The distance learning program with Sofia's charter school lasted just long enough for us to borrow a laptop, use it for two days and then take it back. Come to find out, there was another distance learning program available also through Quail Run and an online school, My Tech High, which would provide us with similar benefits, field trips and testing through Quail Run, but the added bonus of financial reimbursements for curriculum. So we switched to the new program. Sofia got to go on one field trip with Quail Run before Quail Run backed out of this agreement with My Tech High. Figures. So, now we are homeschooling with My Tech High whose sponsor school is the Provo eSchool. Yes, many switcheroos. We were sad that Sofia would no longer have any contact with her beloved third grade teacher and wouldn't be able to meet up with her old school friends occasionally, but the freedom from Quail Run's administrative headaches is a welcome relief.
As part of the enrollment with My Tech High, Sofia is required to take a minimum of one online, technical course. Her tech class is Lego WEDO, and here she is building one of her first projects. When she's done, she will connect it to the laptop where she will utilized the included software to design a robotic program. Pretty darn cool!
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