'A different kind of learning experience'

Written by Jillian Daley
Lake Oswego Review

Online schools in Oregon are growing, but educators worry about how students learn and their opportunity to socialize with peers

Lake Oswego resident Steve Munt pulled his daughter, Jamie, from Lakeridge Junior High when she was in sixth grade. She was bullied, he didn’t feel his 11-year-old daughter was safe at school, and that’s all he has to say about that.

Oregon Virtual Academy Holds Hillsboro Park Day Meet Up for Students, Prospective Families

By OVRA
Oreganlive.com

Meeting each other in homeroom and catching up with classmates from last year are still part of back to school for Hillsboro students at Oregon Virtual Academy, but as full-time online students, they met teachers and figured out their routines by logging in from home.

Back to School Anything but Routine for Oregon Virtual School Students

by k12 Inc.
http://www.kptv.com/

Online School Students Hit Classrooms without ever leaving home

NORTH BEND, Ore., Aug. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New school supplies and meeting new teachers are still part of the first day of school for Oregon Virtual Academy (ORVA) and Insight School of Oregon (ISOR) students across the state.