K12 - Whats Your Story?

K12 has made important impacts in the lives of our students. We invite you to read real stories from real students and families, and to submit your own story! After all, no one knows better than you just how big a difference an individualized, online education can make.

I started homeschooling 4 years ago. I was 13 when I stopped going to public school. I had gone to public school my whole life. I had lots of friends and honesty I enjoyed it up until middle school. That's when things changed for me, I wasn't like everyone else. I have big dreams and goals. I want

Hi my Name is Alex I came to K12 Oct,.19 ,2012. It was kinda really hard to transfer into a new school It took me about a month to settled in. In my old school I was being bullied because i'm short and I was considered a "Nerd" because I was smart. I was in my old school for about 8 years k-8. The

My name is grace and I'm in 6th grade. I was in public school until 3rd grade. I was bullied because I was smarter than them, and finally my mom found gca. I've made a lot of new friends.

k12 has been the best thing ever to me I am no longer afraid

Sup! I'm Nicole but you can call me Nikki. I used to live in Colorado (GO BRONCOS! (and forty niners ;) )) and go to a privat out there where i had so many friends. but then we came out here to Nevada to visit family and me and my mom boath said that we really liked it out here so we decided to

Our family has been a K12 family for two school years. We first looked into K12 when our second daughter began to fall behind in school because of a speech impediment. She was in speech therapy and improving dramatically, but the other kids in her grade were reading and she couldn’t catch up.

I'm going to be going in 10th grade and I'm a male who has gone through the tortures of any school. When I was in 6th grade I was bullied, talked bad about, and tortured by evil teachers. One of the teachers in 6th grade was a woman with long hair and she was an assistant. She was always going

Hello, my name is Jasmine I'm 13 and I'm in 7th grade, I'm very shy,and I have ADHD(I'm also a country girl so city's are not my thing). Some people don't know what it's like to move from school to school and to get hurt like; getting punched and hitting and picked up and get thrown to the ground

When our eldest daughter was 3, she started attending a Montessori preschool. Within one year, she had taught herself to read and do addition & subtraction. By the end of her second year there, she was reading fluently and had added multiplication and division concepts to her repertoire. She

Hi, my name is Micah, I am 14 years old, I have been going to k12 three years starting with the six grade till the eighth grade, finishing up this final year. K12 has helped me because if i had to go somewhere I could just go and come back and do school. Also join the clubs, when I was in seventh

My parents tried various other alternative schools for me before finally finding Agora. Agora was my last chance to be able to succeed academically. At Agora i discovered so many teachers who cared about me and worked hard to see to it that I succeeded. Never before have I experienced so much

I started K12 when my family relocated to Arizona from Wisconsin. My mom thought it would be better to enroll me online to keep up with my course work since I got here in Arizona at a later start in the year. I must say the the programs have challenged me to be better and the teachers are more

My Name is Summer, i was born on May 27th. I have two awesome sisters and one amazing nephew, along with my parents these are the only people keeping me alive. I struggle with PTSD, Depression and Severe Anxiety. On top of that i have a really short temper. I was in this program called Home &

I was homeschooled until I was in 3rd grade. My mom had been teaching my older brother and I with the same material, and I was a year ahead. For 4th and 5th grade, I was enrolled in K12 through WAVA. I skipped 6th grade and jumped right into 7th. I attended Liberty Bell, our small public school,

My name is Katz (kaz) I'm 17 years old. I'm a Junior and this is my Third year doing MNVA online. I was a problem child from the start running around and ripping heads off the barbie dolls. Teachers didn't know what to do with me locking me in a closet was out of the question. I was tested and

my story begins when I went to my old school where my teacher was very mean she would yell and scream, that's when I switched to k12. I love it now I don't get headache's anymore. I ride my horse v to relax me and that is my k12 story.

Well lets start off when I went to 1st grade that went pretty smooth I didn't have any problem but I didn't really get or understand the work. I would consider myself the most poised sweetest little girl you could ever meet then there was 2nd grade I was bullied and no one liked me what so ever I

I'm the mother of a junior and the grandmother of a freshman and a 5th grader. I'm also the learning coach for all 3. We love the virtual school setting because the kids can concentrate on their classes not the bullies they had in their public schools. Also the teachers are wonderful with the kids

"Oh boy"I thought, Zoe walked over to me "Hi"she sneered. "Hi Zoe how are you?"I was trying to be nice."What ever, baby." She said. I looked down at my lunch then looked at her. I just stared. Her deep blue eye's glared into mine. I was I stood up and threw away my lunch. Being 5 in 1st grade I was

Hey! Was sup? My name is Carolann. I know this story is really late and that’s my fault but I wanted to show how I appreciate k12 without expecting to get anything in return. I am 13 years old and in ORVA it really has been a life changer. I grew up in California but soon moved to Oregon to help

As a student in public school I was getting proper schooling that I need as an individual, I was just moving along in school without really understanding. Now, that I am in Agora I’ve been happier and have accomplished move academically than I ever had in my life. I don’t free trapped in school

Hey! Was sup? My name is Carolann. I know this story is really late and that’s my fault but I wanted to show how I appreciate k12 without expecting to get anything in return. I am 13 years old and in ORVA it really has been a life changer. I grew up in California but soon moved to Oregon to help

hello my name is katelin and i have always been picked on but during the 7th grade...my only friend...my boyfriend...got me pregnant.That was when i felt that the whole world was on my shoulders. I was depressed. I was angry. I wanted to commit scucuide until i thought about home school and my baby

You know most kids that have add have help ,but not me. I'm alone at home my moms in the marines my dads a truck driver and my step-dad is a firefighter. So when in public school I needed help. Now I don't need that help K12 teachers ate there to guide me through the end. Official trademark of K12

My goal is to become an world-class figure skater. K12 provides me with the opportunity to practice during the day when the ice is better suited for training and when my coaches are available.