How it Works
How Online Elementary School Works
Who can attend?
The GEO Focus Academy of Indiana elementary program serves students in grades K–5 who reside in the state of Indiana. Kindergarteners must be 5 years old prior to August 1 in the current application year.
What are the costs?
GEO Focus Academy of Indiana is a private school. We provide Indiana-licensed teachers and instructional materials. Students and families will be responsible for providing some consumable materials (such as printer ink and paper). Our enrollment consultants can help address your technological and computer questions and needs.
| Application Fee | $25 |
| Tuition* | $7,000 full-year / $3,500 semester |
| Loaner Laptop Fee* | $575 |
Is there tuition assistance or financial aid available?
Yes, Indiana and GEO Focus Academy are committed to providing all children access to quality educational opportunities. Indiana's Choice Scholarship Program (voucher program) provides scholarships to eligible Indiana students to offset tuition costs at participating schools, including GEO Focus Academy. Learn more about the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program and the scholarship granting organization.
Our staff works with parents to submit scholarship applications to the Indiana Department of Education. Connect with an enrollment consultant for guidance.
What's my role as a parent?
As a parent, you (or another responsible adult you choose) serve as your child's Learning Coach. You'll work with your child's teacher to help record student attendance, monitor mastery of online lessons and assessments, and review student work.
Parent/Learning Coach involvement is vital to your child's success, especially at the elementary level. The typical Learning Coach time commitment in grades K–5 is 4–6 hours a day. The initial 4–8 weeks can be intensive, as your family settles into a routine. But GEO Focus Academy of Indiana provides a dedicated support system to our families, so you don't have to go it alone.
Grades K–2
Parent/Learning Coach daily involvement is critical and approximately 10–15 percent of this time is online.
Grades 3–5
Students begin to have increased independence, but parent/Learning Coach involvement is essential for about 70–80 percent of school time and approximately 15–25 percent of this time is online.
What will my child study?
Coursework is a mix of online and hands-on work, which caters to a wide variety of learning styles. Unit and course assessments are built in to each subject, and easy-to-use online planning and progress tools keep you and your student on track.
K–5th graders take courses in the core subjects listed below. Beginning in grade 3, they also take a self-guided elective course in music or a world language.
Mastering Lessons
In the elementary grades, students are required to show mastery of each lesson by achieving 80 percent or better on all lesson assessments. If your child is having difficulty mastering a lesson, let their homeroom teacher know as soon as possible. Teachers offer many support sessions to help students learn new concepts.
Working with Your Teacher
Teachers provide individual and small group assistance via online synchronous sessions called "Class Connects." Students are expected to attend all required Class Connects and meet with their teacher to receive course assistance, tutoring, and instruction. Class Connects vary by grade level and are scheduled by your teacher.
Attendance
All students enrolled for the entire school year must attend 180 instructional days per school year. The total instructional days are prorated based on the student’s start date. The daily amount of expected instructional time for K–5th grade is 5 hours.
Grades K–2
Estimate approximately 4–5 hours of productive schoolwork 5 days per week
Grades 3–5
Estimate approximately 5–7 hours of effective schoolwork 5 days per week
Assessments
Our testing is purposeful and meaningful and drives our instructional practices to best serve the individual needs of your child.
State Testing
GEO Focus Academy of Indiana students must comply with all Indiana-mandated testing requirements.
*Financial aid available, awarded based on student need.
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