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

Kaplan Virtual Education and the nonprofit California Virtual Education Partners teamed up with the local school district to start a sixth-through-12th-grade virtual charter academy in time for the new school year.

Any one of 700,000 middle-through-high school-age kids in San Joaquin County, and all contiguous counties, are eligible to enroll in what’s called the Kaplan Academy of California, according to Matt Given, Kaplan’s vice president for public school development.

For each student who enrolls, Tracy Unified could get about 5 percent of the per-pupil funding. For every student, the state gives a little less than $5,000 to the school they attend, according to the district.

A virtual school gives the Tracy district a chance to collect students from surrounding districts, which means more money for the local operating budget, said Sheila Harrison, Tracy Unified’s assistant superintendent of educational services.

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Tracy Unified to offer online charter school by Jennifer Wadsworth

From TracyPress.com