This past week marked the half-way point of the first marking period, which is significant in a few different ways. First, Mid-Term Progress Reports are being made available in Focus for traditional brick and mortar students. At VOL, we do not issue progress reports per se, but parents always have access to student progress through FLVS (if you do not know how to access your child’s progress in their classes, please contact their school counselor for assistance). Furthermore, our teachers are in constant contact with students regarding their progress and performance in their classes. This includes information on every teacher’s landing page telling students what assignment they should have completed by the end of any particular week. Second, we are in the first round of progress monitoring for reading and mathematics. All Full-Time students in grades K through 10 have been contacted by their teacher regarding progress monitoring assessments and are expected to participate. As of today, only 75% of our students have completed their reading assessment and 65% of our students have completed their mathematics assessment. If your child has yet to test, please be on the lookout for emails about make-up testing.

I bring all of this up to remind all parents that Full-Time VOL students are expected to remain on pace in their classes, attend weekly live lessons, and participate in all state testing. As a school, we analyze student progress and performance data weekly for every class and work with teachers to identify students who are in need of additional academic support. Our goal is to accurately determine a student’s strengths and weaknesses, so we then provide appropriate supports designed to help them grow as a learner. As Benjamin Franklin once said, “without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”

The expectations for Full-Time students are designed to help VOL fulfill that goal and help your child find meaningful success. Please help us by ensuring that your child is attending live lessons, participating in state testing, and keeping on pace in their classes.

Speaking of progress monitoring, the data VOL uses to track student progress comes from numerous sources and can be overwhelming if not organized in a meaningful way. Fortunately for VOL, we have the incredible Rachael McQueen helping us make sense of all this data. Ms. McQueen is so good at what she does that she was nominated for the Superintendent’s Outstanding Achievement Award and recognized last week at University High School. Congratulations Ms. McQueen!

That’s all I have this week. Please make sure you scroll through the rest of the Foxhole Flyer for important updates about VOL and the people who make it great.

Thank you for reading.

Dr. Serianni

Spirit Night for Volusia Online Learning will be held on Oct. 5th, 2023 with Texas Roadhouse in Orange City and Port Orange locations from 4pm to 10pm.

Both Texas Roadhouse locations will donate 10% of total food purchases from TO GO ORDERS and to our school!

Present the flyer via phone or in physical form to your server at pick up or dine in to ensure the donations go to Volusia Online Learning.

Share the flyer with your friends and family to support our school! Both flyers will also be on our school website.

Attention Seniors!

You may now schedule your sitting for Senior Portraits with Dean Stewart Photography in Daytona Beach. Use the link below.

East side students may go to the Dean Stewart Photography Studio located at

955 Foster Way Suite 322 in South Daytona any time between the hours listed above.

Students on the west side may come to the VOL (Volusia Online Learning) office located at 250 Enterprise Road, Deltona, Bldg. 3 during the same times listed above. The VOL office is in Deltona Middle School. Please keep in mind about the parent pick up and drop of traffic when planning your visit. Make up day to be determined!

Our School Advisory Council (S.A.C.), which meets monthly, assists in making recommendations on how our school operates. S.A.C. membership is comprised of elected parents, staff, and business community officials.

• Are you interested in what goes on at school?

• Are you one of our many working parents who cannot be at school during the day to help or volunteer?

• Are you willing to commit to attending eight face-to-face meetings during the school year for approximately 1 hour. Elected members serve for 2 years.

Contact Ms. Horne for more information at slhorn@volusia.k12.fl.us

See preview of upcoming meeting dates:

Please contact Dr. Markell if you have questions or concerns about state testing by email at bgmarkel@volusia.k12.fl.us or by phone at (386) 734-7190 ext. 72701.

Javin Guerrier is a Volusia Online Learning kindergarten student. His nominating teacher, Mrs. Heidi Kochis, says “Javin is one happy boy with a ready smile. In Zoom Live Lessons, Javin comes prepared and ready to take on the content. He listens using his eyes, ears and heart! Javin collaborates and participates in all kindergarten work. He is happy to share and show his work with me and his classmates. Javin is so excited about learning you can see his wheels spinning while he listens intently with eyes, ears and heart. Kindergarten is a happy place for Javin!” 

Arianna Hall is a Volusia Online Learning 8th grade student. Her nominating teacher, Mr. Ray, says “Arianna is an amazing student who is very diligent and always on pace. She completes her assignments with a lot of effort and knows when to reach out for help. Arianna is a polite young lady.”

Volusia Online Learning received a donation from a former Volusia County resident who runs her real estate business in multiple counties. Mrs. Wortman stated in her donation letter, “My daughter started her academic career in Volusia County Schools. I started my business in Volusia County and purchased my first home in Volusia County, so this school system will forever have a piece of my heart."

Mrs. Wortman’s generous donation will help us support teacher and student acknowledgements in the upcoming months. Thank you, Mrs. Wortman!

Parent/Guardian Account  Virtual School Administrator (flvs.net)                        

1. Login to your account at- FLVS Login

Volusia Online Learning encourages you to be an active part of your child’s experience with Imagine Edgenuity. As such, we want to keep you informed of your student’s progress by offering you the ability to receive daily, weekly, or monthly progress reports via e-mail.

If you would like to receive your child’s progress report, please contact your student’s Volusia Online teacher, or other appropriate school staff member, and provide them with the following information:

• Your student’s first and last name or school alpha code.

• Your first and last name.

• Your e-mail address.

• How often you want to receive the Progress Report:

** The progress report sent to your email will look like the example below:

Congratulations to Volusia Online Learning’s Teacher of the Year – Mrs. Vicki Hamlin! Mrs. Hamlin is our high school counselor responsible for supporting our tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students. Mrs. Hamlin truly cares about our students at VOL and goes above and beyond to connect with them and ensure their success.

On Tuesday, September 12th, Fiona Miller, a second grade VOL student, was recognized by the School Board for her stellar participation in the Superintendent’s “Home Run” Summer Reading Challenge. Way to go, Fiona!

Studies show that regular communication with teachers is the key to success in virtual school? Encourage your child to communicate with their teachers regularly and attend Live Lessons.

We are halfway through the first nine weeks. Please ask your child where they are in their courses to ensure they will complete all required assignments by 3:00 PM on Friday, October 13th. Please have your child schedule their required DBAs early to ensure they are complete prior to this deadline. Report card grades will be issued based on student’s progress or lack thereof for each course listed on their schedule (this includes special area and elective courses).

Educational Doctorate -Liberty University

Educational Specialist -Liberty University

Master's of Science- University of Central Florida

Bachelors of Science Elementary Education University of Central Florida

Certification: Instructional Technology Certification

Organization: Educause -research consortium NCTM

Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Liberty University, Spring Term, 2013

Department Chair Award for Faculty Distinction, Liberty University, Fall Term, 2013

Math Teacher of the Year -2010

Dr. Allanson started her teaching career with Volusia County Schools in 1991. Prior to that she worked in banking and the automotive industry as a service clerk. The thing she enjoys most about teaching, especially with VOL (Volusia Online Learning), is the interactions with coworkers and especially with the families. “We truly have the opportunity to make connections that you don’t get to make in the brick-and-mortar environment.” When not working she loves to go camping, spend time with her grandchildren, and work on the camper she is building! Her most memorable VOL moments are our Halloween Trunk or Treat event and the day she found out she was coming to work for VOL in 2020.

The person who had the greatest influence on my education, and the reason I am a teacher would be my 10th grade algebra teacher. If it were not for her, I would have been a high school dropout. Mrs. Gleason helped me see the beauty in math and encouraged me to not give up on school. I owe a great deal to her.

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Mr. Temple teaches U.S. History for 6th and 8th grades. Mr. Temple has been teaching for 34 years. He was teacher of the year twice, once for Holly Hill Middle School and Atlantic High School and has been nominated at Volusia Online Learning.

Mr. Temple enjoys swimming, music, photography and antiquing with Mrs. Temple. Speaking of music, one of Mr. Temple's first jobs was a DJ on college radio and he plays the keyboard, bass, drums, and the saxophone.

Something cool that is going on in Mr. Temple’s class is that a student is developing a digital 'art wall' where students can submit artwork to be displayed and it was the student’s idea.

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Source: Truist Bank Advisory Services  

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