In school I have often been reminded that there are three elements to life as a student: schoolwork, social life,and sleep. Sounds great, but here’s the catch: you can only choose two. Yikes! Unfortunately, I think that if most of us were honest with ourselves, we’d have to admit that well we don’t always balance those well enough. In high school this is especially true. All anyone wants to do is spend time with friends, but that means that either studies or sleep suffer.
So guess what I found out? When I was a part of an online school, I had a life! I had sufficient time for sleep, school, AND friends. I could sleep as much as I needed and then do my homework, while my friends were in school, and have time in the evenings to go do the fun social things. There are so many online students who have found over time, that a typical school day schedule takes far less time to get through, compared to their old more traditional school one, yet they are learning so much more!
I love sharing stories about students like Anthony. His mother says it best "I think our job is to try to help make their dreams come true..." Anthony is able to pursue his dreams without having to sacrafice his education. 
Here is a recent article that offers some great advice to help Online High School students get the most out of their online experience, but I think many of these tips can be applied to the online experience of most students and families, regardless of grade. 
K¹² students were accepted at hundreds of post-secondary schools, including some of the finest—Boston University, Columbia, Juilliard, Northwestern and Stanford, to name a few. They are headed to schools of liberal arts, culinary arts, business, fine arts, and top technology and fashion institutes, among others.
onlinediscussions give interested high school students and their parents an opportunity to learn about what it's like to attend high school online and get their questions answered directly from students who have been down the same road.
may be thatit is challenging to sit and actually pay attention through five classes each day. I mean, how many teachers actually hold your attention through the whole hour every time? Second, maybe you are bored because you were able to finish your assignment fifteen minutes into class and then realize that you have to sit there and wait for the hour to end. Perhaps the third reason is that you struggle to understand the subject through the time in class and then spend hours with the homework each night, only to get a poor grade in the end. These are serious issues that parents and students should be concerned about! 
spend her senior year abroad in Taiwan, participating in the 
spend online?" or "how flexible was it?". 
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