Virtual High School Approved as an Online Provider in California & Washington

More schools on the West Coast can now supplement their curriculum with VHS’ co-synchronous online courses.
By: Arnold Communications
 
June 23, 2011 - PRLog -- Maynard, MA – Virtual High School Global Consortium (http://www.govhs.org), the pioneer of K-12 online learning and course design for teachers, today announced they have been approved by the University of California and the Digital Learning Department in Washington state following an extensive review of the organization’s online program. Their new online provider status enables VHS to continue to deliver online courses to public school students who reside in California and Washington, further expanding online learning opportunities for students on the West Coast.

Designed to supplement a school’s classroom curriculum, Virtual High School Global Consortium (VHS) is a non-profit, worldwide collaborative of high schools, teachers and students. VHS member schools have access to 200 online elective, Advanced Placement and honors courses, which are delivered co-synchronously and taught by VHS teachers who actively teach in classrooms at their member schools.  All are certified in their specific discipline and have completed a VHS graduate level professional development program in online teaching. Instructors facilitate and continually monitor all courses, engaging students in discussions, and assessing each individual student’s progress.

“To date, our program has been best known in the Eastern United States and abroad, said Liz Pape, President & CEO of VHS. “We are delighted that these new approvals will enable us to offer our high-quality, co-synchronous online courses through more West Coast schools.”

Recent legislation in both states requires online providers such as VHS, to meet set guidelines to provide online classes to students in their state. Since 2000, however, VHS has been partnering with middle and high schools in California and Washington to prepare students for their next level of education and future careers. Currently, 42 schools in Washington are members of the VHS collaborative, including Port Townsend High School.

"As a small high school of 500 students, I appreciate that VHS gives us the opportunity to offer students advanced level coursework in a variety of subject areas that we would be unable to otherwise offer,” said Carrie Ehrhardt, Principal of Port Townsend High School.

For more information, visit http://www.govhs.org.

About Virtual High School (VHS)
Virtual High School is the pioneer of online course design and instruction for teachers and online education for high school students. Virtual High School partners with schools to provide rigorous, student-centered online courses that help expand rather than replace existing curriculum options. The VHS collaborative includes 770 member schools and 15,000 enrolled students from 35 U.S. states and 45 countries.  The recipient of the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) 2005, 2007 and 2008 awards for Excellence in Programming and Excellence in Best Practices and the Stockholm Challenge 2001 Award for exemplary use of technology in education, VHS was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.govhs.org or call (978) 897-1900.

Press Contact: VHS: Carol Arnold, Arnold Communications, carol@arnoldcomm.com, (877) 718-4604 x2.

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The pioneer of K-12 online learning and course design for teachers, Virtual High School (VHS) is a non-profit collaborative of high schools, middle schools, teachers and students.
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