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Fairmont Pr reparatory Academy is a private e Duriing Fairmoont’s summ mer progra am, the
high school located in Anaheim, CA There are
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currently 62 students enrolled. Fo the 2010
26 or 0 cour and as a classroom-
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Summer Sch hool Program, Fairmont wanted to
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while mainta aining rigoro
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hybrid/blend ded learning model use today by
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universities. Fairmont partnered with Thesys
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International to provide sixteen hyb
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that were co ompleted by 156 studeents utilizing
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both classro oom instruction and a Learning g
Management System (LMS). Outc
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equal to or better than traditional classroom-
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based cour rses, at a 33% lower cost per r
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student.
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students to become independent le
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entering college.
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Fairmont offfered the fo
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brid coursess hyb rid grade distributions for advancement
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during the Summer 2010 session: Algebra I CP,
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dents were equal to or bett
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Algebra II/TTrigonometr CP, Biology CP &
ry commparable outcomes in the classroo om, with
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Honors, Che emistry CP & Honors, Economics s 69% earning an A or B.
%
C English I/II/II CP, Geometry CP, Health, Pre-
CP, -
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Calculus CP US Gover
P, rnment CP, US History y 83% of students taking cou
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mediation
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CP, and World History CP. Courses were
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er grade in the hybrid
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taught by Faairmont teacchers who were trained
w d cour
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by year
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DEMOGRAP
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State: California
S chool must continually improve
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System: Fair rmont Educa
ation Group acad
demic quality at a low cost per student
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Type: Urban fringe of a mid-sized ci
ity whil e offering a full rang of courses. The
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hyb rid model in
ncreasingly meets this range of
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RESULTS scho needs. C
ool Cost/student ranges fro 30 to
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60% lower in hy
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Teachers deeveloped a variety of methods too
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enhance and manage the hybrid courses. For
d t c r A hy
ybrid structu
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example: the spent tim in the co
ey me omputer lab
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once per we to presen an overview of major
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schedules
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topics, and they recoommended a mix of f  IImproves teeacher satisfaction
classroom and online instructional time by
c a y  IImproves leaarning effec
ctiveness
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subject matt
ter.  IImproves student engag gement
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Or, call Miche
elle Low for a presenta
we ation: (7
714) 234
4-2728