Internet Courses

Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc., in partnership with The Potter’s School, will be offering Internet courses in the following subjects: General Science, Physical Science, Biology, Marine Biology, Advanced Biology, Chemistry, Advanced Chemistry, and Physics. We are employing teachers to teach these Internet courses. Dr. Wile will supervise our Internet instructors and may make occasional appearances as a guest lecturer.

The courses we write are designed for independent study. In general, a large fraction of students do not need a teacher in order to understand our curriculum. If our materials are so “user-friendly,” why have we decided to offer Internet courses? Well, there are several reasons:

We do the grading. If your student takes an Internet course, you need not do anything except supervise his or her laboratory experiments. We set up a schedule to which your student must adhere; we make sure that the student has completed the work; and we grade the tests.

Some students learn better with an instructor. Although more than half of our students can work with our courses on their own, there are still those who cannot. If you are a parent who feels frustrated by trying to help your children in courses that you do not have the time to learn, we can be your student’s teacher.

Grade validation. Since we do the grading in the course, you will receive a report card from us at the end of each semester. This serves as an independent evaluation of your student’s performance. Thus, your student’s transcript will contain grades from someone other than yourself. For some college admissions officers, that will be an important validation of your homeschooling.

Personal Attention. Although we are happy to answer all student questions for free, the Internet course will give your student more personal attention by the instructor. This will allow the course instructor to notice problems of which the student might not even be aware. In this way, academic difficulties can be dealt with before they become academic problems!

To view more detailed information about the our Potter’s School courses, you may download our catalog or visit the Potter’s School website. If you have any questions please contact Potter's School at 703-690-3516 .

The NorthStar Academy is another online school that uses our courses. Although we do not supply the teachers for this academy, it is another online option.