We have a 7th grader who is begging to attend school online. She wants be able to focus without wasting time waiting on classmates. She is gifted and is kinda bored with traditional school.
Thanks for the info I needed it. For my 7th grade daughter We chose the convenience and my daughter really didn’t like the brick and mortar school She was only a number she really wasn’t learning that much and being bullied
My daughter is being bullied, she's in 4th grade. I tried everything to help her with her confidence but with no use. She's a shy kid, and public schools are not for shy kids
I really hate to hear this. I am so sorry. As a parent I know you want what's best for your child and this is part of the reason I chose homeschool. Not bullying issues, but for the choice to avoid having my children bombarded with false labels while impressionable
As I'm watching your video, a K-12 ad comes on haha. I really appreciate your videos. Definitely trying to get my daughter enrolled. Just going through step #3, which is a true pain in the butt.
Super cool ~ I was homeschooled till 6th grade and loved my experience, so its a no-brainer that I also want to homeschool my future kiddos. This is a great resource to know about! Thank you for sharing in such detail =]
I'm interested in 1st grade for my daughter. My husband works and I am planning to work remotely as a coder but neither of us trusts public schools for safety reasons and we do not appreciate the poor behavior of many students as they teach my daughter things against our values. At least for these formative years I want a controlled home environment
Thank you for this great information ! my child will be going into the 4th grade, I want her homeschooled because too many schools are getting too dangerous to send kids to.
This is really interesting! I don't have children yet, but planning and I'm always going back and forth considering public school or homeschooling. This video was very insightful! It seems like a really good program!
Homeschooled 22 years, graduated several kiddos! You will teach your babies to walk, talk, sleep and live- you can teach them math- I promise!!! you got this- maybe with ca but maybe with just homeschooling- either way you are a better educator than a stressed stranger who fears gunfire and failure!
My son isn't but 2 years old. But looking ahead into different options! My cousin told me about this program after her son used this program. I see it as a way for my son to learn without the disruption of a classroom of 30-50 children, and we all know public school is a war zone for bullies, harassment, drugs, and violence. I will not subject my son to this, especially being online at home is a much more peaceful, and safer alternative! With this also, I can be more interactive with his curriculum and decide what he is being taught
Hey!! Yes I agree it’s much more peaceful, but you still don’t really get to choose the curriculum like a traditional homeschool family would. The curriculum is still common core and has some things I don’t agree with. I use it as teachable moments.
My 7th and 8th grader is doing connections academy this school year. if everything goes well, we will have to continue this until maybe high school. thank you so much for all the infos.
Hey how did you and your kids like connection academy? I'm desperately trying to find somewhere for my 8th grader and I heard about connections academy.
My daughter is going into 9th grade I am tired of her being bullied by others she has come home crying daily from school I'm over it she has been on waitlist for a bit hopefully not much longer fingers crossed!!! How long does waitlist take thanks!
I left school in 10th grade for being bullied and I graduated early from home. I now have 3 degrees from state colleges and I’m getting a university degree as well, in law. F those bullies! ❤️ She deserves to feel safe and loved
Hi, my daughter is in 6th grade and we tried k12 online. I don't like that my daughter is on the computer all day and I feel there is too much being thrown at her. I hear students are on the computer a fraction of the time with Connections Academy. Hope it works better for my daughter.
My 14 year old is in 8th grade. We moved to our area about 3 years ago. He started 6th grade and this school let him be more than bullied but up to sexully harassed. Hasent done anything to retaliate till recently and he got suspended for self defense and the other child got off Scott free. That drew the line.
My experience with connections academy was very mixed. I joined it and I loved the first year, the te she es were wonderful and so was the curriculum. BUT the second year was so bad my teachers would never respond, they would not help me, they went 6 months without responding to calls, emails, and they didn’t approve my lessons! I had to leave cause if not I would fail!
Do you know how I’ll get a diploma if I’m interested in the program and in 12th grade. Will they mail the diploma? Is there any graduation requirements?
Looking into it because today one of the students in my sons grade threatened to shoot up the school tomorrow.. this is my biggest fear for my child. He’s in 8th grade and is super smart. I wasn’t wanting to send him to public school past this year anyway because of this fear. That’s why I’m looking into it.
Are you able to alter the calendar schedule at all? Our former school used a year-round calendar where the kiddos get a two week break after each 9 weeks period and they would have a shorter summer. It worked so well helping them avoid burnouts.
Hello!! I’m a 9th grader who wants to switch to online school, I love learning but I have bad social anxiety (even though I love socializing), I feel like I’m not really learning anything in in person public school , and the way in person school works has been really stressful and only made me unmotivated and stressed.. so I’ve been trying to look into better options, and I think online school is the best option for me. My parents don’t want me to do online school because they think it will make my social anxiety worse. I’ve been doing a lot of research and it all shows that online school will make it better (I also know personally it will make it better because that’s what happened during the pandemic), do you have any recommendations on how I could convince my parents to let me switch to online school?
I would recommend you go to the Home Screen and type on the learning coach tab to find out all the ways to help your student and call Connections Academy to have them walk you through. My daughter does her school work on her own time. Just do what works for you! As long as it gets done!
I'm going to be pulling my 5th grader out of public school and doing this. She still wants to do co-ops as well. Does connection academy offer the freedom during the day for her to be able to do this?
We’re going into 8th grade but he’s not at that level. He has been homeschooled since Kindergarten. He still wants to stay home but I know he needs more. So I’m looking for a good option. My concern is he’s definitely not at the level of a typical 8th grader and idk how they work with that.
@@The419co okay I may give them a call tomorrow and see what they tell me, did you sign him up with him? I'm just scared of my kids getting behind even more.
@@KathrynMay oh ok, that's good to know. I'm kind of afraid of him getting behind on his work if he does online virtual school. I've seen some parents say their child that isn't even ADHD fell behind on work. It sounds like the work load may be kind of heavy.
Hi mom son have been doing online school at connections academy. He have been doing his assignments but can’t mark as complete is there any tips u give me thanks.
I'm wanting to homeschool my boys (4th, 5th, and 8th grades) but I'm not sure which school to choose. I'm trying to sign them up for k12 but they have zero communication going on.
since connections academy is public school, are students and teachers declaring their pronouns when in virtual classroom setting? Is the curriculum including CRT?
My daughter have a IEP, but does it have to address learning in a virtual setting. One of the virtual learning school program said my daughter IEP does not currently address learning in a virtual setting, so a meeting have to be held with her school district.
My child is being bullied and we are looking for someway to help our child out of this school! She is in the 6th grade! We both work I am home in the afternoons by 1 can I make this work?
Hey ... (my apologies i think i keep on commenting the sane question) But my daughter missed a semster of school in 11th and she is now going to 12th. Do you think she can take extra classes ane graduate on time in connections academy ?? Thank you
Good question and no worries! Glad to chat. I didn’t see that question before but I would call CA and ask them. I really don’t know. Wish I could be more help.
Hey there it would be really great ask these questions directly to your connections Academy school. I don’t think you’re gonna fail but obviously I am not on staff and I don’t know what your account looks like. I do think you’re required to attend a certain amount of lessons but you don’t have to attend them all. My daughter does 60% of them probably
Thank you so much for replying this fast and your answer is very helpful I actually didn’t enroll yet but i want a school that if I didn’t join a live class is not going to low my grade and my credit
@@user-rn5iq1oy6j no the lessons are recorded you can watch them later if you need to. It's not part of your grade. The assignments are the only thing graded
Yes many Olympic athletes have gone to Connections Academy and then accepted at Ivy league schools. Connections Academy is a public school ran through a local school district.
Hey question, I know this school curriculam rerquires 7 hrs of school a day. Do you have to log what you did for those 7 hrs? How much of the 7 hrs is traditional at the computer doing school work?
Yes, you take daily attendance online and it’s really only 3-4 hours of online work and the rest could be homeschool stuff like cooking, a job, reading etc.
Question my daughter really does not want to do live lessons but I went to the website and it does not go into detail so if she doesn't do live lessons will she fail?, just looking into it.
Hi does anyone have any recommendations on how to convince my mom to allow me to do online school. If you do please let me know I appreciate it very much
@@KathrynMay yes I asked her not to long ago and she said that she will attend the information session that’s on June 8th that way she can learn more about online school since she doesn’t fully comprehend what it is. And I really want to do online school because the public school I go to the kids can be very mean at times and noisy and it’s hard to work with all that. And i also have very bad social anxiety and I feel like it gets worse every time I go back to school.
Hello. I had 2 questions that weren't raised in this video and was hoping you might be able to help me. 1. Do you have a ballpark number on the acceptance rate? Is there anything in particular that might cause them to not accept an application? I just finished the application process and my Son and I are both excited (11th grade) as this is going to be very convenient for both of us. I don't want to get my hopes up! 2. Do you know if there is information about standardized testing locations anywhere online? I haven't been able to find anything online. Thank you!
I don’t know the timing. I heard back the first time within a week. And they don’t post stealing locations here at least till closer to time. They email you too.
Thank you for your reply. Today was my Son's second day at MOCA and so far we're both pretty happy with it. Thank you for posting this video, I felt more confident in going forward with enrolling him after seeing it. :)@@KathrynMay
Thank you!! Is connections academy totally free and do we pay for the curriculum?? Thanks momeetamee homeschool mom from Texas author of Little Timothy Faith book
We have a 7th grader who is begging to attend school online. She wants be able to focus without wasting time waiting on classmates. She is gifted and is kinda bored with traditional school.
It’s a good choice. We love it
Thanks for the info
I needed it.
For my 7th grade daughter
We chose the convenience and my daughter really didn’t like the brick and mortar school
She was only a number she really wasn’t learning that much and being bullied
Awe! I hate to hear that she’s been bullied! This is a great way to homeschool
My daughter is being bullied, she's in 4th grade. I tried everything to help her with her confidence but with no use. She's a shy kid, and public schools are not for shy kids
I really hate to hear this. I am so sorry. As a parent I know you want what's best for your child and this is part of the reason I chose homeschool. Not bullying issues, but for the choice to avoid having my children bombarded with false labels while impressionable
As I'm watching your video, a K-12 ad comes on haha.
I really appreciate your videos. Definitely trying to get my daughter enrolled. Just going through step #3, which is a true pain in the butt.
That’s funny! RUclips puts ads on the platform that they think you want to see….Glad the videos are helpful ❤️
Super cool ~ I was homeschooled till 6th grade and loved my experience, so its a no-brainer that I also want to homeschool my future kiddos. This is a great resource to know about! Thank you for sharing in such detail =]
You got it!! Thanks for watching
I'm interested in 1st grade for my daughter. My husband works and I am planning to work remotely as a coder but neither of us trusts public schools for safety reasons and we do not appreciate the poor behavior of many students as they teach my daughter things against our values. At least for these formative years I want a controlled home environment
In our state, they just changed it in our state to 4-12 instead of k-12
Thank you for this great information ! my child will be going into the 4th grade, I want her homeschooled because too many schools are getting too dangerous to send kids to.
It’s so sad, but true. Partly why we homeschool too
This is really interesting! I don't have children yet, but planning and I'm always going back and forth considering public school or homeschooling. This video was very insightful! It seems like a really good program!
It’s been awesome!!
Homeschooled 22 years, graduated several kiddos! You will teach your babies to walk, talk, sleep and live- you can teach them math- I promise!!!
you got this- maybe with ca but maybe with just homeschooling- either way you are a better educator than a stressed stranger who fears gunfire and failure!
So excited I found this we are in Tennessee as well.
My son isn't but 2 years old. But looking ahead into different options! My cousin told me about this program after her son used this program.
I see it as a way for my son to learn without the disruption of a classroom of 30-50 children, and we all know public school is a war zone for bullies, harassment, drugs, and violence. I will not subject my son to this, especially being online at home is a much more peaceful, and safer alternative! With this also, I can be more interactive with his curriculum and decide what he is being taught
Hey!! Yes I agree it’s much more peaceful, but you still don’t really get to choose the curriculum like a traditional homeschool family would. The curriculum is still common core and has some things I don’t agree with. I use it as teachable moments.
My 7th and 8th grader is doing connections academy this school year. if everything goes well, we will have to continue this until maybe high school. thank you so much for all the infos.
You got it!
Hey how did you and your kids like connection academy? I'm desperately trying to find somewhere for my 8th grader and I heard about connections academy.
My daughter is going into 9th grade I am tired of her being bullied by others she has come home crying daily from school I'm over it she has been on waitlist for a bit hopefully not much longer fingers crossed!!! How long does waitlist take thanks!
I’m so sorry! I hate that! I don’t know about the waitlist times but you could try k12. It’s another great option!
I left school in 10th grade for being bullied and I graduated early from home.
I now have 3 degrees from state colleges and I’m getting a university degree as well, in law.
F those bullies! ❤️
She deserves to feel safe and loved
Woohoo! Way to go!!
Hi, my daughter is in 6th grade and we tried k12 online. I don't like that my daughter is on the computer all day and I feel there is too much being thrown at her. I hear students are on the computer a fraction of the time with Connections Academy. Hope it works better for my daughter.
Yes, it’s very good
My daughter just started with K-12 and I am in the process of switching her to Connections Academy. I'm hoping the waiting list opens up soon.
So how's it going, did you switch to Connections Academy?
The testing site aspect may be my only game changer 😢
My 14 year old is in 8th grade. We moved to our area about 3 years ago. He started 6th grade and this school let him be more than bullied but up to sexully harassed. Hasent done anything to retaliate till recently and he got suspended for self defense and the other child got off Scott free. That drew the line.
so sad! I am sorry to hear that
My experience with connections academy was very mixed. I joined it and I loved the first year, the te she es were wonderful and so was the curriculum. BUT the second year was so bad my teachers would never respond, they would not help me, they went 6 months without responding to calls, emails, and they didn’t approve my lessons! I had to leave cause if not I would fail!
Thanks for sharing!!
Do you know how I’ll get a diploma if I’m interested in the program and in 12th grade. Will they mail the diploma? Is there any graduation requirements?
I don’t. I would call and chat with them though. I am sure there are requirements and I think even an in person graduation
My son isnt doing well in traditional school. I dont have time to fully homeschool so im looking for online options.
This is a great one for us
Looking into it because today one of the students in my sons grade threatened to shoot up the school tomorrow.. this is my biggest fear for my child. He’s in 8th grade and is super smart. I wasn’t wanting to send him to public school past this year anyway because of this fear. That’s why I’m looking into it.
Goodness! Yes I think that’s a great reason.
Hopeing to get in my 7th grade son is over town school drama . Wants to learn
We are in ga and I'm still figuring out the website to be honest. Idk my daughter's login
why can't the student take the standard testing at the local public school?
Not sure
Are you able to alter the calendar schedule at all? Our former school used a year-round calendar where the kiddos get a two week break after each 9 weeks period and they would have a shorter summer. It worked so well helping them avoid burnouts.
No, it’s set
Hello! Can a Chromebook be used or does it have to be a Windows based computer?
My daughter is going in the 5th and she has an IEP and wondering is this will be good for her since I’m being deployed for work.
Yes! I think it would! They work with iep
Hello!! I’m a 9th grader who wants to switch to online school, I love learning but I have bad social anxiety (even though I love socializing), I feel like I’m not really learning anything in in person public school , and the way in person school works has been really stressful and only made me unmotivated and stressed.. so I’ve been trying to look into better options, and I think online school is the best option for me. My parents don’t want me to do online school because they think it will make my social anxiety worse. I’ve been doing a lot of research and it all shows that online school will make it better (I also know personally it will make it better because that’s what happened during the pandemic), do you have any recommendations on how I could convince my parents to let me switch to online school?
I don’t know. I’d just talk to them.
Thank you
You got it! Are you thinking of enrolling in CA?
My daughter in 6th grade please guide me this is her first time
I would recommend you go to the Home Screen and type on the learning coach tab to find out all the ways to help your student and call Connections Academy to have them walk you through. My daughter does her school work on her own time. Just do what works for you! As long as it gets done!
I'm going to be pulling my 5th grader out of public school and doing this. She still wants to do co-ops as well. Does connection academy offer the freedom during the day for her to be able to do this?
Yes it does. My daughter is in a coop
Will you still be able to graduate with a high school diploma the same as if you were attending a regular public school?
Yes
We’re going into 8th grade but he’s not at that level. He has been homeschooled since Kindergarten. He still wants to stay home but I know he needs more. So I’m looking for a good option. My concern is he’s definitely not at the level of a typical 8th grader and idk how they work with that.
I would call and ask them. I don't know either. They may just want to give him an IEP and help him get caught up
@@KathrynMay Thank you! I got in touch with them today.
@@The419co hello! My kids are in the same boat, may I ask what they said, will they be able to help?
@@jessicaeunice11 I was told they basically work with the kids At their level. And we would have opportunity to have extra help when needed.
@@The419co okay I may give them a call tomorrow and see what they tell me, did you sign him up with him? I'm just scared of my kids getting behind even more.
My child is ADHD, with an IEP. I'm wondering if this will be good for them?
Yes! I would think so. My child has an IEP too with Connections and is ADD and dyslexic. They work with you through it all!
@@KathrynMay oh ok, that's good to know. I'm kind of afraid of him getting behind on his work if he does online virtual school. I've seen some parents say their child that isn't even ADHD fell behind on work. It sounds like the work load may be kind of heavy.
@@ambitiousbeauty1013 it's actually very easy and doable
Less than public school
Hi mom son have been doing online school at connections academy. He have been doing his assignments but can’t mark as complete is there any tips u give me thanks.
Contact connections academy tech support
I'm wanting to homeschool my boys (4th, 5th, and 8th grades) but I'm not sure which school to choose. I'm trying to sign them up for k12 but they have zero communication going on.
So sorry. That’s tough. I’ve never used k12
Am I still able to enroll for the 2023-2024 scholl year?
Not sure. You’ll need to contact the school
since connections academy is public school, are students and teachers declaring their pronouns when in virtual classroom setting? Is the curriculum including CRT?
Some teachers have signed emails with those yes…but I don’t know what CRT is.
My daughter have a IEP, but does it have to address learning in a virtual setting. One of the virtual learning school program said my daughter IEP does not currently address learning in a virtual setting, so a meeting have to be held with her school district.
We have an IEP for my daughter.
Do they give you study supplies or practice tests for standardized testing?
They prepare them in class
My child is being bullied and we are looking for someway to help our child out of this school! She is in the 6th grade! We both work I am home in the afternoons by 1 can I make this work?
Absolutely! It works with your schedule
Is it weekly deadlines or do they give your child all the work that is due for that whole semester?
Depends on the assignment but mostly daily due dates
Hey ... (my apologies i think i keep on commenting the sane question)
But my daughter missed a semster of school in 11th and she is now going to 12th. Do you think she can take extra classes ane graduate on time in connections academy ??
Thank you
Good question and no worries! Glad to chat. I didn’t see that question before but I would call CA and ask them. I really don’t know. Wish I could be more help.
If I didn’t join all the live classes am I going to fail????please answer
Thank you
Hey there it would be really great ask these questions directly to your connections Academy school. I don’t think you’re gonna fail but obviously I am not on staff and I don’t know what your account looks like. I do think you’re required to attend a certain amount of lessons but you don’t have to attend them all. My daughter does 60% of them probably
Thank you so much for replying this fast and your answer is very helpful
I actually didn’t enroll yet but i want a school that if I didn’t join a live class is not going to low my grade and my credit
@@user-rn5iq1oy6j no the lessons are recorded you can watch them later if you need to. It's not part of your grade. The assignments are the only thing graded
Do they help with scholarships for college like traditional schools do?
I honestly don't know. Good question though. You could call them and ask maybe?
Yes many Olympic athletes have gone to Connections Academy and then accepted at Ivy league schools. Connections Academy is a public school ran through a local school district.
How often are standardized tests?
Once a year
Is it available anywhere in tennessee
Yes
Hey question, I know this school curriculam rerquires 7 hrs of school a day. Do you have to log what you did for those 7 hrs? How much of the 7 hrs is traditional at the computer doing school work?
Yes, you take daily attendance online and it’s really only 3-4 hours of online work and the rest could be homeschool stuff like cooking, a job, reading etc.
If they’re in high school, do they get to go to dance or anything?
No, that’s a downfall
Question my daughter really does not want to do live lessons but I went to the website and it does not go into detail so if she doesn't do live lessons will she fail?, just looking into it.
My daughter works during the day and does school at night, so she never makes the LL. She just catches the replays.
Thank you so much 😁
Hi does anyone have any recommendations on how to convince my mom to allow me to do online school. If you do please let me know I appreciate it very much
Have you asked her? Why do you want to do this?
@@KathrynMay yes I asked her not to long ago and she said that she will attend the information session that’s on June 8th that way she can learn more about online school since she doesn’t fully comprehend what it is. And I really want to do online school because the public school I go to the kids can be very mean at times and noisy and it’s hard to work with all that. And i also have very bad social anxiety and I feel like it gets worse every time I go back to school.
Hello. I had 2 questions that weren't raised in this video and was hoping you might be able to help me.
1. Do you have a ballpark number on the acceptance rate? Is there anything in particular that might cause them to not accept an application? I just finished the application process and my Son and I are both excited (11th grade) as this is going to be very convenient for both of us. I don't want to get my hopes up!
2. Do you know if there is information about standardized testing locations anywhere online? I haven't been able to find anything online. Thank you!
I don’t know the timing. I heard back the first time within a week. And they don’t post stealing locations here at least till closer to time. They email you too.
I was told that you shouldn’t go further than an hour away. This was important to me as well.
Thank you for your reply. Today was my Son's second day at MOCA and so far we're both pretty happy with it. Thank you for posting this video, I felt more confident in going forward with enrolling him after seeing it. :)@@KathrynMay
Great! AND, you are so welcome
@@thomaslewis8069
Thank you!! Is connections academy totally free and do we pay for the curriculum?? Thanks momeetamee homeschool mom from Texas author of Little Timothy Faith book
Totally free
Thank you 😊
You’re welcome
Kindergarten
Awe!!!! Do they offer CA for Kindergarten in your area?
Please stop with the commercials and lettuce mustaches 😢 they are so awful I’m tempted to never use them
Sorry?! I have no idea what you’re talking about
how do you go back to live lessons that you’ve missed?
reach out to your teacher