Unlike chat or discussion rooms where everyone has to be logged on at the same time, these are asynchronous courses, which means that students may log on at any time on any day to access their lesson and do their work. We do recommend that a regular set time of your choosing be set aside for online courses. The teacher responds to the student with suggestions and comments and awards credit and a letter grade each semester, when a course is completed. When students have technical questions or problems with their course, they can receive quick and personal assistance from their teacher or the technical staff through e-mail. Any time a student or parent needs to speak with someone directly, they are encouraged to call our office.
Online courses require collaboration between the teacher and parent.
Parents are responsible for supervising their student's weekly schedule and completion of course work, seeing that the student understands each assignment, providing general assistance, and reviewing the quality of work. The teacher evaluates the student's weekly online work, confers with the student and the parent as needed, and sends graded semester evaluations. An active e-mail account. HIGH Online elementary, supplemental, enrichment courses are optional, and are taken in addition to regular courses. These courses integrate the core subjects of English, social studies, math, and science, as well as many other subjects of general interest.