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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...
Still Looking for the Right Online School Option?
For some students, a traditional school setting isn’t a good learning environment. Whether it’s the teaching style, distractions, or something else, online school may be a better fit. But, maybe you’ve tried online school and that isn’t working out either. Does your...
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How to Determine if Online Middle School is Right for Your Student
Online education is spreading like wildfire now that traditional schools have had to experiment with going online because of covid19. But there are many differences between a school that has been operating online for years and a school that has been forced to go...
Wise Financial Literacy Certified Instructors at BlueSky
The Wise Financial Literacy Certification is the first of its kind, and it assesses the knowledge of personal finance topics that are aligned with state and national standards. Two of our incredible instructors, Gabra Lokken and Chris Peterson have just become...
Online Enrollment: Common Questions, Answered.
We get so many questions here at BlueSky, and the truth is that we get many of the same questions. So we wanted to make it easy for you to get those burning questions around online school enrollment answered in an easy way! Read on for some common questions we often...
BlueSky’s Supplemental Program for Middle and High School Students
There can be a lot of questions and a lot of unknowns around student learning options for middle and high school students. Students and families have exciting choices these days, and it is important that they are aware of the options available to them. BlueSky’s...
A Guide to Online Charter Schools: Finding The Right Fit
Updated January 2022 Finding a school is an important process for any student and their family. The decision between an online charter school a or traditional school can be difficult. It's important to choose an educational environment that will be positive for your...
Online Middle School VS Traditional Middle School
We can’t say it enough; the world sure has changed. Even middle schoolers of only a year ago will remember their experience differently than middle schoolers of today and tomorrow. Now that school isn’t quite as straight-forward as it used to be, we think it’s...
Online High School Vs Traditional High School
Until last year, online school was thought to be an alternative for students who had busy schedules with extracurricular activities or those who simply didn’t fit with traditional school and that style of learning. But now that almost all students in the US have...
How Online School Provides Opportunity for Social Involvement
The beauty of online school historically is that students benefit from the flexibility and the absence of distractions when they’re doing their coursework online and away from other students. But the truth is that students sometimes need those distractions! It’s...
What to Expect from BlueSky’s Online Middle School
Parents and families around the country, and around the world now have some experience with an online learning environment, but most schools around the US opted for distanced learning this year as an emergency precaution. There are certainly many differences between...

