End of School Year Prompts Families to Evaluate Education Choices
iQ Academy Arizona Offers Tuition-Free, Online Education Option
As the school year draws to a close, many families are already exploring and evaluating education options for the upcoming school year. The growing popularity of online education in particular is opening up a whole new horizon of educational choices for Arizona students. Schools such as iQ Academy Arizona offer a high-quality, tuition-free, middle and high school education that provides small group instruction and one-on-one support from certified teachers – all conducted online using a laptop provided by the school.
“Any student living in Arizona can take advantage of this online education option,” said Dodie Gildea, Program Manager of iQ Academy Arizona, “including previously homeschooled students, athletes, performers and others with special needs as well as students seeking Advanced Placement courses or electives unavailable in their local school district. iQ Academy is focused on providing Arizona students the highest quality education to provide a solid foundation for pursuing their passions and future goals.”
iQ Academy Arizona, a Lake Havasu Unified School District #1 program in partnership with KC Distance Learning, Inc., is currently enrolling students for the 2009-10 school year. The accredited online public high school, and middle school, enrolls students from diverse backgrounds and provides them with a high-quality, tuition-free, hands-on education. The award-winning curriculum offers core courses such as English and math, along with extensive Advanced Placement (R) classes. Unique curriculum offerings – such as virtual science labs and a wide-range of foreign language courses for everything from Spanish to Chinese – provide students with unparalleled educational opportunities.
“Our extensive and unique curriculum provides students access to a complete set of standards-based, media-rich courses and offers opportunities that they may not have in a traditional school setting,” said Gildea. Experienced teachers, certified in Arizona, deliver dynamic classroom instruction online, and teachers and a learning coach provide individualized support to students via email, phone, and chat. Students also benefit from virtual homerooms where they regularly meet with teachers and peers to ask questions and share ideas. iQ Academy Arizona students receive textbooks required for their courses and optional use of a laptop computer. As in traditional public schools, these learning tools are provided to students at no cost for as long as they are enrolled in iQ Academy Arizona.
iQ Academy Arizona will host a series of open houses in the summer throughout the state, where teachers, current students and their parents will be available for prospective students and parents to ask questions about this unique education option. Those interested will be able to see a demonstration of how the school operates and what a virtual classroom looks like.
iQ Academy Arizona is an online program of Lake Havasu Unified School District #1 that offers an alternative to traditional classroom-based learning: a tuition-free virtual middle and high school that meets the needs of students and families while setting the highest standards of academic quality. iQ Academy is the only online school with over 30 years of distance learning experience. Certified teachers provide small-group instruction and individualized support, and students benefit from frequent interaction with teachers and peers. The program serves students in grades 6-12, offering a standards-based, media-rich, challenging curriculum for both college and career-bound students. Graduates earn a high school diploma from iQ Academy Arizona and Lake Havasu Unified School District #1 that is accepted at colleges and technical schools throughout the U.S.
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Source: iQ Academy Arizona
