| Insight schools of Washington is set to open a | | | | State. School functions will be planned throughout |
| statewide online high school on September 5th | | | | the state. All students will be allowed opportunities |
| 2006. | | | | to interact with others student in not only the |
| This new high school is open to 9th through 12th | | | | online enviornment but also live and in person. |
| graders residing in Washington State. Plans are | | | | Software to allow teachers to interact live with |
| beingmade to open more Insight schools in other | | | | students using speech, text, and |
| states in the near future. The enrollment has been | | | | interactivewhiteboard presentations is an integral |
| capped at just over 600 for this first year. Over | | | | part of the Insight learning plan. Students and |
| 2500 students have applied for admittance. Insight | | | | teachers arerecieving intense training on the |
| School of Washington will be offering 140 | | | | software that is being implemented. |
| different classes to 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12 | | | | Insight schools is not attempting to replace |
| graders. Students are required to enroll in a | | | | traditional brick and mortar schools but is rather |
| minimum of 4 classes per semester with 5 or 6 | | | | opening up another option for students that are |
| classes being the recommended load. Special | | | | unable to attend school from 8 to 4 or have or |
| requests to enroll in 7 classes per semestered will | | | | issues including sports, theater, honor's courses |
| be allowed or denied by a review committe. | | | | needed, challenging curriculum, pregnancy, jobs, |
| Students will be able to earn a high school diploma | | | | social issues, family issues, and many other |
| completely online. | | | | reasons. |
| A unique approach to online learning involves | | | | All students will be supplied with a laptop |
| assigning 3 certificated teachers to each student | | | | computer fully loaded with all needed licensed |
| for each class.Each teacher will have specific | | | | softwareand a stipend to cover monthly Internet |
| responsibilities which contain checks and balances | | | | access. Insight schools charge no fees although |
| to assure all students receive the support and | | | | some courses will require the student to purchase |
| guidance needed to be successful in an online | | | | a textbook. Student progress will be monitored |
| enviornment. The best highly qualified teachers in | | | | daily with current grades posted once per week in |
| each subject area have been recruited for each | | | | each class. According to the lastest statistics, |
| class. Online curriculum has been carefully selected | | | | 25% of high school aged students having dropped |
| from numerous vendors to meet and exceed all | | | | out of high school. This type of school may indeed |
| Washington state requirements. Student will be | | | | be the answer to those students whose lives and |
| required to take and pass the WASL exams the | | | | circumstances require a different approach to |
| same as all other public high schools in Washington | | | | achieving a high school degree. |