George Washington University Online High School
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The mission of The George Washington University Online High School is to educate and inspire academically talented and motivated students who seek membership in a school community that values and cultivates hard work, integrity, appreciation of diversity, love of learning, compassion, and high personal expectations. Through intensive, interactive online collaboration, the GWUOHS experience prepares students to contribute significantly, responsibly, and respectfully in a global society.
The vision is to create a premier online high school designed with one goal in mind: to provide a personal educational experience that prepares students for success in high school, college, and life.
In addition to the core curriculum, GWUOHS offers students an opportunity to pursue their interests. Upper-level students can declare an area of concentration: science and technology, entrepreneurship, liberal arts, or design their own. In addition, all students take the unique, four-year-long Journeys Symposium, which helps them establish academic, social, and emotional skills.
Academic Highlights
GWUOHS offers an innovative, rigorous college prep curriculum that prioritizes individualized learning. A solid slate of honors, AP, dual enrollment, and elective courses are offered. Moreover, juniors and seniors can declare a concentration in one of the following: science and technology, entrepreneurship, liberal arts, or their own design. All students undertake the four-year-long Journeys Symposium that culminates in a capstone project. The average GPA is a 3.5, and 100% of students pass their AP exams with a 3 or better.
College Admissions Highlights
All students receive individualized college counseling and planning early in their high school careers. Since 2014, GWUOHS students have been accepted at hundreds of colleges that include Babson, Berklee, Boston University, Claremont McKenna, Colorado College, Columbia, Cornell, Drexel, Emory, Fordham, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Macalester, NYU, Pepperdine, Rice, Santa Clara, Syracuse, Tufts, the UCs, University of Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill, USC, UT Austin, and Virginia Tech.
College & Academic Planning
Each student works closely with a counselor and advisor to ensure a successful high school and college experience through an Individualized Academic Plan and personalized college counseling.
Capstone Project
GWUOHS seniors work to complete a Capstone Project, a semester-long undertaking that focuses on their interests and passions and helps them with personal, emotional, and academic goals.
Journeys Symposium
The Journeys Symposium helps students establish academic, social, and emotional skills to best prepare them for success in middle school, high school, and beyond.