Enrollment is based on an agreement between Blackhawk School Administration and the student’s family, and it gives students an opportunity to complete school work using online courses at home or at school, while allowing these Online Academy students the opportunity to participate in extra-curricular activities sponsored by the district. Additionally, each Blackhawk Online Academy student who completes all program requirements will be awarded a Blackhawk High School diploma and will be eligible to participate in Blackhawk High School commencement exercises.
The ideal time to enroll is at the beginning of a new marking period, allowing time for students to adjust to learning independently and increase their ability to be successful. Plan ahead and submit the registration form at least two weeks prior to the beginning of a marking period.
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Marking Period | Registration Deadline: | Marking Period Begins: |
1 | August 7 | August 21 |
2 | October 3 | October 24 |
3 | January 2 | January 16 |
4 | March 10 | March 24 |
Please complete the link below if you are interested in enrolling and/or learning more about this successful program!
Blackhawk began offering online courses during the 2011-2012 school year for students in Grades 6-12 and then expanded to include students in Grades K-5 in 2016. Blackhawk's Online Academy continues to improve and expand each school year to make online learning a great option for families in our district! Online curriculum is aligned with brick and mortar curriculum to help students smoothly transition from brick and mortar to online and back to brick and mortar at the conclusion of a marking period if online learning is not the best option and/or the reason why a famly chooses virtual learning changes.
Our elementary cyber service is built on the Compass Odyssey platform. The program’s lessons are interactive and geared toward the elementary learner. Each lesson in Compass has been hand selected to align with Blackhawk’s curriculum and students are provided offline materials to complete that help reinforce the lessons.
Our cyber students in Grades 5-12 use the Edgenuity platform where courses are also customized to align with Blackhawk’s curriculum to make online learning engaging, rigorous, and relevant.
In addition, Blackhawk Online Academy provides asynchronous instruction where students can participate in the learning at the time of day that best meets their needs. Blackhawk Online Academy students may access videos and materials at their own pace and Blackhawk teachers monitor and grade the Edgenuity and Compass activities.
DID YOU KNOW?
The 2024-2025 school year is our 14th year in which
we have been educating
our Blackhawk students online at home and in school!
Blackhawk Online Academy students are classified as full-time, hybrid, or singleton students. Some enroll in only one online course while taking the remainder of his/her courses in the building or at BCCTC, some have a mixture of both, and yet others take ALL courses via online offerings.
Students in Grades 6-12 also have the option of completing work in the Cyber Lab located at Blackhawk High School where additional assistance is available. Elementary students are encouraged (but are not required) to use the library, attend field trips, and participate in any or all of the specials classes such as art, music, and physical education.