Idaho
Our Program
Venture Upward partners with ID school districts where your students (K-12) enroll in that district’s online school program. Enrolling in a school that partners with Venture provides you with flexibility, excellence in curriculum, comprehensive teacher support, a supportive community, and adaptable tools you need for your students and family to thrive. It is all tuition free!
After enrollment is processed, your students will be assigned a dedicated teacher that will be with you every step of the way. Even if your family is a veteran at home education, teachers will be there to provide the amount of support that is right for you.
Your family will be guided by your teacher to select and tailor curriculum for your students (K-12). You will also select extracurricular activities like Venture School or subscription boxes. Field trips and community service events are also included!
You will be guided by your teacher to select how to use your Venture Reward–educational supplies that will be purchased for them to use for a complete and enriching experience.
Venture School
We often hear that Venture School is a student’s favorite part of Venture Upward!
This weekly onsite, drop-off program allows kids to learn together with other Venture students. Experienced and enthusiastic instructors engage children in four interactive extracurricular classes each week. Topics can include anything from locally-significant traditions, messy science experiments, art, cooking, music, Spanish, money management, geography, and more.
Currently, Venture School locations are planned in the following areas:
- Hagerman
- Twin Falls
Community Service:
Helping students learn to improve and support their own communities is an important part of our program. Venture School staff help students coordinate service opportunities for your entire family throughout the year. A minimum of two service opportunities will be organized each school year.
Subscription Box Alternative:
We understand that a drop-off program is not the right fit for all families. Students may choose to receive two subscription boxes per month as an alternative to Venture School. There are over a dozen boxes to choose from that captivate a range of unique interests, including: art, music, sampling foods from around the world, cooking, STEM, world history, US history, science, geography, coding, and more.
Curriculum Choices
Each K-12 student meets state standards by working in an online curriculum resource of their choosing in the four core subjects of language arts, math, science, and social studies. Weekly pacing is required in each of these four core subjects.
In addition, students in grades K-3 reading below a 4th grade level participate in a fun early literacy program of their choosing.
We offer a variety of curriculum resource options that allow you to customize the educational path for your student. Our teachers are excited to learn more about your student’s needs, and help guide you in selection of courses.
Grades K-5
Grades: 3-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
Study.com’s courses are based on engaging video lessons with quizzes, and chapter tests created by qualified instructors.
Grades: 1-8*
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
(*Kindergarten is offered in language arts and math only.)
MobyMax is a standards-aligned learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies equipped with adaptive tests, test-prep lessons, and motivational tools. Students work through lessons to achieve proficiency, which earns them playing time in the site’s game area.
Grades: K-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
In this option, students complete pacing in workbooks instead of an online curriculum. *Internet access and a device that can photograph or scan pages is required. The workbooks used vary by subject and grade level, and include:
Spectrum Summer Bridge 180 Days Twain Workbook
Grades: K-6
Subjects offered: science
Generation Genius brings school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material and more. Our videos are produced in partnership with the National Science Teaching Association.
generationgenius.com Technical requirements: web browser
Grades: K-6
Subjects offered: science and social studies
Studies Weekly utilizes a web-based newspaper format to engage students in science and social studies. It provides multimedia resources to keep students engaged and teach standards. Students read the periodical and then take a quiz to demonstrate knowledge.
Grades: K-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science and social studies
*note: Science and social studies not available for K-1
IXL provides unlimited practice problems with meaningful, up-to-date tracking on your child’s progress. Learn thousands of K-12 topics online. Get detailed feedback and guidance.
Grades: K-6
Subject offered: language arts
Imagine Learning accelerates language arts proficiency by providing instruction and practice in all four domains of literacy—reading, writing, listening, and speaking. As students explore and practice skills, their individualized learning sequence adjusts dynamically to maximize their engagement and progress, accelerating to match a cognitive leap, or adjusting to accommodate unfinished learning.
(*Please note that this curriculum requires Chrome browser, an iPad, or Android tablet)
Grades: 2-6
Subject offered: math
Beast Academy is an engaging and fun math curriculum that leads students through comic-book style materials, which provides comprehensive instruction. The practice materials provide hundreds of exercises, problems, puzzles, and games to reinforce the lessons.
Grades: K-8
Subject offered: math
CTC Math features video tutorials, interactive questions, printable worksheets, and weekly revision tasks to help students gain confidence in math.
Grades: K-8
Subject offered: math
DreamBox intelligently adapts to each child, letting them drive their own learning while giving parents and teachers in-the-moment data and valuable insights to ensure success.
Grades: K-3
Subject offered: math
Mathseeds combines highly structured lessons with fun motivational elements that keep children engaged and keen to learn. These highly interactive and rewarding lessons can be used anytime and anywhere there is a computer or an iPad.
Grades: 3-8
Subject offered: math
Teaching Textbooks utilizes an interactive app to teach and test student knowledge in mathematics. This program was designed specifically for homeschoolers and is easy for students to do on their own.
Students in grades K-3 reading below a 4th grade level also work in their choice of early literacy programs, which are provided by Venture Upward:
Reading Eggs is an award-winning online reading program created by experienced teachers based on scientific research for ages 2-13. We utilize Reading Eggs primarily with our K-3rd grade students to support early literacy. Students are guided through lessons that feature fun games, colorful animations, and catchy songs to engage them in learning.
Explode the Code® is an award-winning traditional phonics reading program that uses multisensory instruction in their series of 14 workbooks to increase reading comprehension and fluency through phonics. These engaging workbooks are a hit among elementary aged students!
Grades 6-8
Grades: 6-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
Edgenuity uses direct-instruction videos featuring expert, on-screen teachers to engage students. Frequent check-points help students practice learned information in a variety of ways.
Grades: 7-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
High School Suite teaches concepts primarily in a reading-to-learn format. A mix of writing projects and multiple choice assessments are used to test knowledge.
Grades: 1-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
MobyMax is a standards-aligned learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies equipped with adaptive tests, test-prep lessons, and motivational tools. Students work through lessons to achieve proficiency, which earns them playing time in the site’s game area.
Grades: 2-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science and social studies
IXL provides unlimited practice problems with meaningful, up-to-date tracking on your child’s progress. Learn thousands of K-12 topics online. Get detailed feedback and guidance.
Grades: 3-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
Study.com’s courses are based on engaging video lessons with quizzes, and chapter tests created by qualified instructors.
Grades: K-8
Subjects offered: language arts, math, science, social studies
In this option, students complete pacing in workbooks instead of an online curriculum. *Internet access and a device that can photograph or scan pages is required. The workbooks used vary by subject and grade level, and include:
Grades: K-6
Subjects offered: science and social studies
Studies Weekly utilizes a web-based newspaper format to engage students in science and social studies. It provides multimedia resources to keep students engaged and teach standards. Students read the periodical and then take a quiz to demonstrate knowledge.
Grades: K-8
Subjects offered: science
Generation Genius brings school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material and more. Our videos are produced in partnership with the National Science Teaching Association.
generationgenius.com Technical requirements: web browser
Grades: K-6
Subject offered: language arts
Imagine Learning accelerates language arts proficiency by providing instruction and practice in all four domains of literacy—reading, writing, listening, and speaking. As students explore and practice skills, their individualized learning sequence adjusts dynamically to maximize their engagement and progress, accelerating to match a cognitive leap, or adjusting to accommodate unfinished learning.
(*Please note that this curriculum requires Chrome browser, an iPad, or Android tablet)
Grades: 2-6
Subject offered: math
Beast Academy is an engaging and fun math curriculum that leads students through comic-book style materials, which provides comprehensive instruction. The practice materials provide hundreds of exercises, problems, puzzles, and games to reinforce the lessons.
Grades: 3-8
Subject offered: math
Teaching Textbooks utilizes an interactive app to teach and test student knowledge in mathematics. This program was designed specifically for homeschoolers and is easy for students to do on their own.
Grades: K-8
Subject offered: math
DreamBox intelligently adapts to each child, letting them drive their own learning while giving parents and teachers in-the-moment data and valuable insights to ensure success.
Grades: K-8
Subject offered: math
CTC Math features video tutorials, interactive questions, printable worksheets, and weekly revision tasks to help students gain confidence in math.
Venture Reward
Every student that enrolls in Venture Upward in Idaho will receive a Venture Reward ($600 for Kindergarten; $1,200 for grades 1-8). This reward is designed to provide funding for families to purchase a laptop, tablet, or additional learning materials meant to enrich their student’s school year.
The Venture Upward ordering team, district teachers, and partner school principal must approve each Venture Reward order. Please keep in mind that any resources provided to families enrolled in the program (other than required consumables) are property of the district. Please note: religiously-based curriculum or materials may not be purchased with your Venture Reward, including Abeka, Apologia, Sonlight, and others. Of course you are always welcome to purchase these on your own and continue working in them.
If you have any questions about what materials might be eligible for purchase with Venture Reward funds, please contact your teacher. If you do not yet have a teacher, you can reach us at contact@ventureupward.org.
Community Events
It’s important for students to feel connected with their community, learning, playing, and working alongside one another. Each year we offer multiple community service projects and two fun and captivating field trips. These events are provided free of cost to your whole family – student, siblings, and two adults.
Technology Training
We offer an optional technology training program for students to learn more about internet safety. The goal of this training is to mitigate the risks that come along with internet access such as cyberbullying, cyberstalking, pornography, identity theft, virus/malware susceptibility, and reputation damage. This technology training program is available, free of charge, to all Venture Students. Participation is optional.