Online schools for nontraditional high schoolers

<p>My daughter did something similar and believe me, when she looked at colleges, even with a so so and hardly traditional academic background (and grades good, not great, lowish SAT’s) every school was really interested in her. One admissions guy told me “we all love outliers.” The kind of dedication to an art form that your daughter is showing impresses admissions and rightfully so.</p>

<p>Many colleges, including community and state colleges/universities, have online courses now. Harvard Extension does too, in fact. A high schooler may be able to get dual enrollment credit for these classes and therefore finish high school while also getting college credit.</p>

<p>We used Virtual High School, and our experience was good enough that our high school joined so that 25 students now take classes with VHS. But for a performer, Aventa Learning worked better because the work could be done at the student’s own pace, with more work one week than the next. With VHS, you finish each week on Friday. Look up “educere” which is a clearinghouse for such programs.</p>

<p>Homeschoolers often use Clonlara and Keystone, but we preferred the others.</p>

<p>One other thing. If you daughter ends up taking classes online in several places on top of schooling already done, she can get a diploma through North Atlantic Regional High School. My daughter got her GED to be free to dance, then went back and took a few classes and got a diplomat with NARHS. They will give credit for some dance and even for GED’s if your daughter goes that route.</p>

<p>Like I said, with this history, my daughter still did pretty darn well with college admissions, so I wouldn’t worry about it. And of course she can continue to read and learn on her own as well :)</p>