It is with pride that I look back over the 2011 calendar year at Alpha Omega Academy. During this year we tested and implemented online classrooms, the Six Traits rubric, a new student information system, and our first ever AOA Winter Cele-break-tion consisting of two online parties and a Wii party. It has been a year of great progress. ...
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Success! On Wednesday, December 28, the academy hosted three separate online parties for our students to kick out the old year and bring in the new. Teachers and advisors spent a great deal of time organizing an elementary, high school, and WiiTM party for our students. ...
It's time to fight those dreary after-Christmas blues.
It's hard, for sure, after a vacation from homework to get back into the learning groove (both for parents and students). Even if you only had a few days off for the holidays, the change in your student's schedule can be enough to throw everything out of whack. ...
It's hard, for sure, after a vacation from homework to get back into the learning groove (both for parents and students). Even if you only had a few days off for the holidays, the change in your student's schedule can be enough to throw everything out of whack. ...
The James family is on a mission. For the past year, they have traveled to over 30 U.S. states visiting various families, ministries, and Bible conferences. John and Dari James and their seven children, ages 15 years to eight months, decided to uproot themselves and listen to God's call to follow Him. ...
This year AOA will host three regional graduation ceremonies. Ceremonies will be held in Dallas, Texas on May 4; Sioux Center, Iowa on May 25; and in Orlando, Florida on June 1. Each event will be a traditional cap and gown ceremony and will include a special welcome, a challenging address to the graduates, and presentation of diplomas followed by a social time with fellow graduates and their families and friends. ...
Seriously, how many people keep New Year's resolutions? Not many. Although 40-50% of the public make resolutions on January 1, the fact is 33% won't even make it until the end of January before they break them, according to a New York Times article....
Beauty comes in the most unexpected places.
This YouTube video shows 13 year-old Alpha Omega Academy student Jason Cordero playing his piano in the subway station at Union Square in New York City. ...
This YouTube video shows 13 year-old Alpha Omega Academy student Jason Cordero playing his piano in the subway station at Union Square in New York City. ...
Christmas break is the perfect time students to relax, whether you attend online school or not. A few free weeks without homework and classes feels like a ticket to freedom to those students who've been studying hard for semester finals. ...
A hundred years ago, students were distance learners. They just used snail mail for assignments and tests and rode in horse-drawn buggies to classes in a distant town. In 1911, it was called classes by correspondence. In 2011, it's called online school. ...
Online students love Christmas too.
Sure, they might not get to deck the halls of a physical classroom with Christmas decorations. That doesn't mean online students have to miss out on all the festivities of the season. In fact, the whole family can get involved when you do virtual Christmas activities....
Sure, they might not get to deck the halls of a physical classroom with Christmas decorations. That doesn't mean online students have to miss out on all the festivities of the season. In fact, the whole family can get involved when you do virtual Christmas activities....
