Welcome to
The Apollo Program
2011-2012
Overview:
What is Apollo?
Students enrolled in Apollo are in a computer lab for 5
hours (if they have an elective) or 6 hours of the
school day during which they work on online classes
provided by e2020.
Students have the opportunity (through hard work) to
earn more credits than they would in a typical school
year.
Students work on either one or two courses at a time
allowing them to focus their efforts on successful
credit completion.
What does a day look
like in the Apollo lab?
Students will be in the lab at the traditional school
start time of 7:52.
Students will immediately log-in and begin work on
one of their e2020 courses, staying logged into the
site throughout the day.
Students will take traditional breaks and lunch with
other students and are expected to be on time to
class.
Students will end the day at the end of 6th hour.
Students will then log on for at least one hour a
night to continue working on their courses
What is e2020?
e2020 is a provider of online courses. The e2020 program
allows students to login 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to
work on their coursework from almost any internetenabled device.
Each course in e2020 consists of between 41 and 140
lessons. The average number of lessons per course is 69.
The average number of productive hours required to
complete a course is 50, but some courses may take up to
98 hours.
Each lesson in e2020 consists of vocabulary, lectures,
online content, homework assignments, and a quiz. Some
lessons may include additional assignments depending
on the subject matter. A test also counts as one lesson.
Completing a Lesson
The biggest predictor of success in Apollo is the
completion of lessons.
If students work productively and take good notes they
should be able to complete at least one lesson per hour.
Students complete lessons by finishing all assignments
and receiving a 70% or better on the quiz following the
lesson.
Reeths-Puffer also allows students to take a pre-quiz
before each lesson in their courses. This is essentially an
opportunity for students to “test out” of content within a
course. If a student passes this pre-quiz with an 80% or
better (without assistance) then he/she may skip the
corresponding lesson.
Attendance
For the first three weeks of school all students in the program
are expected to attend to all class periods everyday.
Every student in the program will take second lunch (this is a
change from last year).
After these three weeks, students who have demonstrated
success by completing an average of 7 lessons per day (or 6 if the
student has an elective) may apply for an altered attendance
schedule.
If a student is granted an exception to the attendance schedule,
he/she must continue to demonstrate success on a weekly basis
or the attendance exception will be revoked.
Students who do not consistently follow the attendance policy
over the course of a semester will lose their seat in the program.
Tardies
Students are expected to be in the lab when the bell
rings at the beginning of every hour and are
expected to stay in the lab until the bell rings closing
each hour.
Students who are tardy to class will lose traditional
break privileges.
Students who are tardy to class once will receive a
reminder about the tardy policy.
Students who are tardy to class twice will be required
to take their breaks on an alternate schedule for the
remainder of the marking period (9 weeks).
Progress Expectations
Students are expected to complete at least 6 or 7
lessons per day.
A lesson consists of either a test or a set of assignments
(vocabulary, lecture, homework, etc.) followed by a quiz.
Students should plan to spend at least 30 (with an
elective) or 35 productive hours per week on e2020.
This includes 25/30 hours during the school week and an
additional 5 hours of homework per week.
If students maintain this progress consistently
throughout the year they should be able to earn
between 7.5 and 8 credits.
Progress Reports
Parents have the option to receive e-mailed progress
reports daily or weekly.
Additionally, parents may request alternative
delivery of progress reports (via fax or mail).
Progress reports will provide information about how
much of a course a student has completed as well as
the student’s current grade in the course.
Parents may also contact Mrs. Kupiecki at any time
to receive an update on their student’s progress.
Parent Portal
This year e2020 has added a new feature called “Parent
Portal”.
Parents may log in at any time to view their student’s
progress including the number of assignments a student
has completed as well the times he/she was logged on.
A code will be provided this evening to each of you for
whom we have an email address.
e2020 requires a valid email address for parents to access
this feature.
If you do not currently have a valid e-mail address and are
interested in obtaining one, please contact Mrs. Kupiecki.
Support for Students
Our ultimate goal is for all students in the Apollo
program to recover credits and to graduate from ReethsPuffer.
Students have access to 6 content area teachers each day:
two English teachers, two math teachers, one science
teacher, and one social studies teacher.
Mrs. Kupiecki will serve as the coordinator of the
program, being in the lab all day and serving as a
consistent contact person for parents and students.
This year each student will have a mentor teacher. This
teacher will work with the student on specific goals and
will check in with the student on a regular basis.
Websites/ Contact
Information
Student Website:
http://student.education2020.com
Parent Portal Website:
http://parent.education2020.com
Mrs. Kupiecki
E-mail: [email protected]
Blog:
http://blogs.reeths-puffer.org/kupieckil
Phone:
School: (231)-744-1647 x.3101
Home: (231) 747-6425
Questions