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Smart Horizons Career Online High School Adds Career Portfolio Component To Education Curriculum

November 23, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

In response to the compelling need for high school graduates to be able to compete effectively in a very competitive job market, Smart Horizons Career Online High School(SHCOHS) has enhanced its already rich online education experience by adding a writing component to its curriculum. The growing population of SHCOHS students will now receive instruction in written communication through a “Career Portfolio” course that relates to both the academic and career aspects of their education.

Smart Horizons Career Online Education is a private online high school district that gives students returning to the education process an opportunity to earn an 18-credit online high school diplomaas well as complete course work for a career certificate in one online program. Online courses are currently offered in the fields of healthcare, childcare and education, transportation services, homeland security, protection services, and office management.

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Smart Horizons Career Online Education Names Innovative Educational Leader as New Chairman of the Board

August 30, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

“Smart Horizons Career Online Education is really a natural continuation of what I established with the University of Miami Online High School,” Goldman said. “The University of Miami model was a high-tuition, online college preparatory program, but we have a very different clientele for Smart Horizons Career Online Education. We are aiming at the 45 million high school dropouts nationwide who will be able to use SHCOE as a stepping stone to a new career. We determined that with SHCOE, we would develop a model with low tuition—less than a thousand dollars for the entire program. This program will aid students to move forward and earn an online high school diploma and provide the knowledge base to build a viable career.”

Smart Horizons Career Online Education is a private online high school district that gives students returning to the education process an opportunity to earn an 18-credit high school diploma as well as complete course work for a career certificate. Online career certificate courses are currently offered in the fields of health care, early childhood education, transportation services, homeland security, protection services, and office management.

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Smart Horizons Career Online Education Joins Forces With Compass Rose Foundation To Provide Education Opportunities

August 12, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Two innovative Florida-based educational organizations—Smart Horizons Career Online Education (SHCOE), a private adult online high school district, and Compass Rose Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization—have joined forces to provide educational opportunities to students across the nation and beyond.

Founded in 2009 and located in Pensacola, Florida, Smart Horizons Career Online Education has quickly established itself as a leader in delivering affordable, career-based online education to adult students throughout the world. The online education company’s first classes went online in April of this year, offering complete 18-credit high school diplomas, coupled with coursework needed to earn a career-credentialed certificate. This is great news for the roughly 45 million individuals in the U.S. who are either unemployed or are in entry-level positions for lack of a high school diploma or GED.

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Virtual School graduates first class

July 5, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

St. Johns County’s eighth and final graduation for the Class of 2010 didn’t have “Pomp and Circumstance,” caps and gowns or air horns.

Only four of the 15 students eligible showed up for the first-ever graduation ceremony for St. Johns Virtual School, which was held during the school board meeting at 40 Orange Street on Tuesday morning.

The low number didn’t surprise Kristin Bozeman, who handles the day-to-day operation of the program, working with students and parents to negotiate the new virtual world.

“(The students) tend to be the sort who don’t look for praise or to be recognized. They want to move on. … I told them they should be proud. I said, ‘You guys have really accomplished something’ and they went, ‘Not really.’ They’re modest.”

Graduates got a chance to shake hands and pick up their diplomas from Superintendent Joe Joyner and Principal Mike O’Loughlin. Their family and friends became part of the ceremony and were asked to stand up and be recognized “because they’re part of this as well.”

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