“We needed to move to a lower-cost system that was flexible for our teachers. After evaluating other systems, Moodlerooms could simply provide the solution we needed,” says Bradley Mitchell. “Budgets are tighter statewide, but that hasn’t stopped us. The state is proud of its program and Moodlerooms has given us the chance to sustain and expand our program regardless.”

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Provost Academy South Carolina

Provost Academy South Carolina, a free online public high school, will be hosting an Open House for prospective students on Oct. 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event, according to organizers, will be held at the Chapin Memorial Library in Myrtle Beach.

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Provost Academy South Carolina continues to enroll students in its free, online public high school through a series of open house events across the state. Provost Academy officials announced they will be in Myrtle Beach on Tuesday to speak to prospective students across the Grand Strand.

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“I might have been in jail and she might have been in the funeral home somewhere,” Peterson said.

Instead, the cousins heard about Provost Academy, a free public online high school for South Carolina residents. They meet at Refuge Outreach Ministry in Lake City to take their lessons.

“It’s all around the kids’ needs and maybe schools should have been doing that for a long time,” Provost Academy Executive Director Darrell Johnson said. “Our school is very student-centered. It’s all about the kids and success. We don’t allow them to fail, either.”

Students spend an average of six hours a day working on their classes.

Graham said her online classes are harder than classes she was taking at public school.

“You’re by yourself and there is no one beside you; it’s basically you’re on your own,” she said.

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Experts say for-profit providers of online courses—long seen as an option for home-schoolers and a potential rival to public schools—are breaking into the public education mainstream as more schools mix face-to-face classes and online courses to expand their curricular offerings. With demand for that “blended” approach expected to grow, other players in the online-coursetaking marketplace, such as Apex Learning, Aventa Learning, Compass Learning, and Kaplan Virtual Education, are also seeking business in public schools.

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Provost Academy South Carolina is now enrolling students in its state-authorized public online school program, which comes free of charge to South Carolina residents.

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During the event, Provost Academy South Carolina community outreach director Josh Brickey will be on hand to meet with parents and students and provide information about this innovative education choice now available to all residents of South Carolina. Parents and prospective students will also have the opportunity to experience the virtual classroom, visit the parent ambassador booth, win prizes and enroll for the fall semester.

Provost Academy South Carolina is a state-authorized public online school that is free of charge to residents of South Carolina, and offers high school students the public school choice of an engaging, adaptable and quality online learning experience. Students work toward their regular public high school diploma – recognized by colleges and employers – as they would in a traditional school, but in the convenient, safe environment of their own home through computer-based educational programs.

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