Independent Study

Our Independent Study at Buena Vista strives to provide a voluntary alternative education program and setting for students to respond to individual student needs and learning styles.

 

The flexibility of our independent study program allows us to serve a wide variety of students, enabling some students who otherwise might not graduate to stay in school. Students who enroll in independent study include students who have health problems, are parents, need to work, and are child actors or aspiring Olympic athletes. Additionally, independent study serves students who desire to accelerate or move more slowly through a course, or to make up a subject that they have missed in a traditional classroom. Independent study programs are required to follow the district-adopted curriculum, and work is governed by a written agreement signed by the student, teacher, parent, and other relevant guardians/adults.