Red Oak Academy Announces Addition of Evening Classes.
Friday October 27, 2006 - Due to an overwhelming number of requests, ROA
Board of Directors have voted unanimously to bring evening classes to students
in time for the New Year. Starting January 3, 2006, Red Oak Academy will offer
a variety of evening courses and independent study options based upon demand...
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Red Oak
Launches E-learning Video Classrooms for Grades 9-12
Tuesday September 5, 2006 - High School Students beginning the
2006-2007 academic year at Red Oak Academy will be the first group
of Internet home schooled students in history to attend fully
synchronous video classes and ALL K-12 students will now have their
own personalized e-learning system which will allow parents and
teachers to collaborate on grading and student progress.
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Red Oak Begins First K-12 Dual College Enrollment At-A-Distance. Tuesday January 3, 2006 - Richland College, a satellite of the Dallas County Community College District and Red Oak Academy have begun to offer Richland online courses to Red Oak's home school students around the world. Red Oak 11th and 12th grade students meeting dual enrollment criteria can now take Richland's freshmen and sophomore courses online or in person at their Richardson, Texas campus... more>>
ROA Announces Across-the-Board Tuition Cut in Face of Global Events. Thursday October 13, 2005 - ROA directors voted unanimously on Thursday to drop enrollment prices for schools and families facing financial hardships as a result of global events... more>>
ROA Announces Integration of Video Multicasting to Teach Online Classes. On September 6, 2005, Red Oak Academy began transmitting home school video class sessions for 9th through 12th grade students. Morning Foreign Language and English Literature classes were being made available free... more>>
Red Oak First to Develop IEPs for Home Schoolers. In 1995, the program of instruction that ROA now uses was founded under the auspices of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission to create a home school curriculum solution for students who were too ill to attend public schools... more>>
Distance Learning Moves to the Front of All Education Choices. Home Schooling is rapidly becoming the new paradigm for educational choice in America. Over 8 million home school families and an ever-increasing number of private and public education agencies have elected to engage some... more>>
ROA Juniors and Seniors SAT Scores Show Marked Gains. 2006 SAT scores for homeschooled juniors and seniors became available in May. SAT scoring methods have been modified for 2006. ROA students have scored... more>>
Addressing the Academic Needs of Students with Learning Differences, Red Oak Academy provides instruction for those who have been diagnosed with one or several of the following disabilities in grades 9-12:
Additionally, Using Computer-based and Synchronous Internet Instruction, Red Oak Academy is equipped to provide instruction for gifted and regular education students in the following areas:
Students may attend daily classes online or work independently. Attendance is documented electronically from student logins. Video classes are stored and may be viewed at anytime from the Red Oak Academy multicast server website.
Written Assignments are submitted by e-mail or fax and receive individualized attention from each of the Red Oak Academy instructors. Using this feedback, the student prepares the next assignment. At the end of the course, the student takes a final exam. Exams are monitored by parents at home and by school staff on the Red Oak campus. Grades and transcripts are then generated.