News - Ohio Virtual Academy

Piketon Ohio Virtual Academy Student Competes in National Robotics Competition

Aug 4, 2023

Originally published on Scioto County Daily News – July 31, 2023 A group of students at Ohio Virtual Academy […]

Ohio Virtual Academy Students Compete in Stride’s National K12 Robotics Competition

Jul 31, 2023

MAUMEE, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A group of students at Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) — a full-time, tuition-free, online public school […]

High school graduate returns to hospital to thank doctors who saved her life

Jun 21, 2023

18-year-old Gracelyn Reeder graduated from Ohio Virtual Academy on Sunday, but you'd asked her one year ago, she wouldn't have believed it was possible. “I didn't honestly even think I was going to live,” Reeder said. “I remember being terrified."

Ohio Virtual Academy Hosts In-Person Commencement Ceremony to Celebrate the Class of 2023

Jun 1, 2023

The senior class of Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA), Ohio’s largest and most prestigious K-12 public charter school, is celebrating the end of their high school careers with an in-person commencement ceremony. The ceremony will be held on June 4th at 1:00 p.m. in Columbus.

Player one reset: North Olmsted teen planning career as video game designer

May 31, 2023

Gamers often wish they could reset in the real world. That’s exactly what North Olmsted resident and Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) student Jordan Bruce felt like as an elementary school student -- like an immature video game player unable to navigate in a foreign digital world.

Ohio Virtual Academy Receives Prestigious Purple Star Designation for Helping Military Families

May 2, 2023

Ohio’s largest online public charter school, Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA) is proud to announce it has received the prestigious Ohio Purple Star Designation from the Ohio Department of Education. This is the second time OHVA has been recognized, and the Purple Star designation will remain in place until 2026.

Toledo Walleye host field trip for virtual school students from across Ohio

Apr 6, 2023

A group of students from the Ohio Virtual Academy and Ohio Digital Learning School put down their computers for an in-person field trip to the Huntington Center.

Good news of the week—virtual edition

Mar 31, 2023

For Eliana, online learning during the pandemic was her saving grace.

Student credits online learning as her saving grace fighting long-COVID

Mar 24, 2023

Eliana Rosario, a resident of northeast Ohio, had a mild case of COVID-19 at the end of 2020 when she was 14 years old.