Straight answers.

You advance when you've shown you understand a unit — a mastery check at 85% or better — not when a bell rings. Fall short and you get targeted practice, then a retake. No moving on with gaps.

Both. You set the pace inside each course, but live seminars and term checkpoints keep you moving. Your advisor builds a schedule around your goals and time zone.

Yes — grades 7 and 8. Younger students get more live touchpoints and a tighter guardian loop while they build strong habits.

We place by mastery, not age. You might take Algebra I in 8th grade or revisit foundations in 9th — whatever's actually true for you.

Nothing punitive. You get a breakdown of exactly which ideas slipped, a short set of targeted practice for those (not the whole unit again), and a retake when you're ready. Most students clear it on the second pass — the goal is the gap closed, not the grade.

It varies by course and grade, but plan on roughly 2–4 hours of live seminar per subject each week, with the rest self-paced. Every live session is recorded, so a missed class is a replay, not a hole.

A blend: a few live seminars and an advisor check-in on set days, and self-paced lessons and mastery checks you fit around them. Full-time students average 25–30 focused hours a week — less clock-watching than a brick-and-mortar day, because there's no commute, no passing periods, and no waiting for the class to catch up.

Your advisor builds a weekly plan with you and reviews it every week, the portal shows what's due and where you're drifting, and live checkpoints keep terms moving. The freedom is real, but so are the guardrails.

Yes — that's the whole point of self-paced. Sprint when you have momentum, ease off during a hard week or a sports season, and your advisor helps you rebalance so the term still lands on time.

Four steps, about 15 minutes, save anytime. An advisor calls within one business day to map your path.

Full-time tuition is published on our Tuition page, with part-time and single-course options. Need-based aid and the merit Spark Scholarship are available — most families who ask qualify for something.

Full refund within the first 14 days of a term, prorated after that, minus a small registration fee. Single courses follow the same 14-day rule. Details live on the Tuition page.

Yes. We admit on a rolling basis and offer single-course enrollment for students at other schools.

In most cases, yes. Send us your transcript and our registrar evaluates prior coursework against our requirements, usually within a few days, so you start exactly where you left off — not back at the beginning.

A laptop, a stable connection, and a webcam for seminars. Live classes are scheduled around your time zone, and every session is recorded so you can replay it.

Yes. Note it on your application and our learning-support team builds accommodations into your courses and live classes from day one.

We build to WCAG 2.1 AA: full keyboard navigation, screen-reader labels, captioned recordings, adjustable text size, and a reduced-motion mode. If something in your setup needs more, learning support will work with you directly.

Yes. JHOHS is fully accredited (Cognia and WASC), so your diploma is a standard US high-school diploma accepted by colleges nationwide. Credits transfer to and from other accredited schools; your advisor handles the paperwork.

Our core courses are submitted for NCAA eligibility, so student-athletes can stay on track. Check specific courses with your advisor before you commit to a sport's timeline.

Like a standard US high-school transcript: letter grades, GPA, course titles, and credits, on accredited-school letterhead. Mastery-based learning is invisible to the admissions office — what they see is a clear record they already know how to read.

Yes. Optional summer terms let you get ahead, recover a credit, or lighten a future semester. Because courses are self-paced year-round, many students simply keep moving through summer at their own speed.