Paulina Waski, 15, learned this first hand when she enrolled last year in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School, a national training program for young dancers at the American Ballet Theater in New York. Not only is Paulina committed to learning all of the skills and dance techniques necessary for a career in dance but she is also willing to sacrifice activities typically associated with teenage life in the suburbs.

For example, Paulina doesn’t attend high school with her local friends. Instead, she participates in a virtual school and takes courses online so that she is able to commute back and forth to classes six days a week at the prestigious New York City ballet company.

“She is technically gifted for her age, and has outstanding potential,” said Franco De Vita, principal of the JKO School. “Paulina has a positive attitude at all times with the staff and other students alike. She has a lovely, easy quality of movement, a joy for dancing, and is a natural performer.”

For the rest of the article, go to Waski puts her best foot foward

Cleveland Hill students studying online this summer might want to look up the proverb “Necessity is the mother of invention,” then take a look around their classroom.

After its partner district in summer school didn’t have money for the program this year, Cleve Hill decided to go it alone by offering an independent computer learning program.

“I’m excited to see if the kids like doing this better than the traditional summer school,” said Mary C. Pauly, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Cleve Hill.

Many suburban students will travel to other districts this summer to retake courses they failed as budget cuts have forced elimination of some summer school programs.

Other students will go to their own school to work at their own pace at an online program in a computer lab.

For the rest of the article, go to Online courses replace area summer schools

Welcome to yet another state-specific website for online high schools. Brought to you by Best Online High Schools, this gives you information on all that is going on in your state with online high schools.