Merry Christmas!

The Virtual Learning Academy wishes you a very Merry Christmas!

Helping Children Cope

We can all sometimes feel helpless when we experience or even just hear about catastrophes and tragedies. Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, kidnappings, school shootings -- all these events can affect us profoundly. However, children can be even more profoundly affected because they look to adults to keep the world safe, and when things happen that even adults have no control over, they can lose their sense of security.

Read the following article from About.com:

Helping Your Gifted Child Cope with Tragic Events

This deals with helping ALL children, not just those who are gifted.

Happy Thanksgiving!

On behalf of the Virtual Learning Academy, we would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

The Virtual Learning Academy would like to wish you and your children a Happy Halloween! If your child has questions as they continue to work on their lessons, please tell them to email their teacher. Remember, if your child is on a deadline to be finished at the end of the school year, have them work daily to ensure finishing their courses in a timely manner.

Psychology

The Virtual Learning Academy has a new course available for students. It's Psychology and is a well-rounded course that gives a thorough background of Psychology in addition to many topics teens and young adults deal with on a daily basis. If this is a course your child is interested in taking, notify your home school to see if it's an option.

Parents! Welcome to a new school year! Please encourage your child to work on a daily basis in order to finish his/her course(s) in a timely manner. Make sure to check with your school district to find out the deadline for your child's work in order to have grades put on the transcript. Have your child email his/her teacher(s) when a question arises as they work on their courses. Have a great school year!



New Courses Ready!

Just a short note to let you know that we have two new courses ready for use. Kindergarten Science and Spanish 150 are now available for students. If you have any questions about these two courses, visit our website at www.jcesc.K12.oh.us or call our office at (740) 283-3347.

HELP

We now have a new HELP e-mail available for any questions you may have regarding your Virtual Learning Academy account! The e-mail address is vla.help@omeresa.net.

It's SUMMERTIME!! I hope you and your family are enjoying the summer so far! If your child is working on a summer school course or continuing a course they started in the fall, please remind them to work on a daily basis over the summer in order to finish their work in a timely manner with the deadline they've been given by their school. If you have any questions as to their deadline, contact their school and they can let you know.

End of School Year

Parents,
It's getting close to the end of another school year! Your child may have to complete his/her VLA coursework by the end of the school year. If you are unsure of the deadline, please call your school and speak to the person who signed your child up for VLA. Encourage your child to work on a daily basis in order to finish in a timely manner. Perhaps provide some incentive of a reward if finished on time. For instance, offer to take them to a movie, buy them a video game, take them to the library to pick out a book they've been wanting to read, etc.

We hope VLA has been and will continue to be a positive experience for your child. If we can answer any questions for you, please don't hesitate to call.

Watch for New Method of Grading English Work on VLA - Coming This Fall!

We are currently in the process of changing the procedure that your child will work on English units where a paper is asked to be typed. The picture above will be present in the comment section which indicates for your child to stop and submit their work before moving on to next step. This holds true for each part of the writing process. This will enable the teacher to have a chance to look over their work before they proceed with their final draft. This will hold true for the topic and the topic sentence as well as the following:

Rough Draft: Type your rough draft in a word document, and attach the document to the answer box. When you have finished this part of the assignment, save your work and submit your answers to your teacher before moving on. If you have any questions, be sure to email your teacher for help.

Self-Evaluate: You should submit the same word document you prepared for your rough draft with all of the revisions in place. If you have any questions, be sure to email your teacher for help.

Final Draft:  Make your final corrections and revisions. Be sure to email your teacher if you have any questions. Submit your final draft in the box below. You should submit the same word document you’ve been working on and revising.

Make sure you communicate with your child and their teacher so everything runs smooth.

March Reminder

Parents,
Please remind your child of any deadlines given by their school district for when the school wants VLA courses to be complete. If you are in doubt of any deadlines, please contact your school. If, by chance, your child's deadline is the end of the school year, you need to have your child work at a pace that this can be accomplished.

Attention:

Attention: The VLA system will be down on Monday January 16 from 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM (EST) due to a server upgrade.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to you! I hope 2012 will be a great year for you!

Just a reminder for your child enrolled in VLA. Please encourage them to work daily on their lessons in order to finish each course in a timely manner and to the deadlines given by their school.

If your child has questions as they work, please remind them to email their teacher using the internal email system in VLA. Our teachers are online daily to check for emails from students or lessons waiting to be graded.

Thanks for being a part of the Virtual Learning Academy!