Online school enrollment soars in summer
For as long as he can remember, 13-year-old Quinn Pratt has spent his summers at Camp Kingfisher in Marietta.
For him, few things are more important.
And so when he discovered he needed to take algebra to be on par with other rising freshmen at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, he knew he had to find a way to get it done this summer — without giving up camp.
Luckily for Quinn, of Atlanta, he could take the course online at Kaplan Virtual Education.
While virtual schools are nothing new, online summer school is quickly becoming a favorite among students and parents unwilling to sacrifice summertime pleasures. In fact, in some cases online school enrollment is increasing as brick-and-mortar enrollment decreases.
More than 1,500 private school students around the world are enrolled in Kaplan’s online schools, including 200 like Quinn in metro Atlanta.
Administrators say that more students are going the online route either to replace a low or failing grade or to move ahead.
Quinn needed to take algebra so he’d be ready for ninth-grade geometry. Because neither Holy Spirit nor DeKalb Online Academy offered the course, his father Tom Pratt said Kaplan was the next best thing.
It’s considered a leader in private online high school education, he said.
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Online school enrollment soars in summer by Gracie Bonds Staples
From AJC.com
