The Personal Learning Center International - Online Virtual High School

Registration for Spring Semester 2012 is now OPEN! Fall 2011 is well under way, and registration for Spring semester is now open! Schools may send a spreadsheet for enrollment purposes, or individuals may register at Enrollment Form. Courses are $250/ea for individuals, $225/ea for 10-49 student seats, $200/ea for 50-99 student seats, and $180/ea for more than 100 seats. International students may qualify for full scholarships under grant-support.

Welcome to PLC! PLC isn't just an online school, but a place to collaborate, learn, and explore while we build our future. PLC and its staff are dedicated to bringing the highest quality, lowest cost education to students around the world so that students everywhere can join the global cultural and economic community. If you would like to earn a high school diploma with a global emphasis, please explore further!

iPad/iPod/Android Compatible Courses! PLC WVS courses are now compatible with iPad and Android tablet delivery and can be accessed anytime, anywhere, even with limited internet access. Please contact tech@plc.edu for information on which free apps to install, in order to use your mobile device for course access.

Clean Energy Courses Now Available! Thanks to a recent grant, PLC and the World Virtual School now offers a 2yr and 3yr program in Water, Air, and/or Solar Energy Power. With pilot programs in 10 countries, please follow their progress at http://www.plc.edu/cleanenergy/ as we build our website and help to change the world!

Congratulations to our Director and CEO, Dr. Diana Muir for winning the "Global Education Award 2010 for Best in Education and Livelihood" from the International Secretariat of CCLP Worldwide (Education Charter International). Awesome!!!"

PLC Receives International Accreditation! PLC has now received international accreditation through The World Accreditation Commission, located in Paris, France. PLC is also in the process of completing the accreditation process for the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, which is able to accredit both middle, high school, and career-technical courses.

The Results Are In! To purchase a copy of the 105 page report, in hard copy or PDF format, which includes a statistical breakdown of over 4,000 responses from 26 countries, please click below.

PLC Announces FOUR New Career-Tech Tracks! PLC is proud to announce four new career-technical tracks, "Disaster Preparedness," "Eco-Business and Sustainable Futures," "Construction Skills," and "Animal Science." Each new track is now available for enrollment, or may be purchased or leased by other schools for deployment within their own infrastructure. If you are interested in taking one of our new courses, please click on the "Courses" tab above for more information.

Our Comittment to You!

"I'm calling on our nation's governors and state education chiefs to develop standards and assessments that don't simply measure whether students can fill in a bubble on a test, but whether they possess 21st- century skills like problem-solving and critical thinking and entrepreneurship and creativity."

~ President Barack Obama

Join Us in Our Virtual World!

Join us in our Meez Roomz in "Posh Heights" by clicking on "School of the Future". You can create your avatar (for free!) by going to http://www.meez.com/. Chat with us at the "School of the Future" whenever you have a question!

PLC has an outstanding staff of highly qualified instructors who are the best in their fields. For more information on 21st Century Skills, please visit the Teacher's Room for the latest uploads in methodology and pedagogy from our Dean of Education.

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05.20.11

PLC receives Grant for Clean Energy Courses!

PLC and the World Virtual School now offer a 2 and 3 year program in Clean Energy (Solar, Air, Water). Check out our Course Offerings to see our new courses!

06.17.10

Three New Career Courses!

PLC is proud to announce three new courses for the Spring 2010 semester; Agribusiness, Travel and Tourism, and Sustainable Landscape Design. Please check out "Courses" above for a list of other new courses that are in development.

06.30.10

PLC Offers Arabic and Mandarin Chinese! PLC is excited to announce the addition of Mr. Ahmed El Kharoubi and Ms. Sahim Djefal to our staff as teachers of Arabic, and Dr. Tim Lieu to teach Mandarin Chinese. Welcome aboard! We're excited to have you with us!.