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 [...]
COVA’s National Honor Society Chapter
May 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
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 [...]
Colorado Virtual Academy
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What Does Virtual School Look Like?
March 30, 2011 By 8 Comments
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 [...]
Online High School Classic Comment
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Honors High School Physics In An Online School
March 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
Semester 2
January 5, 2011 By 5 Comments
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 [...]
Science ONLINE
September 10, 2010 By 3 Comments
I often get asked questions about how we school online, but the most common question is, “How in the world do you do science labs in a home base setting with a public online school?” Our online school provides a student guide with step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for and complete the lab, which [...]
Our School Materials Arrive
July 29, 2010 By 10 Comments
We are still thoroughly enjoying our summer break, but here it is several weeks before the start of school and this is what awaits us on our front door step. And the computer is delivered directly The curriculum that our Academy uses was created by a team of experts at K12 and the offline materials that we [...]
Wrapping up the School Year
July 28, 2010 By 4 Comments
Every year we end school by sorting through our years’ worth of work and deciding what to keep and what to throw away. There are some things that my children write, create, and make during the school year that I truly treasure. Things like research papers, essays and compositions, some unit tests, art work, science [...]
What is an Online School?
July 27, 2010 By 2 Comments
Austin and Tiffany do an amazing job explaining how an online school really works. Please check out their video and join them on their journey into What is an Online School? And check out some of my previous posts about: The benefits of …ONLINE SCHOOLS…A Growing Trend How our family’s journey began in our online [...]
Stellar Teachers…
May 27, 2010 By 5 Comments
Last night I attended a social event and had the opportunity to talk with many people, but one conversation in particular still resonates in my mind. A very proud mom shared with me how her daughter’s very first year as a teacher was such a rewarding one. Her daughter received a position as a 2nd [...]
Our Science Project
May 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
COVA’s Advanced Earth Science course was amazing this year. My dd’s favorite unit was Unit 11 Project: Scientific Investigation, which required designing and testing an experiment, forming a hypothesis, organizing data, drawing conclusions, and giving an oral presentation along with a science display board that was created. My dd’s scientific investigation was to test the [...]
COVA TEACHERS ROCK!
May 3, 2010 By 6 Comments
Teacher Appreciation Week May 3-7 2010 This week we recognize our favorite teachers. This is a week to say thanks to that top performing teacher who made a difference in the life of a child. This is a week to express our thanks to those teachers who go above and beyond everyday in their efforts [...]
