We rarely use textbooks, preferring to work with ancillary software materials, Web sites, personal interviews and literature. Lotus LearningSpace provides Lotus Notes and Domino software with strong communications and collaboration capabilities allowing faculty, administrators and students to interact easily and enjoy secure and reliable communication at all times. One of the most popular aspects of FHS is that students are not required to sit through presentations of materials they have already mastered. For example, students take a mock SAT when they sign on. In many classes learning is tailored to the student, depending on areas of individual strength or weakness, requiring they only do what's needed to help them prepare for the test.
Testing is done at an agreed upon site, usually near the student's home or a regular high school.
They provide a proctor who is present to oversee standard paper and pencil final exams. Exams are sent to the appropriate districts on the dates that are identified as exam dates, six times a year. Kids work toward those dates and set their goal accordingly. Students being tested must show an accepted form of identification that validates they are the ones actually taking the test. It's acceptable to call the teachers because the teachers are frequently calling the kids.