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PASCAL: Our 100% online program for Grades 3-12
PASCAL (Program for Accelerated Studies Using Computer-Assisted Learning)
is a 100% online program for grades 3 through 12. Younger students
study Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Math, including
Pre-Algebra and Algebra, online. High School students have wider
choices sufficient to meet all of Minnesota's graduation requirements. Each subject is supported by a highly qualified licensed
teacher and aligned to MN standards. The PASCAL program provides
flexibility and accountability to meet a range of student needs.
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For most of the PASCAL classes, we use a system called OdysseyWare that enables students to access their classes from any online computer, anywhere, at any time. There is no specific start/stop time or schedule that students are required to follow. Classes are designed so that if the students do 4-5 hours of work 4-5 days a week, they will finish their four core classes (Language Arts, Science, Math and Social Studies) in a regular school year. High School students should expect a more rigorous work load of the core classes plus a variety of electives.
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 Curriculum & Teacher Support
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online computer program itself in the form of readings, videos,
interactive activities, online worksheets, projects, quizzes and tests.
Teachers answer questions when desired or needed, grade all written
activities and work with students to design individual projects.
Although books do not come with the program, the Language Arts class
does give several titles that can be bought or checked out of the
library. Science experiments are all done with supplies easily gathered
from around the house. The more sophisticated experiments are
demonstrated by video.
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Accelerated Advancement
The units in each course can be set up so that students are able to test out of any information that they already know. Students take a pretest at the beginning of each unit. If the student scores less than 85% the score is not recorded and students are simply sent into the first lesson of the unit. If the student's score is 85% or better, the program skips directly to the next unit (and pretest).
Students (and parents) can go back to finished lessons to check for the correct answers. In fact, this is strongly encouraged as a learning technique.
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