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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