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....
Alpha Omega Academy Blog
December 2011
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....
Did you know? Fifty-eight percent of students admit someone has said something hurtful to them online, and the same number have not told their parents or an adult about it.*...
Today, we enjoy the benefits of technological advances like bullet trains, Facebook, and phones with cameras, wi-fi Internet access, and apps that do almost everything. With these advances in communication and travel, all of us can appreciate how the world has become a smaller, more connected place....
December brings end-of-semester tests. Tests bring anxiety.
For students, test time brings up fears and stress unlike any other time of the year. This can really dampen the end of the year if students don't know how to deal with test stress....
For students, test time brings up fears and stress unlike any other time of the year. This can really dampen the end of the year if students don't know how to deal with test stress....
What would you do with a brand new laptop?
Jenny Harth, a homeschool mom from Oklahoma, faced exactly that question when she found out she won a brand new Dell XPS 17" laptop from the Alpha Omega Academy booth at a homeschool convention in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Jenny Harth, a homeschool mom from Oklahoma, faced exactly that question when she found out she won a brand new Dell XPS 17" laptop from the Alpha Omega Academy booth at a homeschool convention in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
