Written by Sydney Spexarth, current 10th grade student at Sora I’ve been a student at Sora Schools for a few months. I work with the teachers constantly, but I wanted to get to know them more. So, I sat down and interviewed Carolyn Reeves, our STEM Learning Expert. I asked Read more…
Written by Sydney Spexarth, current 10th grade student at Sora I’ve been a student at Sora Schools for a few months. I work with the teachers constantly, but I wanted to get to know them more. So, I sat down and interviewed Brandy Daniels, our Counselor. I asked her about Read more…
Written by Sydney Spexarth, current 10th grade student at Sora I’ve been a student at Sora Schools for a few months. I work with the teachers constantly, but I wanted to get to know them more. So, I sat down and interviewed Michael Granado, the Humanities Learning Expert. I asked Read more…
Written by Sydney Spexarth, 10th grade student at Sora Some people wonder what happens during a normal school day at Sora because it is not like most high schools. I shadowed a student, Hannah, to see what her day was like, and I also sat down and asked a few Read more…
Written by Sydney Spexarth, 10th grade student at Sora All of my life I have gone to public school. I have never thought about switching to homeschooling, because I love my friends and teachers. On another hand, public school can be very stressful and overwhelming. You work at their pace Read more…
In a Friday Showcase, our student William presented his first project at Sora! In this presentation, he discussed the necessary specs for metals used to construct spaceworthy rockets and the process for manufacturing them.
The students log onto the Zoom call at noon. Today, the faculty at Sora Schools are announcing planned upcoming changes they’re making to the program. Schedules are being shifted, a new, periodic group project structure is being implemented, and a new way of running the morning standup meeting is introduced. Read more…
Sora parent Chris shares his story about finding the right high school for his son and the most valuable thing they’ve gotten out of being in the Sora community.
Other Schools Didn’t Work My name is Ava. From age seven, I worked in multiple homeschool groups. Unfortunately, none of them were hands-on enough for me. I did not fit into typical schools since I did not enjoy learning topics that I would immediately forget or never use, and I Read more…
Earlier in February, students at Sora worked on a project focusing on analyzing ethical dilemmas in history. Our program at Sora Schools is an inquiry-based learning environment. Students choose what they want to learn, and our educators focus on scaffolding projects around those interests and guiding them towards completion and Read more…