Keystone National High School

Founder/President/Principal: Mark Burke, Director

School Type: Private High School

Founded: Correspondence since 1974, Online since 1999

Ages/Grades: 9-12

School Size: Over 15,000 students

Tuition: Online Courses $379.00 USD per full-credit course, plus shipping & handling (s & h) $279.00 USD per half-credit course, plus s & h Online AP Courses $429.00 per full-credit course, plus s & h $299.00 per half-credit course, plus s & h Correspondence $279.00 per full-credit course, plus s & h $209.00 per half-credit course, plus s & h

Financial Aid: The Keystone Tuition Plan allows students enrolled in five or more courses to spread the cost of tuition over eight to ten months . With this plan, monthly payments may be as low as $105 (plus s & h), depending on the course format you choose. A processing fee of $38.00 will be added. Learn more. FACTS Tuition Management can finance tuition over a period of up to six months for students enrolled in four or fewer courses . A processing fee of $25.00 will be added. Learn more. The Keystone Family Plan provides a tuition reduction for additional members from the same immediate family who enroll . When two or more individuals from your immediate family enroll at Keystone National High School OR another family member enrolls at a later date, your family will receive a 10% reduction in tuition for subsequent enrollments. Learn more.

Departments:

Language Arts, Social Science, Mathematics, Science, Health, Foreign Language, Fine Arts, Electives, Honors/AP

Curriculum:

Course Selection — Choose from introductory, core, AP, and honors subjects, as well as dozens of high school electives. Each course is designed for multiple skill levels and courses are sequenced to allow students to advance in a particular course of study.

Course Delivery — Choose to complete online courses or traditional correspondence courses . Our courses are supported by high-quality textbooks, which are written by nationally-known authors, published by major publishers, and are like those found at many college-preparatory high schools. These textbooks are included regardless of course delivery method.
Learning Support — All courses include teacher support , a brand new textbook, and supporting materials.

System Requirements:

Minimum Requirements
Online courses may not function properly on computers that do not meet the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Recommended
For best results, it is strongly recommended that students enrolled in online courses use the following hardware and software configurations in addition to or in place of the minimum requirements:

500Mhz Pentium-III (or compatible) with Windows 98 or newer

900Mhz Pentium-III (or compatible) with Windows 98 or newer

500Mhz Macintosh G3 or better with OS 8 or newer

900Mhz Macintosh G3 or better with OS 8 or newer

128MB of RAM

512MB of RAM

250 MB of free hard disk space

1GB of free hard disk space

56.6kbps modem with active internet connection

256kbps internet connection or faster (cable or DSL)

Monitor and video card capable of VGA resolution (800x600 or higher) and 65,000 colors or higher

Monitor and video card capable of VGA resolution (1024x768 or higher) and 32-bit color Sound card and speakers — a microphone is required for online language courses

The latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer or the latest version of Firefox for PC

The latest version of Safari , Firefox , or Netscape for Mac OS

Adobe Flash Player 7 or higher

The latest version of Sun's Java JRE

Printer

Mission Statement:

Keystone National High School is a division of KC Distance Learning, Inc. (KCDL), the leading provider of distance learning programs for the secondary school market. KCDL uses the power of distance learning to bring quality educational opportunities within reach of every student. In addition to Keystone National High School , KC Distance Learning operates the following program.

Philosophy/Belief Statement:

Keystone National High School is a division of KC Distance Learning, Inc. (KCDL), the leading provider of distance learning programs for the secondary school market. KCDL uses the power of distance learning to bring quality educational opportunities within reach of every student. In addition to Keystone National High School , KC Distance Learning operates the following program.

School History: The school's first courses were introduced in 1974 as part of the Learning and Evaluation Center . Keystone took its current name and became a major part of the homeschool market in 1994. Over 200,000 have enrolled in Keystone's educational programs.

Testimonials:

The rigors of training for competitive skiing events didn't allow for rapid progress with her schoolwork, so Sasha was grateful for Keystone's work-at-your-own-pace flexibility. "Even though it took me a little longer than if I had given up competitive skiing and continued with public high school, the route I took was definitely the right one for me."
— Sasha W., Anacortes , WA

"We moved out here three years ago and the school is a small K-12… the honors courses weren't very good… and it just wasn't really working out. I want to get into a good college and to do that I need a better high school curriculum and I need more opportunities. With Keystone, the classes are just right. There's enough in them that I am learning what I'm supposed to."
— Emily S., Florence , MT

"Sitting in class is not the best way for me to learn. … With Keystone, I can go through the material and learn it my own way, so I'm not trying to learn the same thing twice. … I'm so glad we found Keystone. It's allowed me to take the classes I needed, and it's been a great way to learn.
— Kristin H., San Diego , CA

Notes/School Information:

Keystone's KeyNotes newsletter is published four times a year, and serves to inform, educate, and entertain students, alumni, and their families. Read current issues to find out more about Keystone National High School.