News Releases
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FLORIDA VIRTUAL SCHOOL® AND DAVE RAMSEY JOIN FORCES TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH “FOUNDATIONS IN PERSONAL FINANCE” COURSE
Apr 02, 2015
Florida Virtual School (FLVS®) is now offering Dave Ramsey’s “Foundations in Personal Finance” course to its students. Through FLVS, the course will be consumable on any digital device and completely integrated for online learning and teaching. Features such as auto-graded tests, interactive quizzes, and student progress tracking help make “Foundations in Personal Finance” a self-paced course for individualized learning.
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Florida Virtual School® Announces 2016 Teacher of the Year and 2015 School-Related Employee of the Year
Feb 12, 2015
Florida Virtual School (FLVS®), a statewide public school district in Florida, recently announced the FLVS representatives for the 2016 Florida Department of Education-Macy’s Teacher of the Year and the 2015 Florida School-Related Employee of the Year awards. Representing FLVS as Teacher of the Year is Caroline Jacobson and representing FLVS as School-Related Employee of the Year is Suzette Soldate.
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Florida Virtual School® Board of Trustees Approves Lady Dhyana Ziegler as New Board Chair
Jan 27, 2015
Today, the Florida Virtual School (FLVS®) Board of Trustees announced that Lady Dhyana Ziegler, DCJ, Ph.D., has been voted in as the new Chair of the FLVS Board of Trustees. Ziegler, who served as Vice Chair of the FLVS Board of Trustees for the past four years, will become the Chair effective immediately. She succeeds Michael Olenick, who recently stepped down as Chair of the FLVS Board of Trustees when he was appointed by Governor Scott to the State Board of Education.
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FLVS Global Begins Free 2015 Professional Development Webinar Series for Educators in March
Jan 20, 2015
FLVS Global, a trusted provider of 6th-to-12th grade online and blended learning solutions, will host five free webinars for teachers, administrators, counselors and policymakers during 2015. The series covers a variety of topics impacting online and blended learning.
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Florida Virtual School® and Mawi Learning Offer New Suite of Student Success Courses
Nov 11, 2014
In celebration of National Distance Learning Week (Nov. 10-14, 2014) Florida Virtual School (FLVS®) announced an expanded collaboration with Mawi Learning to offer students courses designed to enhance student success. Recently, the Peer Counseling and the Career Research and Decision Making courses came online, joining the award-winning Leadership Skills Development course to create a powerful suite of courses for FLVS students.
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