Raising Awareness for Educational Options Because Every Child Deserves a High Quality Education
In a virtual school, learning happens in similar and yet in some very different and unique ways than it does in a traditional brick and mortar school. Consequently, it’s necessary for teachers who teach in an online model to learn the skills that are essential to becoming an effective online instructor. As a parent of students who [...]
There are so many above and beyond teachers that my family has had the pleasure and opportunity to work with over the years in Colorado Virtual Academy. Our Colorado Virtual Academy Teachers ROCK! Sometimes you come across teachers who impact your student’s life in a very special and meaningful way. This shout-out is so long overdue, [...]
Today I have the privilege to introduce you to a good friend, Dr. Kathryn Knox, who I am so grateful to for taking the time to share her knowledge and expertise on the topic of Learning Styles. It’s a topic that I have been passionate about ever since 2005 when I attended Dr. Knox’s presentation [...]
I am appreciative of the policy makers who take the time out of their very busy day to better understand something that they ultimately will be voting on; a vote which may affect the lives of thousands. Several weeks ago my children and I did a demonstration for 3 legislators showing how we school online. [...]
There are so many facets to the numerous stories concerning Colorado online schools put out by the press over the past week. Sunday’s headlines alone included: Pattern of lax oversight for Colorado’s online schools ONLINE PART 1: State-supported online schools failing students, data show ONLINE PART 2: Analysis shows achievement drop for students ONLINE PART [...]
There has been so much media coverage about online public schools since Colorado’s Senate President Brandon Schaffer called for an emergency audit of our state’s online public schools. The Senate president is hoping to get these questions answered, among other things, and in my opinion these questions should be asked all across the board and [...]
Making the move from a traditional public school, which is probably most familiar to you, to a public online school where you are bringing your children home to learn is such an exciting time, but it can also be a stressful and uncertain time. We as parents always want the best possible education for our [...]
Today I was planning on posting about getting connected in an online school, but because school has just started, or in our case in Colorado school starts tomorrow, it’s timelier to write about getting organized. Now that you as a parent have made this significant commitment of time and energy to ensure that your child [...]
It’s been a whirlwind of a summer for the Cooney family and now the start of the school year is right around the corner. Our school, Colorado Virtual Academy (COVA) begins August 24 and we are very anxiously and eagerly opening big brown boxes and organizing our school materials and books. In July we received [...]
Saturday, June 4 was a treasured day for many Colorado Virtual Academy (COVA) families attending COVA’s graduation ceremony at CU Boulder. Bailey, a Graduating Senior and an incredibly talented vocalist, kicked off the ceremony with The National Anthem, followed by the welcome address from COVA’s Head of School, Heidi Heineke. Then we heard from Teri [...]
Colorado Virtual Academy (COVA) hosted its Senior Luncheon on Friday, May 27 at Dave and Busters. It was an amazing event which included a buffet lunch and time to mix and mingle with other COVA families, teachers, advisors, and counselors. We’ve been a COVA family since 2004 with our own unique reasons for choosing this [...]
This year Colorado Virtual Academy (COVA) qualified for a charter membership in the 2010-11 National Honor Society. Colorado Virtual Academy is the only Colorado Online School that has a National Honor Society Chapter (Revision: COVA is not the only CO online school with an NHS Chapter). Eight students from COVA were inducted as new members [...]
The other day a blogger friend asked me what a virtual school looks like. Here it is… Inside a Virtual School… Actually, that’s not quite what the inside of a virtual school looks like. Our virtual school or our home learning environment looks like this… It’s filled with lots of great K12 curriculum that’s delivered to [...]
Classic comment from one virtual HS student to another: Sean: Why aren’t you dressed? Shannon: Because I don’t have to be! In a virtual school you can come to school in your PJs if you like. It really doesn’t matter, but what does really matter is what’s really important and that’s that you are receiving [...]
Do you ever get excited for yourself because your child is taking a really cool course in school? I do all the time. This coming semester it’s AP Psychology that I’m just thrilled with anticipation to dive into. My oldest is taking this class and since he schools at home online, I have the opportunity to [...]
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