SUMMER SCHOOL CLASSY ON WEB.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. -- While describing why he likes the summer school class he's he's 1. Contraction of he is: He's going to school today. 2. Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum. taking online, high school student Lawrence Lawson falls back on a term from the world of video games See video game console. and DVDs. ``I like the online because you can, like, `pause' the classroom for a minute,'' he said. This year, many other students also have found reasons to plug in to the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District's growing online summer school program. West Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. High, which has the most online offerings of the two district schools involved in the program, reports nearly 1,000 students are participating. ``When we got close to 1,000 students enrolled we were very shocked by the numbers,'' said Mark Rayfield, assistant principal at West Ranch High. Student participation has grown every year since the district started offering online summer school in 2001. The program started with just a few courses and now includes health, biology, driver's education The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , algebra algebra, branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as , English and history. ``Technology has grown over the last five years, where teachers are more familiar and comfortable with teaching online classes,'' said Daniel McHorney, director of technology services for the district. The other Hart Union school in the online program is Golden Valley High. The online classes give students more flexibility, freeing up time to hit the mall or be outdoors. Students see their teachers once a week at the school. ``They do it on their own time,'' said teacher Shalla Makan. ``Especially with teenagers, they don't like to go to bed early, so they're e-mailing me at 2 o'clock in the morning.'' In Makan's health class, students use the Web to listen to her lectures. They do tests online, and share thoughts on peer pressure and drugs by posting to a message board. And they keep Makan busy. Last week she responded to 370 e-mails. Most of the students in summer school program are retaking RETAKING. The taking one's goods, wife, child, &c., from another, who without right has taken possession thereof. Vide Recaption; Rescue. a class they failed, or trying to improve on a poor grade. But some students are sacrificing some of their summer to get a course done, freeing up their fall schedule for Advanced Placement courses. And some students are in both online and traditional summer school. Lawrence, 15, who is taking an online course through West Ranch High, has tried both. And there's one other thing besides ``pausing'' a class that he likes about online school. ``The best part of online classes I think is: eat in class.'' alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5253 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Shalla Makan, above, meets with her students once a week for summer school at West Ranch High School West Ranch High School is a public high school in the community of Stevenson Ranch, Los Angeles County, California. Mr. Bob Vincent has been the school's principal ever since it opened in 2004. -- the rest of the health class is conducted online. Below, school Assistant Principal Mark Rayfield talks with summer school students at West Ranch. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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