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The ''Mercury Online Prep'' ('''Mercury''') is online international private school for students in K-12th grade.  
The ''Mercury Online Prep'' ('''Mercury''') is online international private school for students in K-12th grades. It is owned by the for-profit [[Mosaica Education]].


Mercury offers a completely online program for homeschoolers; a 4+1 model in which students attend classes online 4 days per week and attend a Mercury Centre 1 day per week; or a "blended program" for younger students in grades K-2. Centres are staffed with "an instructional facilitator".
Mercury offers "a college preparatory American model for entry into U.S. colleges and universities". Like the regional Mercury Academies (based in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[California]], [[US]]), it uses its own "Paragon" curriculum and its own web-conferencing software.


Mercury was founded in 2010, and uses the [[Mosaica Education]] Paragon Curriculum. Each students receives a free laptop.
The Mercury Online Prep web site is at http://mercuryonlineprep.com/


The Mercury Online Prep web site is at http://mercuryaz.org/
==More Details==
Unusually, students are required to log in every day at the time their classes start. They are required to be "in school" from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day and follow a teacher-led schedule.


== References ==
== References ==
* "A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning", iNACOL, October 2010, http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/national_report.pdf
* "A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning", iNACOL, October 2010, http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/national_report.pdf
* "Keeping Pace With Online Learning: An Annual Review of Policy and Practice", Evergreen Education Group, 2010, http://kpk12.com/reports/
* "Keeping Pace With Online Learning: An Annual Review of Policy and Practice", Evergreen Education Group, 2010, http://kpk12.com/reports/
* Mercury Online Prep web site, http://mercuryaz.org/
* Mercury Online Prep web site, http://mercuryonlineprep.com/


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Latest revision as of 21:41, 16 September 2011

The Mercury Online Prep (Mercury) is online international private school for students in K-12th grades. It is owned by the for-profit Mosaica Education.

Mercury offers "a college preparatory American model for entry into U.S. colleges and universities". Like the regional Mercury Academies (based in the states of Arizona and California, US), it uses its own "Paragon" curriculum and its own web-conferencing software.

The Mercury Online Prep web site is at http://mercuryonlineprep.com/


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