Electives

9 Online Courses You Didn’t Know You Could Take at Florida Virtual School

By Florida Virtual School on June 6th, 2022

Want to help shape the next generation of learners? Interested in bringing your art to life via new technologies? Or what about learning a new language to communicate better when you travel? Your dreams may seem far away, but you can close the distance with nine online courses at Florida Virtual School. We’ve got you today, so you can conquer tomorrow. Trust us, your future self will thank you.

Five FLVS Electives That Teach Life Skills

By Guest Blogger on September 5th, 2017

This article was originally written and published in the FLVS student newspaper, News in a Click.

Despite money management being a highly important life skill, a survey conducted in 2016 states that only 17 states in the US require a personal finance class to graduate high school. This has remained unchanged since 2014. Luckily, FLVS offers a “Personal and Family Finance” class to help prepare students for graduation. This is only one of many important electives that FLVS offers! Continue reading

A Critical Course to Take in High School

By Dr. Jeanne Giardino on September 9th, 2016

What would you consider to be the most important courses to take in high school?

How about Math, Science, History, English…and Parenting Skills!

Want to determine just how prepared you (or your students) are for parenthood?

Take our pop quiz to find out!

1. How many hours of coursework are required for people wishing to become parents?
2. How much money does it cost to raise a child to the age of 18?
3. What can be done to prevent child abuse/neglect before a child is even born?

How do you think you did? Continue reading

A Peek through the Lens

By Dr. Jeanne Giardino on June 6th, 2014

When our daughter was 9 years old, we enrolled her in the FLVS middle school (M/J) Creative Photography course. We thought since Ellie wasn’t getting the creative instruction in her traditional school curriculum (it seemed to be all test preparation in straight dull rows), she would be able to find that spark of inspiration through this online elective.

Little did we know the significant impact it would have on her and how this shy little girl would find her inner voice through her camera’s lens. Continue reading