FAQ

Elevated seeks to partner with parents. We believe that parents are the experts on their own children. We partner our expertise in learning with parent expertise on their own children. Together we create personalized learning plans that can include virtual classes, parent-led teaching, hands-on learning, experiential learning, digital learning, and most often a mixture of all of these.

Elevated students have access to instruction and academic support from licensed teachers. If parents choose alternative curriculum or classes, our teachers still provide academic support as needed. If parents need help finding the right curriculum fit for their student(s), we can provide recommendations based on your child's learning style.

Parents partner with us by providing a quiet, distraction-free space in which their students can learn and help with assignments completed outside of live classes. With our younger students, parents usually need to help them access Zoom classes, assignments, and learning resources. We ship class materials, each class packaged in its own labeled box, but we need parents to ensure students have materials ready when it's time for class. Students may need parents to sit with them and help with materials needed for class meetings. 

Parents are welcome to attend in-person activities and field trips or drop off their students. 

The key to a great partnership is communication! Elevated is flexible and willing to change and accommodate students to create the right learning environment, but we need parents to communicate and let us know when a change is needed.

Nope! Well, maybe if they love computers. 

Elevated classes require less sitting still than most classes, online or in traditional classrooms.

Students can stand up during class, sit in their favorite chair, or sit outside for some fresh air. Live classes include hands-on activities, games, short videos, discussions, and movement. 

If students need a break, they simply mute and turn off their camera and take their own break. Hurry back for all the learning fun when ready!

Elevated virtual classes are taught live, 1-3 times per week. They are interactive and engaging. Students share their ideas, make friends, play games, laugh, and use hands-on materials for a great learning session. 

If your student has a busy schedule, assignments and projects can be completed offline with parent and teacher support. Our teachers are available for short Zoom meetings with your for guidance and academic support. 

Cohort Teachers partner with parents to create personalized learning plans that can blend our virtual classes, alternative curriculum completed offline, in-person classes, projects, and experiential learning.

Elevated embraces Personalized Competency-based Learning (PCBL), which is a great fit for students who are above or below grade level, in one subject or multiple subjects! Your Cohort Teacher works closely with you to create a Personalized Learning Plan that starts at the right skill level for your child, in each subject area. We want to challenge every student, while still building confidence and fostering a love for lifelong learning.

Elevated classes are grouped by skills levels. Students are placed in classes at a level that is challenging enough to be interesting but not frustrating. Many classes include a range of ages/grades, which facilitates peer learning and teaching and a more natural learning environment. 

Teachers can customize assignments to challenge students who are ready to work at a higher level or support students who need to build up some grade level skills. Students have choices in books to read, topics to explore deeper, and unit-end projects to inspire every student and help them succeed.

Your Cohort Teacher tracks grade level skills and provides support and resources as needed. Our focus in progress, not a finish line. Lifelong learning is our goal! Support can look like teacher 1:1 Zoom meetings, small group intervention classes, digital software with games and activities, and board and card games shipped to you. 

For the 24/25 school year, we hold Friday FunDays with in-person classes and field trips throughout Utah!

We want to build our learning community by facilitating in-person interactions between students and teachers and parents. Meeting in-person just once per week builds trust that carries into virtual classes.

Students can also use their Personalized Learning Funds for 3rd-party in-person classes, zoos, aquariums, museums, theater, and more.

Currently, we hold in-person classes, activities, & field trips in: St George, Orem, Saratoga Springs, West Valley, Vernal, and Logan. As enrollment grows, we will add in-person locations.

In the 25/26 school year, our in-person classes and field trips will be held on Mondays.

Elevated Charter School provides every student with a laptop or tablet equipped with 5G internet access and safety software. If you live in an area that has no internet access, our amazing Tech Team at ETS will work with you to ensure your student can access live classes and all digital  resources. 

Absolutely! Elevated's model works well for students who have special learning, behavior, and/or health needs. Your Cohort Teacher partners with you to create a learning plan that fits your child's needs. We also have an Intervention team for support in Reading and Math, and a SPED team for students with IEPs.

Many students who struggle to participate in other classes thrive when they can take their own breaks as needed, control the volume of the class for themselves, turn on closed-captions, and even learn from bed if needed.

Elevated has a wonderful SPED Team who will review your current IEP or help you determine if your student needs those supports. Many students attend SPED classes and other services through Zoom, but if the SPED team determines that your child needs in-person services then we will connect you with a contractor provider.

Your students are "present" when they are engaged in learning, whether that is attending an Elevated virtual class, a 3rd-party class, co-op, working on self-directed projects, or out learning at a zoo, aquarium, museum, or other activity. Elevated wants to create lifelong learners, by first helping students understand that learning happens everywhere!

At the end of each Unit (about every 6 school weeks), Elevated verifies learning engagement in 3 ways: (1) Cohort Teachers meet with each student and a parent for a Learning Conference, during which students get to share what they have been learning that they loved, (2) parents submit an Attendance Verification Form confirming that their student engaged in learning throughout the Unit, and (3) students/parents submit a Learning Sample in each core subject. Learning Samples can be paper & pencil work, photos with a short paragraph about what is being learned, Learning Summaries, or a combination. We want each students to have the opportunity to demonstrate learning in a way that is meaningful for him/her.

As a public school, Elevated is required to offer Utah State Standardized Tests. K-2 students participate in the Acadience Reading and Math tests 3 times/year to measure growth. Students in grades 3-8 participate in RISE testing in the Spring.

Parent in Utah have a right to exclude their children from State Standardized Tests, by submitting a 1-page form to the school. 

Elevated offers a variety of ways in which learning can be measured, including online tests that adapt to your student's level, digital games, virtual class participation and submitted assignments, Learning Samples, and Learning Conferences with Cohort Teachers. 

Elevated seeks to educate the whole child to grow a love of learning, and to show students that learning happens everywhere.

Elevated students have Personalized Learning Funds that can be applied to teacher-approved curriculum, learning materials, 3rd-party classes, and extracurricular activities. 

All schools budget for classes, curriculum, and materials for their students, but at Elevated, we partner with parents to direct those funds to what your whole child needs to learn.

Elevated Charter School opened for K-6th Grade in 2024.

We are currently accepting applications for the 25-26 school year for grades K-9.

We will offer grades K-12 beginning August 2026.

Enrollment for the 25/26 school year is OPEN NOW!

We are currently enrolling K-9 Utah students.

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Students using UFAS funds are not eligible to enroll in Elevated Charter School.