Mountain Heights Academy

Mountain Heights Academy is a non-profit online charter high school[2] in the United States. It opened in 2010 and was renamed Mountain Heights Academy in 2013.

Mountain Heights Academy
Location
9067 S 1300 W Suite 204, West Jordan, Utah

United States
Coordinates40.592427°N 111.92059°W / 40.592427; -111.92059
Information
TypePublic charter
Established2009
AuthorizerUtah State Charter School Board
DirectorDeLaina Tonks
Teaching staff100
Grades7-12
Enrollment1363
Websitewww.mountainheightsacademy.org
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History

Open High School of Utah was founded by David A. Wiley in 2009.[3][4] It received its charter in 2007 and opened in 2010 as Open High School of Utah.[3] In January 2013, the school was renamed Mountain Heights Academy.[5]

Teaching

Open High School of Utah existed as a virtual high school, with students attending online. Teachers curated Open Educational Resources aligned to the content to Utah state standards.[6]

Creating Open Educational Resources was a fundamental aspect of the school's charter.[3] On 7 September 2010, Open High School of Utah released ten semesters of high school curriculum under a CC-BY license.[7]

Performance

In 2016, Mountain Heights Academy received an "F" from the state. In 2019, it ranked at 411th place out of 950 Utah schools. It spent $819,000 on marketing.[8]

References
  1. "Mountain Heights Academy". Qualified Utah Charters. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. "Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence". National Education Policy Center. 2014-03-04.
  3. ""Opening" a New Kind of School: The Story of the Open High School of Utah". International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  4. "The pandemic threw a spotlight on the virtues of virtual school". Deseret News. 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  5. "About Us". Mountain Heights Academy. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  6. "Open Source Goes to High School". OpenSource.com. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  7. "The Open High School of Utah Releases Open Educational Curriculum under CC-BY". Creative Commons. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
  8. Pflaum, Chris Jones and Nadia (2019-01-17). "Beyond the Books: Charter schools spend millions on advertising". Retrieved 2024-05-15.
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