Category Archives: Executive Director’s Thoughts

Everyone knows the huge benefits of attending a virtual online high school.  Beacon Academy of Nevada students experience the benefit every day.  However, most people do not recognize that teachers also benefit from teaching students in the online environment.  If … Continue reading →

Beacon Academy of Nevada is not just a high school – it is a learning model that helps students overcome the challenges and difficulties that have limited their ability to succeed and attain a high school diploma.  Beacon Academy is … Continue reading →

Beacon Academy of Nevada- the leading virtual online high school in Nevada offers a full and comprehensive high school education from the comfort of a student’s home.  Learning from home is great opportunity for many students who feel they have … Continue reading →

Virtual online high school education is the most effective and cost efficient forms of public education in the world.  Beacon Academy of Nevada is one of the most accessible and effective forms of high school education anywhere in Nevada.  Regardless … Continue reading →

The skills necessary to be a successful online student are the same skills that will serve our students well into adulthood.  Successful students are self-directed, self-motivated, and self-assessing.  They are equipped with these skills because a great teacher taught them … Continue reading →

The United States is not alone in facing educational challenges.  Countries around the world are investing the necessary capital, resources, and training into the development and evaluation of their virtual online high school learning environments.  One major factor is that … Continue reading →

Rows of desks, teacher lectures, and passive learning won’t lift us into the future.  These are the images of the past and not of the future.  The school of today, a virtual online high school such as Beacon Academy of … Continue reading →

It’s truly amazing to see how education has been transformed during the last decade. While most of our school memories come from the traditional schoolhouse, today that model of learning has evolved immensely.  Over the years, advances in technology have … Continue reading →

From the Desk of the Executive Director, Beacon Academy of Nevada The value of online learning is beyond measure.  Not only are students learning the content of the courses they are required and elected to take, they are also learning … Continue reading →

From the Desk of the Executive Director, Beacon Academy of Nevada The online school is the face of the future of education.  In Nevada, including all the counties, cities and communities, such as Nye County, Storey County, Elko County, or … Continue reading →