What is the Path to Potential online school?
The Grande Innovation Academy offers an online school option for scholars in the 4th-8th grade. This fantastic program provides our scholars with the best of both worlds: The flexibility of online school and the ability to participate in on-campus after-school clubs, sports, and school events. Using a blended learning platform, our curriculum combines face-to-face instruction, innovative technology, and real-time data to increase personalization, engagement, and mastery of essential skills. The Path to Potential offers a flexible schedule, virtual implementation, direct-instruction videos, on-screen teachers, rigorous assignments and assessments, and a curriculum using learning in layers with hands-on activities for all the core subjects. Self-paced learning allows our scholars to learn at their pace, on their schedule, with 24/7 classroom access. Scholars can access their classrooms anywhere internet access is available. Our team can personalize the experience to meet each scholar’s unique needs, making academic goals achievable.
The Path to Potential is transforming the traditional learning model. The Path to Potential is the best of both worlds for the proactive scholar. The Path to Potential personalizes each scholar’s path by offering semester courses that are divided into modules, allowing scholars the ability to focus on specific learning materials without going through the entire course, repeating what they already know. Our unique teaching model and personalized instruction focuses on mastery learning, and our scholars can review all the content and resubmit assessments throughout their progress in the course. The Path to Potential online school offers a core curriculum, world languages, electives, and advanced courses to assure your scholar is on the right path.
Benefits of Online Learning
More flexibility to Meet Your Scholars Needs
Traditional schools can be challenging for aspiring athletes and those heavily involved in extracurricular activities to find a balance between school and their interests. Online schools offer flexible schedules that fit the scholar’s life. Scholars at virtual schools don’t have to wait for others or worry about rushing through a difficult concept. This flexible pace allows for mastery of material on your scholar’s terms.
A Proven Curriculum for Homeschooling
Online public schools can be an excellent option for those considering homeschooling. Path to Potential provides a challenging curriculum and daily support.
Fewer Distractions
One of the greatest benefits of online learning is having fewer distractions. With a Learning Coach to monitor progress and keep learning on track, students can focus on their courses without having distraction that comes with the classroom.
Opportunity for Struggling Scholars to Thrive
Online schools can be an academic lifeline for those who:
- grasp new material faster or slower than other scholars
- need the ability to manage health concerns throughout the day
- are rebuilding confidence after experiencing bullying
- accrue many absences because of a difficult-to-accommodate schedule
Better Connections with Family, Friends, and Instructors
Although they may not see classmates daily, scholars at virtual schools often form better connections with the people with whom they interact regularly. Additionally, virtual schools offer more one-on-one time with instructors, which can enhance the learning experience.
100%
Personalized Learning for Every Scholar
2.7 Million
Students are Enrolled in Digital Learning
84%
Of Online Students Believe Online Learning Improves their Time Management and Attention to Detail
4.5%
of High School Dropouts are Gifted
Enrollment
Registration is now open. Registration for the Path to Potential online school is the same as registering for the Grande Innovation Academy. Families must contact our front office for an enrollment packet, complete the application for student admission and provide the necessary documentation:
- Verification of identity/age with one of the following:
- A certified copy of the student’s birth certificate or
- other reliable proof of the student’s identity and age, including the pupil’s baptism certificate, an application for a social security number or the original school registration records, and an affidavit explaining the inability to provide a copy of the birth certificate, or
- A letter from the authorized representative of an agency having custody of the student pursuant to A.R.S., Title 8, Chapter 2 certifying that the student has been placed in the custody of the agency as prescribed by law. (A.R.S. §15-828(A))
- Immunization Records, requested at the time of enrollment, and are required for attendance.
- Proof of Residency
- Custody Paperwork, if applicable.
After your application is turned in and your scholar is accepted into the Path to Potential online school, an orientation is scheduled for your scholar and at least one parent to meet with our program director, Ashlee Miller.
The GIA Way!
The Best of Both Worlds
The Best of Both Worlds
How it Works
The Path to Potential courses are taught by certified Grande Innovation Academy teachers. They provide personalized instruction and support in the online classroom and via phone, email, and text. During interactive live video lessons, scholars receive direct instruction, collaborate with classmates, and participate in activities. With an online curriculum that powers learning with real-life applications, the Path to Potential courses provide engaging and interactive content, encouraging mastery before moving forward.
Designed for scholars who may need more flexibility, more of a challenge, or who may perform better outside of a traditional classroom, the Path to Potential gives scholars the freedom to follow their own unique path to learning through a variety of flexible and full-time options.
Activities
Not everyone needs in-person learning. Being on campus 8 hours a day doesn’t work for everyone. 2020 changed the way we interact, how we conduct meetings, and we’ve learned to adapt in ways no one thought possible. Path to Potential Scholars have the unique opportunity to participate in the Grande Innovation Academy sporting programs, after-school clubs, activities, and field trips. Scholars have the flexibility to learn at their own pace and still participate with their peers at the Grande Innovation Academy. While many online schools do not offer sports and activities, or homeschool students find difficulty accessing public schools to allow their students to participate in sports, the Grande Innovation Academy offers soccer, co-ed cross country, flag football, volleyball, basketball, softball, and baseball to the Path to Potential scholars.
Learn at Your Pace
Our online curriculum and learning solutions allow for our online scholars to learn at their own pace, accelerate ahead on their own schedule, and with our technology, scholars can succeed with the ability to review materials and monitor progress instantly. The best of both worlds, scholars can learn online and socialize at The Grande Innovation Academy by attending all our school events, assemblies, WISE, join after school clubs, and sports teams.
In-school and Online Learning
Scholars needing to be online part-time to accommodate their athletic training or music lessons may still wish to be in the classroom. With this unique and desirable flexibility, our scholars can focus on specific areas, alter their schedules for the things they’re passionate about, and study at their own pace. For scholars that need to leave early, combining on-campus and online learning is the perfect fit!
Your Instructors
The Path to Potential Educators are part of the Grande Innovation Academy Path Leaders team. They believe that as part of the Grande Innovation Academy team, they’re changing the mindsets of each scholar and leading them down the path of success.
Our Online Courses
Your goals are defined. We’ll help you find the time to achieve them.
Focusing on your goals in life may not fit with the traditional school model. The Path to Potential offers 4th – 8th-grade scholars a fast-paced online curriculum using online resources, videos, podcasts, group projects, lectures, and interactive games, to engage our scholars along the path of their learning journey. Whatever path you take, make sure it unleashes your potential.
Our Online Courses
The Path to Potential courses were created to national standards, not just the state of Arizona’s standards. With a wide range of diverse activities, our curriculum provides an engaging and rigorous learning experience for different learning styles. With interactive games and quizzes, engaging video and audio clips, and practical written lessons and assessments, the Path to Potential courses are thoughtfully designed to help our scholars understand new concepts and master new skills.
Relevant Electives
The Path to Potential courses are created to national standards, and include a wide range of diverse activities, providing an engaging and rigorous learning experience for different learning styles. With interactive games and quizzes, engaging video and audio clips, and practical written lessons and assessments, our courses are thoughtfully designed to help students understand new concepts and master new skills.
Elementary Electives
Middle School Electives
Videos
Communication, connection, consistency, and fun interaction makes digital online learning at the Path to Potential a win-win for the motivated scholar looking to make the most of their time.
Parent Involvement
A Parent’s Role in Digital Online Education is Critical
Self-motivation is important for scholars to be successful with online education, but it also requires parents to play a critical role. Studies have shown there’s a direct positive correlation between a successful online scholar and parent involvement. Parents need to be a positive influence, encourager, and compliment their scholar’s accomplishments. While teachers are always there for your scholar, there may be times when your scholar may need your help understanding a concept or an assignment.
If a parent doesn’t have a great deal of interest in their scholar’s education, the scholar is going to have a difficult road ahead of them.
Socialization
Online Scholars may need to adjust to the online format at first. Online learning success includes finding the social interaction scholars are looking for. It does exist, just not in the way they’re used to.
The Path to Potential strongly emphasizes social interaction. Being a digital online learner doesn’t mean giving up the social aspect of your life, and we encourage scholars to be connected with their peers. Interaction occurs within the online classes with group projects as well as in-person activities at the Grande Innovation Academy.
Interaction between the teachers and the scholars, and scholar-to-scholar interaction is a vital part of online learning success. Two-way communication is essential, and successful online scholars learn to build a rapport with teachers and other scholars by sharing asking questions, and sharing perspectives. Scholars should interact beyond the content of their academic courses, just like they would if they attended school in person.
Frequently Asked Questions
Resources
The Path to Potential online school works hand-in-hand with our Path to Potential gifted program, allowing gifted scholars to delve deeper into content as they develop critical thinking skills, enhanced with our unique curriculum structure. The multimedia-rich lessons lead to rich discussions and assignments that engage students about timely, relevant topics that matter most to them. Students are challenged, encouraged, and inspired throughout each lesson. Our honors courses feature additional instruction and more challenging assignments to extend learning. Advanced Placement® courses include rigorous coursework, an array of multimedia activities and assignments, and an online platform for in-depth discussion.
Structured leadership opportunities with the Scholars with Shovels Community Garden as well as the Roots and Shoots Program enable these high-ability scholars to contribute to their communities. Innovation and creation are the themes for these Scholars while they invent and solve real-world problems in the Fab Lab. The Path to Potential online school and Path to Potential gifted program are ONE of a kind programs in Casa Grande and are ONLY available at the Grande Innovation Academy.
Mental Health Resources
The Path to Potential is committed to the well-being and success of our scholars. While many scholars transition to digital learning, some may experience stress and difficulties. Please familiarize yourself with the signs to look out for that may indicate your teen is suffering. It’s important to understand that if you or your teen are suffering, there is help and support out there for you.
If you feel a situation is an emergency, call your local police department or dial 9-1-1.
Finding Balance
Everyone experiences stress at some point in their lives to some degree. Scholars who practice mindfulness, have good time management skills, find constructive ways to express their emotions, and have the ability to relax deal with stress better.
