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 important to provide students with the opportunity to interact socially with their peers. Social interaction…
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 online learning and emergency distance learning, but if you are considering an online learning…
BlueSky teacher Gabra Lokken has been with BlueSky for nine years and in that time she has explored many different exciting courses. Every course we offer here at BlueSky is meant to educate, excite, and spark our students’ curiosities. This semester, Gabra and the BlueSky team set their sights on Scandinavia for our latest elective…
Here at BlueSky, we think it’s important to always be updating and improving our curriculum for our students. Our courses range in subject matter and are always designed to give students an educational experience they’ll enjoy and of course one that will teach them valuable skills. This year, Barbara DeGrote who joined BlueSky nearly…
Back in 2010, we as an organization made the commitment to a mission that was based around learning that was inclusive and compassionate. We started working with the Regional Centers for Excellence and started using SEL. SEL stands for Social-Emotional Learning. We have seen incredible improvements in both students and staff because of using SEL….
We’ve been operating in the business of online school for over 20 years now. But things have certainly changed this year. Many families are turning to online learning as a last resort or as an alternative to distance learning. We understand that it can be a complicated and, at times, confusing decision. For that reason…
We have been operating in an online or virtual environment for twenty years now. So we as an organization understand what it means to be an “online learning environment”. Traditional schools have had to make an extremely big shift to what is often referred to as online learning, distance learning, or virtual learning. When in…
In the state of Minnesota and across the nation, public schools have closed due to COVID-19 and are now acclimating to this new normal of “distance learning”. This has been a huge, abrupt shift for most schools. And, as can be expected, some schools have been more successful than others, and children and their parents…
Recently, BlueSky expanded its middle school course offerings in order to give students a mix of electives that they could get excited about! We conducted a survey that was sent out to 7th and 8th grade BlueSky students, encouraging them to select from a few different potential electives. This survey resulted in our new Intro…
BlueSky Students and Parents: We have an update on BlueSky distance learning. Governor Walz announced on Thursday, April 23rd, that the Distance Learning Period will extend through the rest of the 2019-2020 school year for all Minnesota schools. This includes a requirement that schools use May 1st and May 4th as staff planning days. …
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