Thursday, January 31, 2013

Browsers

With the various browsers available today, the default settings may not allow you to access your VLA email in your child's account. If you experience any difficulty opening your email, we suggest you try another browser than the one you are currently using. For instance, if you are using IE (Internet Explorer) and having difficulties, try another browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. If this does not alleviate the problem, contact your school.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Internet Field Trip, January 2013

Happy New Year!! Check out the following link for information on an internet field trip:


Internet Field Trip, January 2013



Seven intriguing links around the internet: daily superhero drawings, international power outlets, substitutes for snow, engineering video games, photos of Mt. Everest, Hamlet as a choose your own adventure novel, and the square root of 2.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Merry Christmas!

The Virtual Learning Academy wishes you a very Merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

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.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!





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

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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.