ONLINE CURRICULUM FOR ADOPTION BY SCHOOLS

Silicon Valley High School Online Curriculum is a division of our company that provides online courses for adoption by schools across California and the United States.

Art
Photography, Part 1
Film History, Part 1

Electives
Health, Part 1
Health, Part 2
Money Math, Part 1
Money Math, Part 2

English
English 9, Part 1
English 9, Part 2
English 10, Part 1
English 10, Part 2
English 11, Part 1
English 11, Part 2
English 12, Part 1
English 12, Part 2

Science
Astronomy, Part 1
Astronomy, Part 2
Biology, Part 1
Biology, Part 2
Chemistry, Part 1
Chemistry, Part 2
Environmental Science, Part 1
Environmental Science, Part 2
Intro to Programming Java, Part 1
Intro to Programming Java, Part 2

Social Science
American Government
Economics
U.S. History, Part 1
U.S. History, Part 2
World History, Part 1
World History, Part 2

Courses in Development
Money Math, Part 2 (November 2020)
Film History, Part 2 (December 2020)
Photography, Part 2 (December 2020)
American Sign Language, Part 1

Our Courses, Your Teachers

Like a textbook that you might adopt for your class, you can adopt courses from our curriculum of online courses. Schools that adopt our curriculum find that students tend to stick with the courses as they’re video-based, designed to operate totally online, and self-paced. Click here to learn how our courses work.

We Provide Grading Recommendations, Your Teachers Decide the Grades

When a student takes a quiz or a unit test, a practice final or a final, this is scored automatically by our learning management system. When the student submits an assignment, a score can be calculated by one of our graders who applies the relevant rubric to the assignment and essentially recommends a grade. The grade earned by the student is ultimately set by your teacher.

Your Grades, Your Transcripts

When your school adopts our online curriculum, students are enrolled in your school and they are taking your classes with your teachers. Your school determines the grades and provides the transcripts.

Round-the-Clock Support

Our customer service team is available virtually around the clock to answer questions from your teachers as well as your students. Questions can be answered directly by our team when they relate to technical and administrative issues, but the questions can be relayed to credentialed teachers when they relate to the content of the course and questions regarding instruction can be relayed to your teachers.

The Foundation of a Blended Learning Platform for your School

Many people believe that the most effective educational methodologies of the future will combine online courses with traditional classroom instruction and tutoring. Our courses provide the curriculum and the gradebook. Students can study at their own pace online, then meet with your teachers and other students to ask questions, discuss, debate and enhance their mastery of the materials.

Monitor the Progress of your Students

Your teachers, counselors and nominated supervisors can be provided with access to the student’s online grade book to monitor progress.

Designed to Meet State Standards

All our courses are built to meet the relevant standards, and we show where each standard is met in the course materials.

Certificate of Completion & Grade Book

Once the course has been completed by the student, we will provide the student and your school with a certificate of completion together with the gradebook, so your teachers can assign the final grade and your school can add this grade to your school’s transcript.

For more information on how our courses can be adopted by your school, please visit our support page for educators.

Testimonials

"It has flexible hours and it is taylored to our needs. All materials were excellent, especially the videos provided by Silicon Valley High School. Easy to understand. .. I liked this course better than studying in a classroom with others students. .. I liked that I could do everything individually without distraction from my classmates. .. I would like to do classes like this in college."

"The course is much better online than what I experienced in a class setting. I learned more and quicker working on the class online everyday versus in a classroom setting."

"It had just the right amount of lecture, quizzes, tests, and essays and assignments. Not too overwhelming or easy, right amount to really learn and challenge in essays and assignments. Time management-wise the course worked well with all the other high school coursework and load student already has."

"Silicon Valley High School has been the perfect online resource for my home-schooled high school student. The SVHS.co online courses are easily accessible and easy to understand. SVHS.co has allowed my son complete flexibility with his schedule and even more importantly the ability to move at his own pace. I particularly appreciate how the program breaks down the material into bite size chunks, making the material less intimidating and more manageable. This allows him a stress free way to stay with a topic until he feels he has mastered it, before moving on to the testing portion of the program. This program has made home schooling through high school a true possibility for us. I highly recommend you give it a try!"

"I love your use of videos!! So much easier to stay engaged. Great way to appeal to younger demographic! .. I would definitely recommend SVHS. It's simple enough to navigate, the amount of work isn't overwhelming and we actually get feedback from our exams. I love writing so this has helped me greatly!"

"I would recommend this to a friend because this program is very informative and has excellent service. .. I would not improve anything. .. I love how the teacher help works with individuals. .. I love this program." (Course: English 10 Pt 2)

"I very much enjoyed using SVHS. It was extremely user friendly and has lots of useful classes that provide you with school credit."

"..I want to express my gratitude to you for providing my son an educational experience where he is able to find success! You may remember, (my son) was falling out of high school and headed for the alternative school before we made the change to SVHS. What a life changing experience this has been. Not only is he getting As and Bs (which he NEVER has received) he's also so much happier. Everyone has noticed the positive difference in (my son). I am so grateful for the education you are providing my son. Many, many thanks to your school and teachers!!!"

"..he is enjoying the course (as much as a 15yr old can enjoy a math course) and likes the format. Thanks again for your help and patience!"

"I recommend the course because you really learn the material and it can be at your own pace. By offering this course it allowed me to travel and expand my experiences in many ways not just school."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend because it does a good job of covering the material and making sure you understand it. The videos were really helpful and well chosen. They really helped me remember the material and were good about explaining it.I liked that I was able to communicate easily with the teacher. She answered my questions in a reasonable amount of time."

Why would you recommend SVHS to a friend? "It allows you to be very flexible and it teaches you the subject really well. I like the combination of videos and articles that it gives."

I would recommend SVHS to a friend because the course gives a lot of helpful information, and all the videos that are provided make sense and are easy to understand. The assignments are also very involving and fun! I also really like the teachers, and they make it easy to want to communicate with them.

"Whenever I needed something, I emailed one of the staff members to help me. They even made some changes to the class to help make it adjusted for the style of learning I enjoy. The staff members are always so quick to respond to the emails and help I needed. They obviously wanted me to do my best and enjoy the class as much as I could."

.. And I am very impressed with the course and its straightforward focus on assignments that emphasize learning, thinking, and interpreting. (I am a former college professor.)

"I want to thank you for the support svhs has given our students. I remember when you first reached out to explain what svhs was all about and to be perfectly honest, I was somewhat skeptical. But about 2 years later, many of our students have taken advantage of the courses offered by svhs and have been quite successful. Thank you,"

"I already did! 🙂 (recommend SVHS to a friend) It was a different way to learn; I like new ways to learn new material. It was also very fun! .. I really liked everything. I liked how it was set up, what they covered, all the videos, etc. 🙂 .. The service was awesome! You guys were on top of it. 🙂 I loved my teacher and the staff helping her. All were very kind and helpful. Thank you for answering all my questions and requests! .. I loved everything about the course! Everything was great; I had all the help I needed. .. I wanted to thank my teacher who answered my questions about assignments; she was very kind."

"I loved how quickly the teachers and people in the chat were able to assist me and answer any questions I had"

"I love SVHS, by the way, and refer your courses to all of my high schoolers! The class format is so straightforward and the content is very accessible for all students. The classes have met the needs of my college prep students, those with 504 plans, and students with IEPs and disabilities! They all have enjoyed the course content. Thanks for all you do!"

Why would you recommend SVHS to a friend? "It was easy to pass as long as I did the work, as school should be. The material was even interesting."

"SVHS provided me a chance to get ahead of my high school math level while still being able to take a brief respite whenever I wanted during my summer break; I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is dedicated in advancing in any subject or chooses to be home-schooled."

"Thank you. (Daughter) has thoroughly enjoyed this course. Wish there was another one!"

"I would absolutely recommend SVHS to my friends, as I found that this course was challenging and pushing me to work hard, but it also could be completed in a reasonable amount of time."

Why would you recommend SVHS to a friend? "The flexibility of time and the fact that the entire course is online makes it easy to fit taking this course into a busy schedule."

"The lessons are good and get strait to point. There is no time wasting like there would be in class."

"It was really good to be able to go fast with easy topics and go slower with more challenging material. For quizzes you can retake them and understand what you did wrong and you can review all of them as many times as you want. This is helpful for studying for the final and unit tests."

"It was a great course! The set up was great and it was very easy to fix mistakes. I loved my teacher! She was very helpful and nice."

"It was a good option for those who better learn at their own place, whether that's faster our slower than a typical classroom."

"The prices for the classes I wanted to take were unbelievably low and much more affordable than ANY other online school on the web. The class was very organized and well lay out. It was really nice being able to move at my own pace and finish however much I wanted to each day."

Please provide your overall rating of the course: "Excellent" "I actually learned a lot because I could retake the quizzes as many times as I wanted."

"I enjoyed the pacing of the videos displayed and the overall helpfulness of the videos and written worksheets. I also enjoyed the projects whether it was sketching your family or recording yourself speak Spanish."

"I would recommend because this course is really helpful to me and I learned a lot from it. I liked the method of watching videos and then taking a quiz."

"I would recommend this course (Eng 11, Pt1) because it covers every topic and gives you multiple options on how to study although is recommended to use all of the sources. This course is challenging enough to learn but not too challenging to be overwhelming."

"Its an excellent step by step course. Had lots of fun learning. Thank you so much."

"I would recommend SVHS to my friends because it is a great way to catch you up or get you ahead with your classes. It is convenient and very easy to follow. It is great"

"Extensive Coverage of Materials, Many Resources, Well Organized. Thank you for offering the course! I thoroughly enjoyed the class, teaching style and getting to meet the teacher. Thank you again!"

"I would recommend this to a friend as it is easy to understand and thoroughly covers the subject. .. I like how you could learn at your own pace."

I would recommend SVHS because: "It does not overcomplicate things and allows room for improvement because you can retake the quizzes"

"The course covered a lot of material in each lesson, so I was able to pretty quickly learn a lot of the basics of Java, and logic as well. The material in the lessons repeated each concept a few times, so I was able to get a good grasp of it. I feel like the course prepared me well in getting to know Java and start on the more advanced topics - I learned a lot from the material. The teacher was also quick to respond and gave helpful comments."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend. The completely-online format was very convenient, and I liked that I could self-pace with the material."

"I didn’t find anything wrong with this course for improvement. ..I would recommend this course to a friend because it allowed me to work at my own pace to gain a better knowledge of the material that was being taught throughout the subject."

"The learning style is good and it is quick to finish each lesson. Lessons also get to the point."

"The course instructor was very intelligent, responsive, and provided useful individualized feedback. I am satisfied with the quality attention provided and the time I received from the particular instructor. ..I liked the clean webpage templates (white, blue, information, and clean space); it was comfortable/friendly to view/navigate the webpages."

"Helpful, easy website to navigate. I liked how your progress was easy to see, also the clear directions were nice."

"I would recommend this course to someone else since its very easy to follow at your own pace, plus i likes that theres a course timeline you can follow. I really liked the Unit assignments. At first I felt like some required too much reading, but after reading it, I did learn a lot, which was fun for me. Even though history is my least favorite subject, in the end I really enjoyed the assignments."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend because the teachers are excellent and the material is incredible for learning purposes."

"I thought everything was very clear and easy going for me to understand what was being taught. I enjoyed having multiple videos by different professors to learn the lesson in various ways. ..I enjoyed that we were allowed to take the quizzes as many times to get our highest scores because where I struggled I was able to get more practice by retaking them multiply times so that I was confident in taking the unit tests. ..This was an amazing experience I look forward to taking more classes here in the future if needed."

"It was excellent because it allowed for mastery and to take quizzes over and over in order to learn."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend because I thought that the Assignments were graded quickly and taking the course was efficient. I liked that when I asked a question, it would get taken care of for me."

"My impression is that the independent selection of videos and readings (in this particular course) were much more helpful than a standardized textbook; the delivery method allowed the subject to be covered from several different perspectives that either reinforced the subject matter or allowed for the concepts to be introduced in a different light (if it was confusing initially)."

"The course was straightforward, not incredibly complicated, user-friendly, and fun to complete. I liked that I could complete everything completely at my own pace and that assignments were graded quickly."

"I loved how each teacher is very supportive and how I am able to practice for each test." "The material covered in this course is amazing because it supports each student with videos and information text to understand the course better."

"Assignments were graded promptly with good feedback, and they were meaningful and interesting to complete."

"The teachers are nice along with great staff and they get back with answers to our questions in less than 24 hrs. I liked how they gave us multiple tries for quizzes. It helped a lot."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend because of it\'s quality of teaching, and being able to take the class at your own pace. I enjoyed how easy the website was made."

"I would recommend because it it fun and easy to learn. I liked how there were multiple videos to teach you about the subject before the quiz."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend; competitive price, ease of access, friendly class schedule, ability to absorb the subject matter as presented to the student (not just a class or grade, but absorb the educational material), responsive instructor, and overall positive experience."

"I would recommend this course to a friend because this class (English 12 Part 2) really makes you think deeply about the relevancy of literature. Silicon Valley is an amazing self-paced course and I totally recommend it."

"It is easy to keep up with and if you don't understand a topic you can easily go back to guarantee you get it. Also: I liked the ability to retake the quizzes as many times as needed."

"I would recommend it because it was so helpful to be on-demand and at your own pace, as well as being very simple to operate.. ..I loved being able to retake the quizzes because that was when I learned the most by trial and error and learning from my mistakes to do better on the unit tests."

"The course covered everything and it is not too expensive, so it is good for homeschooling."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend because it is easy to work with and it is very simple. You can go at your own pace and the videos make the course more enjoyable."

"I appreciated having videos that I could watch before every quiz and being able to replay them if I misunderstood something. I also liked being able to retake the quizzes, as it allowed me to go back and figure out what I had done wrong, therefore I could more thoroughly understand the subject."

"Thank you so much! i love this high school you guys provide the best classes, and even though i was behind it was so easy to catch up."

"The course (Economics) was definitely a lot of work, even more than I would have in a class at my school, but I learned more than I have in any class I've taken in high school and for that reason I would recommend it."

"I'd recommend this course/SVHS to a friend due to how structured and simple the system is. SVHS mimics exactly how a semester in school would be for a single class. Closest you can get to being like school when at your home.. Helpful articles and videos were great in each lesson."

"SVHS course content was perfect. The course content was easy to follow and presented in a way that was very easy to understand. The teacher was very cooperative and helpful! The assignments and tests were very challenging. Overall, it was great. Thank You!"

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend because of how clear and in-depth the online courses are including the various assignments, research material, and class instructions. I also think that SVHS provides a positive learning experience because the teachers give the students constructive feedback and let them know if they are on track or not."

"I would recommend SVHS to a friend because the courses are well-formatted and everything is well-explained. Additionally, you can move at your own pace which is great because it enables a flexible schedule for the student."

"It was very manageable to balance with other work, and the resources provided really made sure I was actually learning something instead of just trying to make up credit!"

Approvals
University of California A-G
As an accredited school, Silicon Valley High School is recognized as an Online School by the University of California under the a-g program.

= Courses A-G approved.

NCAA Approval
Silicon Valley High School coursework meets National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) nontraditional core-course legislation.

= NCAA approved.