WVL Parent review

The following blog post written by a friend, Jenny Lecato. She has kindly offered her opinion on WVL. She has been involved in virtual schooling of her children even longer than I have. She is truly a veteran who knows what is good for her children.


We are a day 1 virtual schooled family- we love it! My youngest is trying a brick and mortar for the semester and has settled in well at a parochial school. She does say she likes it at home better and learns more there and has intentions of returning there next year. We are enrolled in WVL- while changes have been great there, the one thing that has stood strong is the high school- the teachers are fabulous and the curriculum strong. We did try freshman year at iQ- we were not satisfied as there was not any “levels” to the classes and my advanced student was being dragged down by that (ex: assignments being dropped because others were not keeping up) So sophomore year we started again at WVL- it has been FABULOUS!! The teachers “teach” live classes for an hour once a week- some of her AP classes also have lecture recordings on top of that. Additionally there are open office hours and study hall daily for the students to get 1 on 1 with the teachers. The core classes are in house and then we have access to electives- not my favorite though because they are independent based classes with no teacher interaction-lots of choices though for the kid who does not mind that. We opt for youth options instead. Next year we will add a number of cutting edge science classes which should be fun. At the AP level the kids must have all their work turned in by Sunday at midnight which forces them to be on pace- and a good thing! Additionally by being on pace the weekly classes are much more pertinent to the lessons for the week. It is a great lesson in time management and will have my daughter fully prepared for college. There are many options available in the virtual world- take the time and examine all of them and find the one that will best suit your child’s needs. We live in a time of lots of choice-how lucky for us!