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It’s back-to-school time. Kids with backpacks and new duds are walking to school and lining up at bus stops. But for a small number of students, going to school involves simply turning on a computer at home.
Classes began last week at the Massachusetts Virtual Academy, in the western Massachusetts town of Greenfield. It’s the state’s first public online school, serving students in grades K-12.
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Students in such virtual schools take all of their classes online and have a parent or learning coach who makes sure they complete their assignments.
Full-scale virtual schools started opening around the country nearly a decade ago.
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It’s September 1st and although this isn’t the first day of fall, it is however the first day of virtual school in Massachusetts.
The state’s first online exclusive public school has been open. Students will be able to stay at home and log on their computers to check the curriculum and the books they need to read. No teachers, no annoying class mates. This is The Massachusetts Virtual Academy, the first online-only school that opened up in Greenfield on Thursday.
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BOSTON—On the first day of the school year, some Massachusetts students will be staying home.
As students in the state’s first online-only public school, they will log onto a computer and find out what books they need to read and what new skills they should master.
The Massachusetts Virtual Academy opens in Greenfield on Thursday, not only as the first in the state, but also as the first virtual school in New England to serve students from kindergarten through high school.
At virtual school, the students will take all of their classes online and have a learning coach make sure they complete their assignments. A parent could be certified, for instance, to be the learning coach.
The student can work anytime of day and some may never see their teachers in person.
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GREENFIELD – There are two information sessions today for people who want to learn more about the virtual school that Greenfield will be opening in next month.
The school department will be opening the Massachusetts Virtual Academy at Greenfield this fall for kindergarten through grade eight. K12, a Virginia-based, for-profit online education company, will be providing the curriculum and other services for the school.
Greenfield had talked about and planned for the virtual school for about a year and needed a state waiver to open, which it recently received.
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Greenfield Public Schools has partnered with K12 Inc. to launch the first full-time statewide virtual public school in Massachusetts. It’s also described as the state’s first “virtual ‘Innovation School’” under new legislation designed to ease the way for districts to establish their own alternative education programs.
The Massachusetts Virtual Academy at Greenfield (or “MAVA@Greenfield”) will serve primarily K-8 students, with just a limited number of high school applicants to be accepted from specific regions for the 2010-2011 school year. (The high school program will be expanded over time.) A total of 500 students will be accepted initially.
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HERNDON, Va., Aug 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — K12 Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!lrn/quotes/nls/lrn (LRN 23.91, +0.01, +0.04%) , America’s largest provider of proprietary curriculum and online school programs for students in kindergarten through high school, announced today a new partnership with Greenfield Public Schools to launch Massachusetts’ first full-time, statewide online public school.
The Massachusetts Virtual Academy at Greenfield (MAVA@Greenfield) will serve up to 500 students in grades K-8 across the Commonwealth this coming school year. MAVA@Greenfield plans to expand to offer high school in subsequent years. The tuition-free public school is now accepting applications and will be hosting numerous information sessions for interested families and school districts. Enrollment information can be found at www.K12.com/mava.
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