Required Form: Technology Use Agreement (Must sign when picking up your school computer.)

General Requirements

How to apply for enrollment
Apply for the Lake Chelan Online Academy by submitting an application using the link on the homepage. Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis. Enrollment is approved for one school year only. The parent or guardian must submit a new request each year before the enrollment deadline. Students who successfully complete their first semester are eligible to continue for a second semester. A staff member will email parents/guardians before the end of term to confirm the student’s re-enrollment.

Non-resident students must submit a “Choice Form”
Students who live outside the geographical boundaries of the Lake Chelan School District must complete a choice transfer request. The transfer request form should be submitted to the superintendent’s office in the student’s resident school district. The resident district will initiate the transfer in the statewide Choice Transfer System (CTS). The parent or guardian will receive email notifications when the transfer is requested by the resident district and when it is accepted by Aberdeen. Note: Non-resident students cannot be enrolled until the resident district has executed the release and the Lake Chelan School District has agreed to accept the transfer.

Official transcript required for high school students
Out-of-district students seeking to enroll as a sophomore, junior, or senior (grade 10, 11, or 12) must provide an official transcript from the last school attended. A transcript is also necessary if a student seeks to enroll as a freshman (grade 9) and has earned high school credits. The transcript must be submitted along with the enrollment request form, and enrollment will not be considered until the official transcript has been received. Please note: a school may withhold an official transcript until a student’s outstanding fines are paid or materials are returned in satisfactory condition. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted.

Registration forms for new and former students
A school enrollment form must be completed for any student enrolling in the Lake Chelan Online Academy. Students enrolling in the Lake Chelan School District for the first time, or former Lake Chelan students who have been withdrawn for 30 days or more, will need to complete a full registration packet. Once the student is accepted into the district, program enrollment will be considered.

ALE Requirements

Written Student Learning Plan
Every ALE student is required to have a written student learning plan that has been approved by an instructor with a Washington state teaching certificate. It sets the expectation for student participation and is used to allocate funding based on their Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) hours. WSLPs are especially important for ALE programs in which the parent helps design the plan, select the learning materials, and provide the daily instruction. The certificated instructor’s approval indicates the district has taken responsibility for the learning plan, ensuring that it meets all the ALE requirements, as well as any academic goals and requirements defined by the school district.

Written student learning plans must have: Beginning and ending dates of plan; Hours the student is expected to participate; Coursework expectations – Clearly defined goals and expectations help to measure satisfactory progress.; Method of contact with instructor.

Sample WSLP

Monthly Evaluations of Student Progress

The progress of students in ALE programs must be evaluated on a monthly basis. Under the current rules, progress for each month (including September) must be conducted by the fifth school day of the following month, and each student must be assessed as making either satisfactory or unsatisfactory progress. If progress is unsatisfactory, the certificated ALE instructor must develop and implement an intervention plan to help the student get back on track within five additional school days. Progress reviews in programs where a parent of a student is the daily provider of instruction must clearly document and provide evidence that the certificated instructor took responsibility for supervising, monitoring, evaluating and documenting the student’s progress as required by statute. Satisfactory progress is determined by the certificated teacher based on the student’s progress toward achieving the learning goals and performance objectives specified in the written student learning plan. Satisfactory progress is determined by the professional judgement of the certificated teacher. Failure to meet the minimum progress requirements will result in a modification to the learning plan. If progress does not improve and become successful within two months, the student may be withdrawn from the course and/or program.

Evidence of Student Contact with Certificated Instructor

Students are required to maintain weekly direct personal contact with their teacher, and that contact shall be for the purpose of instruction, review of assignments, testing, inquires on progress, or other learning activities. All meetings between certificated teacher and student will be done weekly through the Accelerate Education platform. Students are required to participate in at least one course within the first four days of September and must have two-way contact for an educational purpose within 20 school days prior to count date for the months of October through June. If students have regularly scheduled online classes, contact may be established through attendance records or logs when the student participates in synchronous digital instruction. Electronic contact may be supported by the actual two-way email or notes of telephone or synchronous virtual discussions.