Since then, it has enrolled more than 300 students who are taking courses to earn their diploma entirely at a distance. Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the high school is administered by the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies's long-standing Independent Study High School Program. The curriculum is broad enough to meet a range of student capabilities and aspirations and yet possesses sufficient depth to appropriately challenge and enrich. Designed to offer a valued diploma, the high school is gaining increased recognition and acceptance throughout Indiana, across the United States, and abroad, says Onesti. Indiana University High School is committed to offering a sound distance education alternative to the educational needs of a highly heterogeneous population.
Students come from a broad array of backgrounds and circumstances.
Typical enrollees are homeschooled, homebound, or otherwise not thriving in a conventional high school program. Diagnosed during the past year with attention deficit disorder, he was struggling in public high school. IUHS courses are structured, information is presented in manageable bytes, the instructors provide effective positive feedback, and students work at their own pace. Stew has been able to recover his potential, and his grades are going up as a result. Stew has designed a schedule similar to one a college student might follow, explains Retha, studying certain courses on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and other courses on Tuesday and Thursday.