Virtual Highschool of Excellence and compassion offering a personalized program for all our students Your teachers keep in touch every month by e-mail, fax, mail or phone. The teachers, parents, and students Virtual High School America make up the learning team. Our counselors are available to discuss all educational matters with your students to ensure success.

Virtual High School Debuts as Online K-12 Education Gains Popularity

http://www.americandistancelearningacademy.com/americanvirtualhighschool.html has announced the establishment of the National University Virtual High School (NUVHS).  The Virtual High School will enroll its first students in summer school courses this Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. coming June, and will offer a comprehensive www.virtualhse.com selection of online courses beginning in September.

"Our Virtual High School will allow young adults from diverse backgrounds and entry points to pursue their academic goals online and receive educational and career options otherwise unavailable to them," said National University System Chancellor Dr. Jerry C. Lee. He has named Helen Eckmann, Ed.D. as NUVHS General Manager.  Dr. Eckmann was Virtual High School America formerly an assistant professor in National University's School of Business and Information Management.

"To date, many online high school classes have been little more than www.virtualhse.com correspondence courses," said Dr. Eckmann. Virtual High school of Excellence "NUVHS will offer a premier high school education from ninth through 12th grade, integrating unparalleled content and experienced, accessible teachers within an intimate, inclusive environment where americanvirtualhighschool.us global interaction is available 24/7."

NUVHS is targeting a broad variety of learners, including disabled and geographically isolated students, and students traveling abroad for extended periods.  It will also offer school districts a greater choice of summer school classes, advanced placement or dual credit college courses and supplemental programs.

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NUVHS will be affiliated with National University,  a leader in online education with 10 years of experience in Web-based learning and one of the largest electronic libraries in higher education. American Virtual High School It currently offers 26 accredited degree programs online and more than 300 online courses.  National University also houses a prestigious school of education. Its graduates and credential completers are recognized as some of the best educators in California, according to independent assessments from the National Blue Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world. Ribbon School competition, the Virtual Highschool of Excellence California Distinguished School Program, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' National Board Certification program and various Teacher of the Year competitions.

NUVH students will be able to complete a full semester course in just eight weeks, with five eight-week sessions per year. The accelerated format lets learners focus on fewer subjects at one time, Virtual High School America while still www.virtualhse.com allowing them to Virtual High school of Excellence cover all curricula required in an academic year. Classes will begin in September, November, January, March and the end of June.  It also allows students who may be failing a class at mid-semester in their traditional school an americanvirtualhighschool.us opportunity to complete the course at NUVSH, which will keep them on track for graduation.

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Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world at AmericanDistanceLearningAcademy.com. Below is a list of other online high schools.

• Academic Resource Center Tallahassee Florida
• Academy at the Lakes Day School Land O' Lakes Florida - "ALDS is a private, non-profit school using the continuous progress, mutli-age house program. We offer a thematic, holistic approach throughout the school." note: pre-K through 8
• Advanced Technologies Academy Las Vegas Nevada - "A Las Vegas, NV, USA, magnet school specializing in banking and financing, computer science, systems technologies support."
• Ames High School Ames Iowa
• American Fork Junior High American Fork Utah - "We believe all students can learn and are entitled to every possible opportunity to become capable, productive and well-adjusted citizens."
• American School of Paris Paris France -- Providing education since 1946 to Americans and more than 50 nationalities. (note: Pre-K - 12.)
• Athens Academy Athens Georgia
• Auburn Middle and High School Riner Virginia
• Ayala High School Claremont California
• Baltimore City College High School Baltimore Maryland - "Palmam qui meruit ferat" - Honor to him who earns it.
• Beardsley Junior High School computer lab Bakersfield California -- "This index links to many pages of useful information for Beardsley Junior High School computer students. Vocabulary, weekly assignments, and general technology data are available at the click of a mouse button."
• Belleville High School Belleville Wisconsin
• Bellingham High School Bellingham Washington
• Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans Louisiana
• Mr. Richard Geib's class at Berendo Middle School Los Angeles California -- "I am an English and English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at Berendo Middle School in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). My school is located in the Pico-Union area, just a little southwest of downtown Los Angeles. This page is dedicated to my students."
• Best Middle School Ferndale Michigan - Not much here yet, but with a solid plan for the future and excellent layout.
• Bethel High School WWW Server Hampton Virginia
• Bishop O'Dowd High School Oakland California
• Bolton High School Alexandria Louisiana -- This site shares with the world its history, campus publications, as well as research tools.
• Branson School Ross California
• Bremen High School Midlothian Illinois
• Brookfield High School Brookfield Missouri
• Buchanan High School Clovis California - Sports, students, teachers and the "bear necessities" are all here for your perusal in a well-designed site.
• Buena Vista Academy Windermere Florida (note: K-8)
• Luther Burbank Middle School Nurbank California - Student homepages, school information, group projects, and more.
• Cache La Poudre Junior High La Porte Colorado - All we can say is, tremendous. If only all school sites were able to look like this - professional and extensive and just, wow. Definitely worth your browsing time.
• Calvary Church Christian School Las Vegas Nevada
• Catlin Gabel School Portland Oregon - "The School's philosophy was articulated by Ruth Catlin in 1928 when she deeded her school to the community: 'To maintain a school with the most enlightened ideals of education, content of work, and methods of teaching, where each pupil is the unit of consideration, under conditions that will serve to develop his fullest powers as an individual and as a group member.'" [from the homepage] note: K-12
• Canyon Middle School Castro Valley California
• Cape Fear High School Fayetteville North Carolina - "This site contains a wealth of relevant information for the school administrator, teacher, parent and student. Requires Netscape 3.0 to run the animation and video properly."
• Carrollton Junior High School Carrollton Georgia
• Carrollton Senior High School Carrollton Georgia
• Cedar Bluff Middle School Knoxville Tennessee
• Centennial Junior High School Circle Pines Minnesota
• Centennial Middle School Boulder Valley Colorado
• Center Middle School Kansas City Missouri
• Central High School Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• Champlain Valley Union High School Hinesburg Vermont
• Champlin Park High School Anoka Minnesota
• Chapparral Middle School CMS has unusual student groups such as the Fishing Club, Mariachi, and a Ballet Folklorico.
• Cheraw High School Cheraw Colorado
• Chesterfield County High Schools Richmond Virginia
• Chief Leschi Schools Tacoma Washington -- Chief Leschi Schools, which includes grades Pre-K through 12, is a Bureau of Indian Affairs grant school operated by the Puyallup Tribe.
• Chrysalis School Seattle Washington (note: K-12)
• Claremont High School Claremont California
• Cleveland School of the Arts Cleveland Ohio - "The Cleveland School of the Arts (CSA), a magnet school within the Cleveland Public Schools, offers students a full academic curriculum while emphasizing the creative and performing arts. CSA officially opened doors in February 1981 as part of the court order to improve education and enhance desegregation."
• College Park High School Pleasant Hill California
• Colorado Timberline Academy Durango Colorado -- Describes the curriculum of the Colorado Timberline Academy, including rockclimbing, skiing, mountainbiking, and out of state adventures.
• Coon Rapids High School Coon Rapids Minnesota - A well-designed and content-rich web site for the students, parents, faculty and staff of Coon Rapids High School.
• Cortland Junior/Senior High Cortland New York
• Crabapple Middle School Roswell Georgia
• Crescenta Valley High School LaCrescenta California
• Creighton Preparatory School Omaha Nebraska
• Cypress Falls High School Houston Texas
• Dalton School New York New York
• David Douglas High School Portland Oregon
• Dearborn High School Dearborn Michigan
• De La Salle Institute Chicago Illinois - "De La Salle Institute is an independent Catholic secondary school rooted in the tradition of Christian education begun by St. John Baptist De La Salle."
• Denbigh High School Denbigh Virginia
• Dexter McCarty Middle School Gresham Oregon -- McCarty Middle is 6th, 7th and 8th grade with about 650 students.
• Discovery Middle School Orlando Florida
• Dodge County High School Eastman Georgia
• Douglas MacArthur High School San Antonio Texas
• Drew Central High School Monticello Arkansas

Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world at AmericanDistanceLearningAcademy.com. Below is a list of other online high schools.

• East Burke High School Icard North Carolina
• East Limestone High School Athens Alabama
• East Syracuse-Minoa Central High School Syracuse New York - "ES-M is proud to be a Workforce Preparation School: 'If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got.'"
• Eastchester Middle School Eastchester New York
• Eastern High School Voorhees New Jersey -- Maintained by the computer club at Eastern, these pages have been created mostly by students.
• Edwin O. Smith High School Storrs Connecticut -- Edwin O. Smith High School was recognized as a U.S. Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon School for the year 1992-93. We are a one school school district in northeastern Connecticut.
• Eisenhower High School Houston Texas - "Eisenhower High School serves a diverse student population of over 2850 students in the Aldine Independent School District in northwest Houston and is meeting the challenges of rapid demographic, social, and cultural shifts in the community."
• Erwin Middle School Erwin North Carolina
• First Colony Middle School Houston Texas
• Five Forks Middle School Lawrenceville Georgia -- "Our school slogan: TOGETHER WE SUCCEED"
• Ford Middle School Acushnet Massachussetts
• Forest Park High School Forest Park Georgia -- "The purpose of Forest Park High School is to provide effective opportunities and encouragement for each of our students in learning fundamental academic and technical skills, thinking and reasoning skills, and interpersonal skills."
• Fort Johnson Middle School Charleston South Carolina -- "Fort Johnson Middle is a student centered school whose students' abilities range from gifted to mentally handicapped. Individual student improvement is our primary focus."
• Four County Vocational High School Archbold, Ohio -- Our site offers visitors a virtual tour of our programs accompanied by a separate midi music file on each of over 40 pages.
• G. W. Fowler High School Syracuse New York
• George Fox Middle School Pasadena Maryland
• Franklin High School Franklin Wisconsin - Students projects, school news and information, sports and year-long calendar make this site valuable for teachers and parents.
• Fredonia High School Fredonia Kansas
• Freehold Township High School Freehold New Jersey - "Freehold Township High School is a comprehensive secondary education institution located in Freehold Township, New Jersey."
• Fremont Junior High Oxnard California -- Fremont Jr. High is a year-round, 7th and 8th grade intermediate school of approximately 1,200 students in the Oxnard School District. We are located in Oxnard, California.
• Gallaudet Model Secondary School for the Deaf Washington DC
• Gates County High School Gates North Carolina
• Gila Vista Junior High Yuma Arizona
• Glen Grove School Glenview Illinois
• Glenbrook High Schools (North and South) Glenview Illinois
• Gonzaga College High School ESSCC Washington DC
• Gordon Russell Middle School Gresham Oregon
• Gotha Middle School Windermere Florida
• Green Fields Country Day School Tucson Arizona -- "Located in Tucson, Green Fields is Arizona's oldest independent day school. Founded in 1933 as an all male boarding school, today it serves a community of over two hundred young men and women spanning grades 4 through 12."
• Greenwood Middle School Greenwood Indiana
• Grosse Pointe High Schools Grosse Pointe Michigan
• Groton Central School Groton New York
• Gulf High School New Port Richey Florida
• Gulf High School New Port Richey Florida - An unofficial site for this school, maintained by one of the teachers who works there. Very well laid out and useful information, including calendars, class information, and information for students.
• Guy B. Phillips Middle School Chapel Hill North Carolina
• Hamilton Heights High School Arcadia Indiana
• Hanscom Middle School Lincoln Massachusetts
• Hartford Public High School Hartford Connecticut - "We at Hartford Public High School strive for excellence in educating our young men and women to become literate, logically thinking, well-informed citizens."
• Henry Grady High School Atlanta Georgia -- "Grady High School was named a SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE for 1994-1995. In 1996 Redbook Magazine cited Grady High School as one of twenty schools nationwide using innovative teaching methods in the classroom."
• Hillcrest Middle School Fayetteville North Carolina - "Excellence in Academics and Attitude"
• Hillsboro High School Hillsboro Oregon
• Hillwood High School Nashville Tennessee - "The site features information about each feeder school, clubs, sports, courses offered, parent and community organizations, and suggested online field trips, with an online Internet tutorial."
• Hoffman School Glenview Illinois
• Homewood High School Birmingham Alabama
• Houlton High School Houlton Maine - "The Educational Community of SAD#29 encourages the growth of its students and staff by respecting responsible decisions, valuing the individual, and recognizing that learning never ends." from the homepage
• Horace Mann Middle School West Allis Wisconsin

Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world at AmericanDistanceLearningAcademy.com. Below is a list of other online high schools.

• Indiana Academy for Sciences, Mathematics, and Humanities Muncie Indiana - Opened in 1990, the IASMH is a residential two-year program for high school students in the state of Indiana. They have worked with distance learning and have unique curricula to offer their students.
• Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Aurora Illinois
• Iolani School Honolulu Hawaii (note: K through 12)
• Irvington High School Fremont California - Well designed site with useful information for alumni and lots of background information on the school itself in addition to, well, just lots of other stuff. Check it out.
• James Colemon Wright Middle School Madison Wisconsin
• Jefferson Junior High School Oceanside California
• John H. Springman School (Global Schoolhouse Project) Glenview Illinois
• Keystone National High School -- support for homeschoolers.
• La Salle College Preparatory School Portland Oregon
• La Salle High School Miami Florida - "LaSalle High School is a private, Archdiocesan school, administered by the Salesian Sisters."
• Lafayette High School WWW Server Lafayette Virginia
• Lancaster High School Lancaster Ohio
• Lansing High School Lansing New York - "Lansing, NY, USA is a small rural/suburban community in the Finger Lakes District of upstate NY. The link in question is Lansing High School which is a student run link."
• Lathrop High School Fairbanks Alaska
• Lewis County High School Weston West Virginia -- Wow. One could spend a whole day going through *student* homepages, no less faculty and staff homepages. This school is making a serious effort to include students in their pursuit of the "Information Superhighway". Great site!
• Lewis Junior High School San Diego California
• Libby High School Libby Montana
• Liberty Christian School Surf City California - "[We are] accredited by WASC and ACSI as a K-12 Christian school committed to quality academic education." (note: K-12
• Linn High School Linn Missouri
• Linn Middle School Linn Missouri
• Los Alamos High School Los Alamos New Mexico
• Los Alamos Middle School Los Alamos New Mexico

Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world at AmericanDistanceLearningAcademy.com. Below is a list of other online high schools.

• Christa McAuliffe Academy Yakima Washington - With various curricula ranging from distance learning to Internet teaching to home schooling, the McAuliffe Academy is taking advantage of recent innovations in teaching and educating. Well worth looking at. (note: K-12)
• Main Street Middle School Montpelier Vermont
• Maine South High School Park Ridge Illinois - "The educational program is designed to challenge individual students at their own levels in advanced placement, accelerated, regular, and remedial courses. Through career education and vocational technology programs, stuidents acquire on-the-job experience in the community as well as classroom instruction in various fields."
• Manalapan High School Manalapan New Jersey
• Marblehead High School Marblehead Massachussetts
• Marlboro High School Marlboro New Jersey - "The student population numbers between 1,800 and 1,900; faculty and other staff, about 200. Marlboro High School is one of five high schools in the Freehold Regional High School District.
• Marin Country Day School Courte Madera California - "The classroom atmosphere is participatory rather than didactic, with teachers acting as coaches who encourage students' exploration, discovery and reflection." (from the homepage) (note: K-8)
• Maryland Virtual High School Silver Spring Maryland
• Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science
• Meyersdale Area High School Meyersdale Pennsylvania
• MindQuest -- On-Line High School Education for Adults (17+). Earn your high school diploma over the Net! Minneapolis Minnesota
• Michigan Center Junior High Michigan Center Michigan
• Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Columbus Mississippi
• Monta Vista High School Cupertino California
• Montebello Intermediate School Montebello California
• Montgomery Blair High School Silver Springs Maryland
• Morgantown High School Morgantown West Virginia
• Mount Si High School Snoqualmie Washington
• Nathan Hale High School Seattle Washington
• Nathaniel H. Wixon Middle School South Dennis Massachussetts
• New Horizon Governor's School Hampton Virginia
• New Horizons Regional Education Center Hampton Virginia
• New Iberia Senior High School New Iberia Louisiana -- In 1989, NIHS was acknowledged as a National School of Excellence. Located in "Cajun Country", it has a student population of over 1900 in grades 10-12.
• Noble High School Berwick Maine -- Information for students, teachers and parents including among other things the school newspaper, alumni contact information, and club information.
• Northport High School Northport New York
• North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Durham North Carolina
• North Hagerstown High School Hagerstown Maryland
• North Johnston High School Kenly North Carolina
• North Polk High School Alleman Iowa
• Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Green Bay Wisconsin
• North Rome Christian School Ulster Pennsylvania (note: K-10)
• Oakridge Middle School Naples Florida
• Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Oklahoma City Oklahoma
• Oñate High School Las Cruces New Mexico
• Orono Middle School Orono Maine -- "We are committed to our students' intellectual, physical, social and emotional growth, and we will provide a safe, supportive and stimulating environment in which growth will be encouraged." -- from the Statement of Purpose
• Pace Academy Atlanta Georgia - "Pace Academy provides a rigorous academic curriculum to prepare students for success at a variety of prestigious colleges and universities." (note: K-12)
• Pandora-Gilboa High School Pandora Ohio
• Paris High School Paris Illinois
• Patterson School Lenoir North Carolina - "The Patterson School is a private coeducational college preparatory boarding and day school located in Lenoir NC."
• Patch American High School U.S. military school in Stuttgart Germany
• Dr Phillips High School Orlando Florida
• Pine View School Osprey Florida -- "Pine View School for the Gifted is the only school of its kind in Florida. It is a full-time program for students identified as intellectually gifted." (note: 2-12)
• The Pingry School Martinsville New Jersey
• Pocahontas High School Pocahontas Arkansas
• Pope High School Marietta Georgia -- Another site which has been, for the most part, created by students, the Pope High School website relays the general feel of the school as perceived by students.
• Price Laboratory School Cedar Falls Iowa (note: pre-K through 12)
• Princeton High School Princeton New Jersey
• Puget Sound Community School Seattle Washington
• Punahou School Honolulu Hawai'i

Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world at AmericanDistanceLearningAcademy.com. Below is a list of other online high schools.

• Riley High School South Bend Indiana
• River Bend Career & Technical Center Bradford Vermont -- "River Bend Career and Technical Center provides innovative technical education programs for students from five area high schools and for adults.
• Rock Falls Middle School Rock Falls Illinois -- "Become the one you dream you can be"; excellent examples of student artwork and pointers for parents, teachers, and students to other places of interest on the Web.
• Rocky Run Middle School Fairfax Virginia
• Saint John Neumann High School Philadelphia, PA
• Sam Barlow High School Gresham Oregon
• San Jose High Academy San Jose California - "[We are a] public high school offering the International Baccalaureate (I.B.) diploma as well as the state diploma. We emphasis technology too."
• San Leandro High School San Leandro California -- Maintained and updated by students, this site began life as a project in a Physics class and now serves as the campus' site on the World Wide Web.
• Santa Susana High School Simi Valley California - A technology and performing arts magnet school.
• Science Academy of South Texas Mercedes Texas
• Scotlandville Magnet High School Baton Rouge Louisiana
• Seton Keough High School Baltimore Maryland - All-female Catholic high school
• Seattle Preparatory School Seattle Washington - Catholic preparatory school with a philosophy that "emphasizes not only subject matter but more importantly the process by which one 'comes to know.'"
• Sehome High School Bellingham Washington
• Sellwood Middle School Portland Oregon
• Shandin Hills Middle School San Bernardino California
• The Sidwell Friends School Washington D.C.
• Sinnott Magnet School for Health and Health Careers Brooklyn New York - "Youth on the move: learning and growing" - this school serves grade 6-8 and encourages them to become involved and interested in a health-based career by having students volunteer at nursing homes, day cares, and hospitals.
• Sir Francis Drake High School San Anselmo California
• South-Doyle Middle School Knoxville Tennessee
• Southern University Laboratory School Baton Rouge Louisiana
• Saint Agnes Academy Houston Texas -- Private, all-female high school
• Saint Felicissimus School San Joaquin Valley California - A private Catholic school note: K-12)
• Saint Francis de Sales High School Toledo Ohio
• Saint George's School Newport Rhode Island
• Saint Joseph High School South Bend Indiana
• Saint Julie Billiart Middle School Hamilton Ohio
• Saint Mary's High School Annapolis Maryland -- Saint Mary's High School is a Catholic co-educational high school, grades 9-12, offering a college preparatory curriculum.
• Stuart Hall School Staunton Virginia
• Taylor Road Middle School Alpharetta Georgia
• The Teacher Academy Edinburg Texas - This special academy offers high schoolers who are interested in pursuing a career in the field of education a chance to train early in an academics-focused environment. The school itself opened for the 1993-1994 school year, so it is fairly young, but still growing.
• Thurgood Marshall Academic High School San Francisco California
• Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria Virginia
• Thomas Jefferson Junior High School Hillsboro Oregon
• Thousand Oaks High School alumni page Thousand Oaks California
• Trace Crossings School Hoover Alabama - "The mission of the faculty and staff of Trace Crossings School is to create a child-centered environment conducive to the development of lifelong learners through a partnership involving parents, community, and school." from the homepage
• Traverse City East Junior High School Traverse City Michigan
• Tulare Union High School Tulare California -- "Our vision at T.U.H.S. is to create an exemplary school which serves all of its learners in a positive and caring learning environment." When fully developed, this looks like it will have a wealth of information.

Earn an American High School Diploma online from anywhere in the world at AmericanDistanceLearningAcademy.com. Below is a list of other online high schools.

• Upper Darby High School Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• University School of Nashville Nashville Tennessee -- University School is an independent K-12 school of approximately 900 students located in the urban Nashville area.
• Vacaville High School Vacaville California
• Vidalia High School Vidalia Louisiana - "Vidalia High School teachers and administrators believe that each of our students can learn and make progress in their class work, regardless of past academic achievement. It is our job to strive to provide quality instruction to all so they will reach higher levels of academic achievement, and at the same time help them develop positive social skills." [from the mission statement]
• Virginia Demonstration School for Science, Math, and Technology
• Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind Staunton Virginia
• Vista Middle School Las Cruces New Mexico
• The Webster School St. Augustine Florida (note: K-12)
• Waupaca High School Waupaca Wisconsin - Created by a multimedia class at the high school, these pages are chock full of information on Waupaca.
• West High School Salt Lake City Utah
• West Anchorage High School Anchorage Alaska -- what's going on at the first high school in Anchorage, Alaska? "We're working hard, with support from others, to incorporate technology as a tool for learning and to provide access throughout our school."
• West Morris Central High School Chester New Jersey - "A high school ready for the 21st century!" With their school newspaper online, delays and school information as well.
• Western Harnett Middle School Lillington North Carolina
• Winona Senior High School Winona Minnesota - "Winona Senior High School offers a full program in college preparatory, technical, and general studies areas."