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5 Reasons Online School Is Good for Your Mental Health
For many of our students, online classes have alleviated challenges faced at in-person schools. General feelings of anxiety or not feeling safe at school can impact a student's ability to learn. Approximately one-third of teens have an anxiety disorder, and 20 percent...
Supporting Online Sixth Grade Students
One of the most common concerns from middle school parents is whether their preteens can engage in online school. We understand their hesitation. Sixth-grade students aren’t exactly known for their maturity. From puberty to peer pressure, a lot happens in their...
Summer Learning Resources
Final assignments are in, seniors have graduated, and there's excitement in the air. School’s out! As a student, there's no better feeling than knowing you have an entire summer ahead of you.. But, for parents it’s a different story. Summer break can feel like a...
Social Opportunities for Online School Students
Online school is great for students that want an alternative learning option. For many students, an online education is the best fit. It gives students the opportunity to learn at home and at their own pace. There are fewer distractions and many programs personalize...
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A Parent’s Role in Online Learning: How to Support Your Online Middle Schooler
A Parent's Role in Online Learning: How to Support Your Online Middle Schooler Changing a child's learning environment can be exciting and successful while also being a little scary and rocky. Oftentimes parents or guardians of students simply aren't sure of what...
How to Help Improve Your Student’s Mental Health
The holidays are a wonderful time of year. But they can also be a difficult time for many students. The last year has shown us that the state of our mental health at any age is incredibly fragile. According to the CDC, 40% of US adults report having struggles with...
BlueSky’s Supplemental Program: Answering Your Questions
Online school is a great alternative to classroom-based learning, but it doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. A growing number of students have discovered that online learning can be a great way to supplement a traditional educational experience. BlueSky...
BlueSky Field Trips: Sand Creek 2021
As a school that operates mainly online, it's easy to assume that every interaction students will have will be virtual. But we believe that there's a benefit to mixing in some physical face time for students, and making it fun! We offer our families in-person open...
How to Prepare for A Successful Year at an Online School
With over 20 years of experience in online education, we've seen a thing or two. From the ever-changing technology to students coming and going, there are a few things we've learned over the years that we try to communicate to our new students in order to ensure a fun...
2021 Fall Enrollment at BlueSky
Enrollment for the fall of 2021 is already upon us! The last year although difficult and strange, seems to have flown by. We are more than ready to welcome new and returning students back to BlueSky this fall. While we've been operating online school for over 20 years...
Celebrating BlueSky’s 2021 Graduates!
This year has been a wild ride for most of us! Between COVID and all the unrest happening here in Minnesota, we are grateful for and so proud of our class of 2021. Every senior knows that high school can be difficult, but this group has overcome some very different...
How COVID Has Changed College Admissions
The pandemic has caused shifts in virtually all facets of life - much of it involving going virtual. From businesses closing to industries like lumber and furniture soaring, we've all seen the changes caused by COVID. One such area of change is college admissions,...
School Choice in Minnesota: Understanding Your Options
Updated October 2021 There are so many Minnesota families who come to us with the assumption that they absolutely must choose the school that is in their district or the online school that works directly with their district. Oftentimes they've been misinformed or...
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