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Gull Lake Community Schools to reopen alternative school, launch virtual school and partner with home schools

July 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The new initiatives include a virtual school, a partnership with home-schools, and a newly re-opened alternative high school education program.

“We’ve seen in excess of $1.4 million walk out the door since the alternative ed program closed in 2002,” Superintendent Christopher Rundle said, citing the loss of at least 207 pupils in the past eight years. “These students either went somewhere else for the services they needed or didn’t go back to school at all.

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Gull Lake to expand new online school

July 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

More Gull Lake Community Schools will be able to take online courses after the state allowed the district to expand its new Virtual School, Superintendent Chris Rundle said today.

Rundle reported today that Michigan has granted extra seat-time waivers to allow sixth- through eighth-graders to participate in the program. Previously, the online classes were only open to high schoolers for the program Gull Lake launches this fall.

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5 graduate from first class of Virtual Sight school

June 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Battle Creek’s first-ever all-virtual school held its first-ever commencement ceremony on Tuesday.

Five students from The Virtual Sight, a Berrien Springs Public Schools virtual school hosted by Summit Pointe in downtown Battle Creek, were graduated in Tuesday’s ceremony at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation headquarters. The students were Danny Bates, Choris Jacobsen, Anna Lucas, Danielle Sanders and Harley Wagner, according to the program for Tuesday’s event.

This is the second commencement ceremony for the students. They also walked during the Berrien Springs Alternative Education Program ceremony last month and received Berrien Springs diplomas.

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A virtual graduation

June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Battle Creek’s first-ever all-virtual school held its first-ever commencement ceremony on Tuesday.

Five students from The Virtual Sight, a Berrien Springs Public Schools virtual school hosted by Summit Pointe in downtown Battle Creek, were graduated in Tuesday’s ceremony at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation headquarters. The students were Danny Bates, Choris Jacobsen, Anna Lucas, Danielle Sanders and Harley Wagner, according to the program for Tuesday’s event.

This is the second commencement ceremony for the students. They also walked during the Berrien Springs Alternative Education Program ceremony last month and received Berrien Springs diplomas.

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Connections Education Partners With Ombudsman Educational Services to Help Detroit-Area Residents Re-Enroll in and Graduate From High School

June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
  • Virtual school operator Connections Education is partnering with alternative education provider Ombudsman Educational Services to help Detroit students who have dropped out of high school earn the credits they need to graduate.
  • The two organizations will operate Fusion Academy of Michigan, with space for 300 students in grades 9-12 during 2011-2012.
  • People interested in attending Fusion Academy of Michigan can visit www.connectionsacademy.com/michigan or call (800) 382-6010.

Virtual charter school operator Connections Education is partnering with alternative education provider Ombudsman Educational Services to help students in the Detroit area who have dropped out of high school earn the credits they need to graduate.

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Prof nominated for National Online Teacher of the Year

March 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Andrew Vanden Heuvel teaches physics and astronomy part time at Calvin. He also teaches physics online via the Michigan Virtual School, and in January, he was named the Michigan Online Teacher of the Year for 2010.

More recently, Vanden Heuvel, a 2006 Calvin grad, was also one of five nominees for the National Online Teacher of the Year Award for K–12 learning. If he wins, he will be the second recipient of the award, sponsored by two educational nonprofit organizations: the Southern Regional Education Board and the International Association for K–12 Online Learning.

“It was quite a surprise to be selected as a finalist, but I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the many excellent online instructors in our state,” he said.

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Firm helping D7 create virtual school

August 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn Heights District 7 is hoping to lure home-schoolers and others to a new online academy it will start this fall.

The school board approved an agreement with JST/K12 of Auburn Hills to provide online and at-home coursework for high school students who register.

The district will pay the company about $4,800 per year per student, for each student to take 10 classes — the same number they would take at Annapolis High School.

In return, the students will count as District 7 pupils for state aid, which brings in more than $7,100 per pupil.

The new, as yet unnamed virtual school, will be open to all students in Wayne County. District 7 is already a school-of-choice district.

Gary Kughn with JST said his company would start recruiting from home school groups, area churches and even posting fliers looking for students interested in the program.

“We are not looking to take your existing students,” Kughn said.

Home-schooled students are the prime targets, but dropouts and expelled students may also want to join.

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