My daughter attended VLACS for her final 2 years of high school and it was a great experience. The discipline required to get work done on her own schedule was great preparation for what she'll experience in college. Teachers were great, always felt like she was given the tools to succeed. Highly recommend.
The online program that Vlacs offers really engages you to think! The lessons make sense and make you want to learn! The teachers here are very nice! You should go here and try it out!
Update: I have finished my first course for math and it was wonderful! Once again, a must for people who want to learn online at their own pace.
My son graduated from VLACS this past June and he had a very positive experience. He really enjoyed online learning and I looked forward to the monthly virtual meetings with his teachers. VLACS is a school definitely worth looking into.
VLACS has been a wonderful experience for our kids. The online classes are extremely well laid out. My kids have a great sense of accomplishment since they can manage their own time and work at their own pace. The teachers and staff are extremely nice and very helpful. VLACS is just the right combination of asynchronous learning mixed with teacher interaction for our kids.
Three of my four children have worked with VLACs instructors in conjunction with their traditional middle and high school classes and have thrived. Because of the program, my oldest was able to take advanced courses his junior year landing him a full physics scholarship at a prestigious New England university. I highly recommend VLACs to self-starters who are motivated to get ahead academically.
The workload is very confusing, quizzes/tests are terrible because half the time they just disappear and you have to redo them. I really have come to despise this school. Would not recommend at all
The teachers are so supportive and amazing. They are very available and only want your child to succeed. We absolutely loved Mrs. Cannon and Ms. DeStefano. Their commitment helped my son realize his potential.The courses are interesting and engaging. I wish we had accessed this wonderful tool sooner in his high school experience.
My family started with VLACS part-time in 6th grade, and transitioned to full-time in 8th grade. Prior to this, we homeschooled. VLACS has been an excellent fit for our family. Students are able to work through the material at their own pace, so slowing down or working at an accelerated pace is possible, as long as you communicate your intentions with your teachers and submit work on a regular basis. VLACS is designed to facilitate independent learning, and won't be a good fit for students who are unable to work on their own. Contact with teachers is minimal at the middle and high school levels -- you don't have a live teacher teaching the classes. Instead, teachers are there more to guide their students through the work, and help them if they get stuck. Students meet with them once every unit or so for discussion-based assessments, though they have office hours and you can meet with them more frequently. My children met with their math and foreign language teachers often for extra help. For us, VLACS offers much of the same freedom we had with homeschooling with the benefit of oversight and free curriculum. We are able to schedule the work around our lives, but we don't have to worry about missing some graduation requirement. They offer a much larger variety of elective classes than most high schools are able to offer, so students have real opportunities to explore different career fields and interests. How many high schools offer Forensic Science, or Cybersecurity? They award credit for internships, and allow students to build their own courses. My kids weren't interested in their P.E. offerings, and were able to work with a teacher to build their own P.E. course around martial arts. One of the greatest benefits of VLACS at the high school level is the ability for students to earn dual credits. They partnered with the NH community college system's eStart program, which allows high school students to take online college courses for $150 each, and earn both high school and college credit for doing so. My children, now high school juniors, have taken several of these classes, and will likely have their first year of college completed before they graduate high school. VLACS prepared them well for college-level work. In fact, they are taking some classes at our local community college in addition to the eStart classes, and have found themselves better prepared than many of their fellow classmates who attended traditional schools. They are used to working independently without a lot of hand-holding, which is required at the college level. While it's not for everyone, VLACS has been perfect for our family. Our kids are confident, independent learners, and have already proven themselves capable of college-level work.
I enjoyed being a full-time student with Virtual Learning Academy Charter School. Among other things, the classes were challenging, the teachers were knowledgeable, my advisor was excellent, and dual-enrollment course options saved me time and money in my first semester of college. I would certainly recommend this school.
Take one AP class at this virtual learning school. It basically learn by yourself and you also need find your testing place for AP exam. Teacher is no help at all.
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