LAS VEGAS (FOX5) – The Virtual High School lets kids go to school in the comfort of their own home. CCSD says this type of online learning could help the ailing graduation rate.
Instead of waking up early and rushing to class, 150 high schoolers get up when they feel like it and take their classes online.
“You get to eat breakfast, (you) don’t have to wake up super early and be afraid you’re going to miss the bus,” Dakota Schneider said.
Schneider is a junior at VHS. He went to Basic High School his freshmen year, but struggled.
“I noticed I couldn’t concentrate a lot with kids constantly tapping on desks, making noise.”
The shy student also worried about bullying, and says some of his friends were victims. Schneider researched VHS and gave it a try.
Dominique Quattrini is a Virtual High School senior.
She battled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma the summer before high school. After beating it she went to Silverado High School her freshman year. Quattrini relapsed the following summer and enrolled in virtual school from her hospital room, “For me, even though I was dealing with all the treatments, I wanted to – as best as I could – stay on track and finish.”
After beating cancer the second time, she almost went back to her traditional school but decided against it.
Despite the physical distance with online learning, students say they actually get more one on one time with their teachers.
“They’ll check in at least once a week and we have an instant messenger program so we can message them anytime they’re online and we need help. So, it’s definitely more personable here,” Quattrini said.
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