Virtual High School

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Non-profit_name = Virtual High School, Inc.
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founded_date = 1996
founder = Sheldon H. Berman and Robert Tinker
location = 3 Clock Tower Place, Suite 200
Maynard, MA
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num_members = 300+ schools
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homepage = [http://www.govhs.org govhs.org]
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Virtual High School, Inc. (VHS) is a non-profit corporation headquartered in
Maynard, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1996 by Sheldon H. Berman and Robert Tinker with the support of the U.S. Department of Education. Its mission is to develop and deliver standards-based, student-centered online courses.

VHS claims students from 29 states and 23 countries, averaging nearly 10,000 students per year, and offers over 200 semester and year long courses intended to augment rather than replace a school's curriculum. Some of the courses offered by VHS include 101 Ways to Write a Short Story, AP Biology, AP Economics, AP French, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, Art and the Internet, The Holocaust, and Basic Mandarin Chinese, to name a few.

Each VHS participating school contributes by offering one classroom teacher to teach a VHS online course in his/her discipline as part of that teacher’s daily teaching responsibilities. In exchange, the school receives seats in VHS, which offer students courses not available from their local schools.

Professional development courses are offered for the teachers to learn, practice and master the design and delivery of online courses.Courses are delivered on a weekly calendar schedule where students work together asynchronously. This allows students from around the globe to take courses whenever and wherever they have Internet access.

Awards

*USDLA 2007 21st Century Award for Best Practices in Online Technology and K-12 Education
*USDLA 2005 21st Century Award for Best Practices in Online Technology and K-12 Education
*USDLA 2005 Award for Online PreK-12 Programming Excellence, Gold Recipient
*Magna Award, American School Board Journal
*Stockholm Challenge 2001 Award for Global Excellence in Education
*Blackboard Course Contest Winner
*NCTET Community Builder Award 2004

External links

* [http://www.govhs.org VHS's website]
* [http://www.wbschools.com/virtual_high_school1.htm West Boylston High School's VHS web page is an example of VHS participation]

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Virtual High School (Ontario)

Virtual High School (Ontario) (VHS) is a private online high school (www.VirtualHighSchool.com). VHS has its headquarters in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada. VHS is a privately held corporation - VIRTUALHIGHSCHOOL.COM INC.

VHS published its first internet course (Biology) in the fall of 1995, for a class of 23 students. In the spring of 1996, its second course, Canadian Literature, was also posted to the internet and won the second place at the 1997 North American Web Conference (NAWEB) Award for online course development. VHS courses adhere strictly to the Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum standards. VHS is inspected every two years to ensure compliance with the standards of the Ontario Ministry of Education. Such compliance, allows VHS the capacity of granting Ontario Secondary School credits which can lead to an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

VHS currently has about 2000 students per year, all of whom pay tuition for the right to take the online courses. There are currently 51 fully online courses. There are no semesters as students may enrol at any point in time, move through their courses at their own pace and graduate from their course at any point in time. All courses run under the Desire2Learn course management system.

Current courses offered by VHS are:

1. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/bbi1o_2o.asp BBI10 - Introduction to Business, 9/10, Open]
2. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/btt1o_2o.asp BTT10 - Introduction to Technology in Business, 9/10, Open]
3. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/cgc1d.asp CGC1D - Geography of Canada, 9, Academic]
4. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eldeo.asp ELDEO - English Literacy Development]
5. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng1d.asp ENG1D - English, 9, Academic]
6. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng1p.asp ENG1P - English, 9, Applied]
7. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/fsf1d.asp FSF1D - Core French, 9, Academic]
8. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mpm1d.asp MPM1D - Principles of Mathematics, 9, Academic]
9. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mfm1p.asp MFM1P - Foundations of Mathematics, 9, Applied]
10. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/ppl1o.asp PPL1O - Healthy Active Living, 9, Open]
11. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/snc1d.asp SNC1D - Science, 9, Academic]
12. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/snc1p.asp SNC1P - Science, 9, Applied]
13. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/bbi1o_2o.asp BBI20 - Introduction to Business, 9/10, Open]
14. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/btt1o_2o.asp BTT20 - Introduction to Technology in Business, 9/10, Open]
15. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/chc2d.asp CHC2D - Canadian History in the 20th Century, 10, Academic]
16. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/chv2o.asp CHV2O - Civics, 10, Open]
17. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng2d.asp ENG2D - English, 10, Academic]
18. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/glc2o.asp GLC2O - Career Studies, 10, Open]
19. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/lll2o.asp LLL2O - Linking Learners for Literacy Online]
20. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mfm2p.asp MFM2P - Foundations of Mathematics, 10, Applied]
21. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mpm2d.asp MPM2D - Principles of Mathematics, 10, Academic]
22. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/snc2d.asp SNC2D - Science, 10, Academic]
23. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/baf3m.asp BAF3M - Introduction to Financial Accounting, 11, University or College]
24. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/cha3u.asp CHA3U - American History, 11, University]
25. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/chw3m.asp CHW3M - World History to the 16th Century, 11, University or College]
26. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/ems3o.asp EMS30 - Media Studies, 11, Open]
27. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng3c.asp ENG3C - English, 11, College Prep]
28. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng3k.asp ENG3K - English Transfer, 11, College Prep to University Prep]
29. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng3u.asp ENG3U - English, 11, University]
30. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/hrt3m.asp HRT3M - World Religions: Beliefs, Issues, and Religious Traditions, 11, University or College]
31. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mcf3m.asp MCF3M - Functions, 11, University or College]
32. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mcr3u.asp MCR3U - Functions and Relations, 11, University]
33. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/sbi3u.asp SBI3U - Biology, 11, University]
34. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/sph3u.asp SPH3U - Physics, 11, University]
35. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/etc3m.asp ETC3M - Canadian Literature, 11, University or College]
36. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/ics3m.asp ICS3M - Computer & Information Science, 11, University or College]
37. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/cgw4u.asp CGW4U - Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, 12, University]
38. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/cia4u.asp CIA4U - Analysing Current Economic Issues, 12, University]
39. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng4c.asp ENG4C - English, 12, College]
40. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/eng4u.asp ENG4U - English, 12, University]
41. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/ets4u.asp ETS4U - Studies in Literature, 12, University]
42. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/ewc4u.asp EWC4U - The Writer's Craft, 12 University]
43. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/ics4m.asp ICS4M - Computer and Information Science, 12, University or College]
44. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/hsb4m.asp HSB4M - Challenge and Change in Society, 12, University or College]
45. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mdm4u.asp MDM4U - Mathematics for Data Management, 12, University]
46. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mhf4u.asp MHF4U - Advanced Functions, 12, University]
47. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/mcv4u.asp MCV4U - Calculus and Vectors, 12, University]
48. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/sbi4u.asp SBI4U - Biology, 12, University]
49. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/sch4u.asp SCH4U - Chemistry, 12, University]
50. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/sph4c.asp SPH4C - Physics, 12, College]
51. [http://www.virtualhighschool.com/courses/outlines/apcalab.asp APCalAB - AP Calculus AB, 12, University]

External links

* [http://www.virtualhighschool.com Virtual High School website]