Our certified teachers team with the parent-teacher to provide a comprehensive education that meets each high school student’s unique learning needs.

Benefits for your high school student include:

  • Four-year planning based on the appropriate graduation requirements (see below), which match or exceed national and state requirements

  • Accredited transcripts and diploma for scholarship and college applications

  • Letters of recommendation for college-bound students, scholarship applications, etc. provided by certified teachers

  • Support system to select the best educational materials to help students achieve success in more challenging courses

To be eligible to receive a Brightways Global Academy accredited diploma, students must meet one of the following graduation requirement options and be enrolled in our Academy for a minimum of two terms. Students must earn at least 21 credits to graduate from Brightways Global Academy. For students planning to attend a college or university, we recommend they complete the Distinguished Achievement option, which provides a more complete college-preparatory education requiring 24 credits. See our two graduation requirement options below:

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Transfer Students — Transfer students must still earn at least 21 credits in the required subject areas to graduate, and be enrolled in our Academy for a minimum of two semesters. However, if a student in the 12th grade transfers from another school, then they may, at the Academy’s discretion, be excused from credit requirements for specific subject areas, but must earn at least 21 credits total.

Once enrolled in Brightways Global Academy, your certified teacher and our Director of Student Services will work together to transfer your student's grades from previous coursework. If available, parents must request transcripts from previous schools to be sent to Brightways Global Academy to be analyzed for acceptance into the student’s historic record. If your student's coursework was completed in a homeschool, we will request a transcript from the homeschool teacher to analyze for acceptance into the student’s historic record.

Brightways Global Academy is accredited by Cognia and therefore offers reciprocity for credits earned from other Cognia-accredited institutions. Credits earned at Cognia-accredited institutions will be accepted into the student’s record.