Arbor Academy Service Agreement, Privacy, and Limitations Policy Arbor Academy, is an independent private school registered with the state of California CDS code 19 64683 6206387 and maintained for Independent Study student distance learners.  Non-California families may opt to purchase curriculum without student enrollment.  All non-California  families seeking enrollment must abide by all applicable educational codes of their state and are responsible for same.  Please be aware that although Independent Study is legal in all 50 states, individual state regulations may vary. Arbor Academy recommends a thorough review of individual state requirements prior to enrollment or curriculum purchase, please see: A-Z Independent Study  for detailed information on state-specific regulations. Arbor Academy is not responsible for appropriate family awareness, oversight or review of individual state requirements and regulations. As a non-site based institution, Arbor Academy does not and cannot hold direct responsibility for the care or education of enrolled students. Students are enrolled for a single full school term. Minors must be under adult supervision during the hours of normal school instruction. The parent/instructor holds sole responsibility for the care and education of enrolled students. If a child or parent is unsuited or unsuccessful within this method of education, it is the parent's sole responsibility to notify Arbor Academy. Notification in no way constitutes a transfer of aforementioned parental responsibility. The student enrollment begins on the date of the initial online application.  However, process is not complete until receipt of each of the following materials: Arbor Enrollment Application, Teacher History, Services Agreement, Health Waivers, Birth Certificate copy.  Student year will not be considered to be satisfactorily terminated until receipt of Attendance & Progress records.  It is the parent/teacher’s sole responsibility to complete all records as requested, and in a timely fashion. It is the family’s sole obligation to inform Arbor Academy of each student absence by email or telephone call and to indicate all absences and return the Student Attendance Calendar and Progress Records as requested and at Personal Student Year 9 month term closure.  Multiple grade levels; or school terms may not be combined during a single payment period. No school term/grade level may be under 6 months in duration or be combined with another school term/grade level concurrently. Any accelerated program must be approved prior to commencement. Student must hold a current GPA of not less than 3.0 . It is the family’s sole obligation to provide for the full time supervision of their minor child.  No child may be left unsupervised during the hours of normal school instruction. The enrolling student and family understand that Arbor Academy cannot and does not guarantee acceptance into any particular school, college or university. All applications are subject to Arbor Academy's review process prior to student's enrollment acceptance.  Arbor Academy reserves the right to terminate a student’s continued enrollment if upon school review a determination is found of non-compliance or negligence of our protocols and policies.   Arbor Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, or national origin. Arbor Academy agrees to furnish record keeping, support and administrative services as outlined in this service agreement.  Initial credentialed teacher services deduct a non-refundable $160 from tuition/services and are paid by Arbor Academy on your behalf directly to our independent contract teachers.  Teacher  services to our families include; reviewing initial online application, starting a student file for possible future service, phone contact to family, assessment reviews and curricula assistance for internal use. Optional teacher services are offered for the student family at an additional fee following the initial conference call, and must be discussed with an Arbor representative prior to finalizing payment.  Enrollment fees are $65 or $95 and are non-refundable along with any applicable service charges. Students withdrawn within 3 days of initial enrollment are eligible for up a full refund not inclusive of any applicable service charges or fees.  Curriculum is not included in the enrollment and tuition fee, but is available at an additional cost. Account balance is fully non-refundable following a 21 day period from initial online enrollment application. After 3 days, upon withdrawal and records transfer, a $100 refund may be offered within the initial 30-day period at the sole discretion of Arbor Academy. Arbor Academy makes available to the student family the following services for one calendar school term; Optional Customized Curriculum Counseling, Grade by Grade Course of Study, Learning Style Assessment, Optional Personalized Family Curriculum WebPage (requires specific assessments to be performed), Record Keeping Materials Furnished, Online Support Group, Progress Record/Report Card Forms Furnished, Student ID Card, Teacher ID Card, SiteSchool TM, ArborLinks TM Newsletter,  Student Cumulative Record Transfer & Maintenance, Optional Resource Sourcing Assistance, Initial Credentialed Teacher Conference Call, Optional Testing Advice & Scheduling Assistance. Arbor Academy does not release or otherwise compromise our student's private information, nor do we sell or otherwise compromise family contact information.  By enrolling in Arbor Academy families and students, agree to be bound by the Arbor Academy Service Agreement.  Arbor Academy reserves the right to alter or limit our service agreement at our discretion upon written notification. Arbor Academy will not mandate how you implement your child's' home study on a daily basis. We are however, available with a wide range of oversight and support options. We are able to tailor our program to your needs as requested with additional service options. Please contact Arbor Academy for desired service requests. All service requests are queued and subject to normal processing time constraints of up to six weeks. Apex Learning Curriculum Purchase Information Apex Curriculum choices are available only for grades 6-12. Grades 6-8 will be assigned Essentials version of selected/available courses. Only grades 9-12 will be assigned Advanced Placement courses. 21 day refund policy for online materials, less 10% no refund after 21 days. All cancellation requests must be made in writing.  Non refundable service fees have been applied to the curriculum totals for  application and processing. 21 day Refund Policy minus application and processing fees. No refunds shall be granted after 21 days. Apex Learning® AP Courses   Starting with the 2007-2008 school year, for a course to be authorized to use the AP* designation it must have been approved via the College Board AP course audit. Apex Learning submitted all 14 of our online AP courses to the course audit. We are pleased to announce that all 14 courses have been approved to use the AP designation. This includes approval for our AP science courses (AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics) with the existing virtual labs for the 2007-2008 academic year.  Authorization The authorization of a course is an official recognition by the College Board that the course meets or exceeds the expectations colleges and universities have for the AP subject. The syllabus is reviewed by experienced college and university faculty, who have confirmed that it outlines how the course provides a college-level learning opportunity to students. This authorization grants a school permission to use the “AP” designation on students’ transcripts in association with the authorized course. In addition, the course will appear in a publicly available, Internet-based ledger to be published in November 2007.  Virtual Labs The College Board has recently established new guidelines for virtual labs that must be satisfied to continue to use the AP designation starting with the 2008-2009 school year. Apex Learning has already initiated development of new virtual labs meeting those requirements to submit to the College Board to receive authorization for the 2008-2009 school year.  * AP is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board.