Christa McAuliffe Academy
Brings Distance
Learning Home
As more and more parents are looking to alternatives for educating
their children, distance learning is becoming an appealing
alternative. Many parents are drawn to the concept of allowing
their children to learn at home, yet participate in a larger
global community.
Christa McAuliffe Academy (CMA) is the premier online school
for grades K-12 worldwide. It is an internationally accredited
private school, offering diagnostic assessment of each student's
learning level, personalized, student-selected mentoring services,
and a vigorous, flexible academic curriculum that is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year! CMA offers
real-time collaboration using vClass, which enables mentors
and students to discuss and interact in weekly sessions with
high quality voice over IP, facilitating and enhancing the
exchange of ideas and learning. This interactive, highly personal
component of our learning program is one feature that truly
sets CMA apart from other distance learning programs.
One paramount concern voiced by some parents of distance learning
programs is their children's socialization. Will their children
suddenly find themselves secluded from other children? Not
so at Christa McAuliffe Academy.
Christa McAuliffe Academy, proudly named in honor of the legendary
teacher to travel into outer space, requires the active participation
and involvement of a parent or other responsible adult for
optimum achievement. Our experience shows that students really
needinteraction and encouragement from caring adults to be
successful.
CMA holds an annual Prom and Graduation Ceremony every year,
where students and their families come to Yakima from all over
the world to celebrate the completion of high school and the
commencement of adult life.
The Academy also offers the opportunity for students to travel
to exotic places around the world, at least once per year and
receive high school credit for their experience. This year
a group of CMA students is currently in Italy, experiencing
first hand the many interesting places they have been studying
for the last several months!
The CMA Student Congress, our worldwide
student government, does all the planning and preparation
for Prom and other related activities associated with Graduation
Week. Jennifer Scott, a 2002 CMA Graduate, said, "CMA has given me a sense of
accomplishment in my school work, the drive and focus to reach
my goals. Caring teachers, administration, and staff really
made the difference for me."#
