Online Courses
Deer Lakes students have the opportunity to take an online course through the Lancer Academy. These courses provide the student a chance to experience an online course as well as an opportunity to take a course that is not offered at Deer Lakes.
Successful online students need the following qualities:
• Self-motivation and self-discipline
• Good keyboarding skills
• The ability to “see the big picture” and breakdown your work accordingly
• Work from written directions
• Communicate well through writing
• Accept critical thinking and decision-making as part of the learning process
• Complete assignments on time and take responsibility for your learning
• Log onto your courses everyday and participate regularly
The student needs to realize that some of the work may need to be completed outside of school.
Students will be assigned a study hall with access to a computer for their coursework. However, students will be required to have computer access at home due to the fact that historically online coursework proves to be more difficult for students than traditional face-to-face courses or that students have limited study halls in their schedules.
Please be aware of the following:
• Students will be financially responsible for the course
• Parental consent is required
• All online courses are a level one course, with the exception of Advanced Placement Courses.
• The credit (s) earned will count towards graduation as an elective credit
• Only final grades will appear on the report cards
• Final grades will be counted towards the students GPA and class rank
• Students will only be allowed to drop the class within the first 2 weeks of the class
• Students will not be allowed to add a class for the next school year after August 1st