Global Online Academy

Vistamar is excited to announce that we will be expanding our course offerings by partnering with Global Online Academy (GOA), a non-profit organization made up of an international consortium of schools that provides high-quality online learning experiences for students and educators. We are delighted to give students more opportunities to take passion-based, specialized enrichment courses, providing another way for students to hone their interests or build on their curiosities.  At times in the past, we have not always been able to provide a course that only a few students are interested in. GOA will give us a way to meet the needs of these students. The courses are created and taught by teachers from member schools, ensuring that they meet Vistamar’s high academic standards.

It's important to note that GOA courses are meant to complement our existing curriculum and offer additional options for students; students may not enroll in GOA courses that are currently offered at Vistamar School. 

Check out more information from GOA here, and reach out to Regan Galvan or your Life Planner with your questions. 

Students take GOA courses for credit at Vistamar School. GOA course workload and course intensity is equivalent to courses taken on our campus. Unlike many online courses, students are not passive receptors of pre-recorded lectures from their teachers. Instead, students collaborate on challenging and interesting projects with students from around the world. They are also expected to manage their workload and time effectively to support the asynchronous nature of the courses.

GOA maintains excellence through rigorous teacher training, building on the best practices and values of leading independent schools — and by ensuring classrooms stay at a small size that fosters strong teacher-student relationships and student-to-student collaboration and interaction.