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Virtual school prepares for Utah students

August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Utah Connections Academy has received 393 applications from students throughout the state for its inaugural year of providing a 21st century approach to education. Five of those applications are from Iron County.

Linda Harless, principal for the academy, said Aug. 29 is planned as the first day of school, but there is still much preparation to be done. The academy is a virtual charter school with programs in 21 other states, but is establishing itself in Utah for the first time with a capped enrollment of 350.

Director of Public Relations for Connections Education Alison Bazin reported 20 of the applicants are from Southern Utah. Although there are 393 applicants, Bazin said many families start the application process but do not complete it for a variety of reasons, such as a move or decision to stay with a traditional school. As a result, there is room for enrollment.

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New Virtual School in Utah – Connections Academy

July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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State gears up for new online education program that begins this fall

July 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

SALT LAKE CITY — School districts, charter schools and students now have the guidance they need to utilize a statewide online education program this fall, but some believe there will be serious hiccups as the program gets under way.

The new statute was adopted this legislative session and enables high school students to exchange up to two of their regular classes for online classes from a variety of vendors at no cost. Only students who intend to graduate early will be allowed to more than eight classes per year.

Lawmakers and educators are still working out kinks in the program. Last week, the State Board of Education held an emergency meeting to create a rule detailing class registration procedures.

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Online program is asset to education

July 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Today, with the advances in technology, there are many ways in which students can receive a full education. The Washington Online School Utah program is one of those additions to public education that can enhance and expand a students’ learning experience.

Washington Online School Utah (also known as WOSU or Wash Online) provides two free public online schools: WOSU-K8 (K-eighth grades) and WOSU-HS (ninth -twelfth grades) that are part of the Washington County School District. WOSU is open to all students in grades K-12 living anywhere in the state of Utah.

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The Year of School Choice

July 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma have created or expanded tuition tax credit programs. North Carolina and Tennessee eliminated caps on the number of charter schools. Maine passed its first charter law. Colorado created a voucher program in Douglas County that will provide scholarships for private schools. In Utah, lawmakers passed the Statewide Online Education Program, which allows high school students to access course work on the Internet from public or private schools anywhere in the state.

Even in the nation’s capital, and thanks largely to House Speaker John Boehner, Congress revived the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a voucher program for poor families that the Obama Administration had wanted to kill at the behest of teachers unions.

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Teigan Adams third in barrel racing at high school finals

June 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Local Teenager qualifies for National High School Rodeo Finals

Seventeen year old Teigan Adams of Castle Dale, finished third in barrel racing at the Utah State High School Finals held June 8-11 in Heber City. In her bid to qualify Teigan attended high school rodeos throughout the state of Utah from August of last year to the end of May, she earned enough points to enter the state finals tied for third place in barrel racing.

Teigan competes as a junior attending Utah Virtual Academy. She rodeos as part of the Emery High School Rodeo Club. Emery held their high school rodeo in April in conjunction with the Carbon High School rodeo. While competing at the Carbon High School rodeo which was held in Castle Dale Teigan reset the arena record fast time in barrel racing.

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Online education may be Utah’s future

June 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As the school year winds down at the Open High School of Utah, I look back at 2010-11 and am thrilled with the transformative power that technology played in preparing my students for what lies ahead. The use of technology — real-world technology — transcends the barriers of time and place and allows students access to knowledge anytime, anyplace.

As an online school, our methods can be described as “one-on-one tutoring for every student in every subject”. Instruction is individualized, allowing students to work at their pace and on their needs. Our technology instantaneously tracks the students and their performance.

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New online learning law full of ‘unintended consequences’

June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The new law allows high school students statewide to enroll at no cost to their families in online classes from various online providers in addition to their standard high school classes. For every online class they take, however, they must drop one of the classes at their brick and mortar high school unless they plan to graduate early.

“What is the advantage of having them take an online course and then drop one of the other courses?” Sen. Karen Morgan, D-Salt Lake asked. “I, too, am very concerned about that and the logistics about that.”

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Utah Virtual Academy Congratulates Class of 2011

June 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

SALT LAKE CITY, June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On Friday, June 3, the Utah Virtual Academy honored 25 students as the graduating class of 2011.

The traditional graduation ceremony took place at 3 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Main Library. The ceremony featured the senior speech by Nephi Smith of Taylorsville. Upon graduation, Nephi plans to attend the University of Utah. The ceremony also featured a keynote address by Superintendent Larry K. Shumway, Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

“The second graduating class has followed in the same pioneering spirit of the first and demonstrated that they are ready for the future both academically and with the needed technology skills to compete in the workforce of the future,” said Jeff Herr, UTVA head of school. “Most are college bound and I think that speaks well for the quality of the program and the dedication of our students.”

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A Virtual School Option for Utah Kids

April 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Virtual education continues to grow in popularity across the country. Utah Connections Academy was established to meet growing parent and student demand for our flexible, technology-enhanced public school. In the past year alone over 1,600 people in Utah have requested information about a Connections Academy school in the state.

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