Last modified: October 10, 2024
K-8 Registration
Participation Expectations
BEFORE registering your student in eSchool, please read the K12 Expectations and School Policies document. Parents/guardians will need to indicate their understanding and assent when registering their student.
New Student Registration
K-8 Registration
If your student is in grades K-8, please complete this registration form for your student. eSchool will create your student’s K12 account and send their login information via email. Please choose your student’s elective(s) by filling out this K-8 Electives form. Then send a copy of your (parent/guardian) driver’s license (or other state ID) to eSchool@provo.edu.
What To Expect
Students using the K12 program (grades K-8) participate in a hybrid learning system. Some materials and workbooks will be sent home for the student to use as well as having access to their classes and other materials online. The learning coach (usually the parent/guardian) will guide their student through the courses each day, recording their progress online. Weekly student progress goals take the place of daily attendance. All courses are asynchronous. A Utah-certified teacher is assigned to each student to help with content mastery, pacing, scheduling, etc. and can be contacted via phone, email, or video conference. The family is responsible for their own internet access and computer.
K12 Course Schedule by Grade
Kindergarten – Full-day=5 classes; Half-day=3 classes (Full-day kindergarten is now the automatic option. Families may opt out of full-day and enroll in half-day only.)
- Full-day: Math, Language Arts, and 3 others (science, history, art, music, fitness and health)
- Half-day: Math, Language Arts, 1 other (science, history, art, music, fitness and health)
1st-2nd grade – Full-time=5 classes
- Math, Language Arts, Science, History, and 1 elective (art, music, fitness and health)
3rd grade – Full-time=5 classes
- Math, Language Arts, Science, History, and 1 elective (art, music, health, Chinese, Spanish)
4th-5th grade – Full-time=5 classes
- Math, Language Arts, Science, History, and 1 elective (art, music, PE, Chinese, Spanish)
6th grade – Full-time=6 classes
- Math, Language Arts, Science, History, and 2 electives (art, music, Chinese, Spanish, computer literacy, journalism, photography, PE)
7th-8th grade – Full-time=6-7 classes
- Math, Language Arts, Science, History, and 2-3 electives (art, music, PE, health, Chinese, Spanish, career explorations, computer literacy, journalism, photography)
**Courses are yearlong for grades K-5, semester-length for grades 6-8.
Online/Offline Split
Grades K-5 – 50% online/50% offline
The 50% offline usually involves the learning coach/parent (scripted portions of the lesson, setting up experiments, grading some quizzes, etc.). The amount of time a full-time student spends on K12 is comparable to learning time in a brick and mortar school, 4-6 hours a day. A parent is involved directly for 2-3 hours a day of that (excluding prepping/gathering materials).
Grades 6-8 – Split online/offline
Math is 100% online. Other subjects are 80% online/20% offline. Little parental/guardian involvement required in daily lessons. Students benefit from support and reinforcement from parents..
What resources and supports are needed for a successful Provo eSchool student?
- Has stable internet and computer access. (The District can provide a Chromebook as long as it stays in the US);
- Has a learning coach (parent/guardian) available daily to guide the student through the K12 curriculum to ensure completion of lessons;
- Responds to teacher communications at least weekly and reaches out to the teacher with questions; and
- Completes the weekly progress and participation goal. Work days and times during the week are flexible.