Virtual School News» new mexico http://virtualschoolnews.com Online school news, Online learning news, online high school news, online high schools, online schools Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:51:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Beware of online high school diploma mills http://virtualschoolnews.com/2009/07/beware-of-online-high-school-diploma-mills/ http://virtualschoolnews.com/2009/07/beware-of-online-high-school-diploma-mills/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:17:24 +0000 tcnixon http://virtualschoolnews.com/?p=239 Too often, New Mexico State University-Alamogordo has people who are ready to enroll in college who have just completed their high school diploma online. When we ask the name of the school from which they “graduated,” we sadly discover the school is not accredited.

Some students will spend between $600 and $1,000, along with several months of valuable time, to complete an online high school program from a school that is not accredited.

As a branch campus of NMSU, our admission policy is fairly liberal, but you must graduate from an accredited high school or successfully completion the GED (or a home school program) to be admitted to the campus.

We have a tremendous resource in Alamogordo that can readily help if you have not graduated from high school. The resource is the Adult Basic Education (ABE) office located at the Tays Center on the NMSU-A campus. The services are free. GED testing currently costs $50 for the complete battery.

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]]> http://virtualschoolnews.com/2009/07/beware-of-online-high-school-diploma-mills/feed/ 0 Alamo teen punches her ticket to National High School Finals Rodeo http://virtualschoolnews.com/2009/07/alamo-teen-punches-her-ticket-to-national-high-school-finals-rodeo/ http://virtualschoolnews.com/2009/07/alamo-teen-punches-her-ticket-to-national-high-school-finals-rodeo/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:33:29 +0000 tcnixon http://virtualschoolnews.com/?p=207 Karly Johnson of Alamogordo earned a spot on the New Mexico state high school rodeo team and will compete at the 61st annual National High School Finals Rodeo, which will be held July 19-25 in Farmington. Johnson, a junior with Dora Cyber High School, qualified in the breakaway roping and barrel racing events.

Featuring more than 1,500 participants from 41 states and parts of Canada and Australia, the National High School Finals Rodeo is the largest rodeo in the world, according to a press release. Contestants will be vying for more than $325,000 in college scholarships, $200,000 in other prizes, as well as national champions, the release stated.

During competition, contestants must finish in the top 25 after two go-rounds before advancing to July 25 championship rounds.

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Alamo teen punches her ticket to National High School Finals Rodeo

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