Texas Connections Academy Holds Abilene Information Session
Parents seeking innovative education alternative can learn how virtual public school, offered tuition-free, can meet their individual needs
What: Texas Connections Academy information session for the 2010-11 school year
When and Where: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 6:30-8:00PM Hilton Garden Inn
Located at: 4449 Ridgemont Dr, Abilene, TX 79606
Who:Texas Connections Academy teachers and administrators, currently enrolled families and families considering TCA.
Information:Texas Connections Academy (TCA) is offering parents throughout Texas the opportunity to learn more about this highly accountable, high-quality virtual public school during local information sessions. These information sessions also allow interested families to meet with TCA's certified teachers and parents with children currently enrolled in the school.
During the session, participants will discuss the family's role in the education process through topics such as organizing the home for the most effective schooling environment and balancing time when more than one child is enrolled in the program. Participants also will learnhow TCA's community coordinators arrange field trips and extracurricular activities for students and parents across the state as a means of education, fun and networking with others enrolled in the school.
The school loans each family a computer, reimburses them for an Internet connection and provides all curriculum materials – several large boxes of textbooks per child, workbooks and hands-on materials – that make up the core of TCA's print-rich curriculum. TCA also supplies all of the necessary software and free technical support to ensure the computer is working properly. Each TCA student is also assigned a professional teacher to oversee learning and assess student progress.
Texas Connections Academy Houston is a full-time statewide virtual school for students in grades 3–10* under the terms of the Texas Electronic Course Pilot (eCP) in partnership with the Houston Independent School District (HISD). The school served 100 students from December 19, 2008, through August 15, 2009 and expanded to 1000 students for the 2009–10 school year, and follows a standard school calendar. For more information,visit: www.ConnectionsAcademy.com.
* Grades 9–10 will be available in the 2010–11 school year pending final approval.
SOURCE: Texas Connections Academy