Off Campus Options

Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) Fall 2026

Assigned Periods

• Period 1 or 7 (Issaquah High, Liberty High and Skyline High)
  • Note: Credit Recovery is only available for Family Pay, not ALE
• If students are taking 2 online classes, they can stack them: Period 1 & 2 or Period 6 & 7
• Period 4 (Gibson Ek)

**Students may not be on campus during their assigned class period (s), except at Gibson Ek. Students and families are required to provide transportation in the morning and/or afternoon.**

Course Information

• Accelerate teacher or ISD teacher assigned to student
• ISD Mentor assigned to student
• Coursework remote
  • No live streaming
  • Self-directed
• Module Unit and Final Tests in person
• Students are required to attend one of the required zoom orientations:
  • Thursday, September 3 at 6pm
  • Friday, September 4 at 4pm
  • Tuesday, September 8 at 4pm
  • Students who are unable to attend one of the student orientation sessions will be dropped from online learning on Friday, September 11. All drop policies will be in effect. 
• Required Weekly Check-ins*
• Required Monthly Progress Reviews**

Course Start & End Date

• Start Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026
• End Date: Monday, January 11, 2027

*Required Weekly Check-ins (WAC 392-550-025(2))

• Students communicate each week with their Online Learning Mentor via email, Zoom, Canvas, phone or in person.
  • Students/families receive an email/Canvas message/phone call reminder if we haven't heard from the student during the course of the week.
  • Students may be placed at the District Admin office if they are unable to complete their weekly check-ins. District transportation not provided. 
  • Failure to complete more than three (3) weekly check-ins over the course of the semester and/or miss two (2) consecutive weekly check-ins will be ineligible for future enrollment in the program. 

**Required Monthly Progress Review (WAC 392-550-025(3))

• Student’s grade to date must be a 60% or higher to earn Satisfactory.
• Students are notified if they are Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory by email on specific dates.
  • Parent/guardian, counselor, Accelerate teacher and OL Coordinator will be cc'd on email.
• Students are required to reply to email (this also counts as the student’s weekly check-in).
  • Students who earn Unsatisfactory #1 will:
    • Schedule a one (1) hour support session with their mentor once a week. 
    • Support sessions will take place via Zoom or in person.
    • Attendance will be taken.
  • Students who earn Unsatisfactory #2 (consecutively) will:
    • Be placed ‘on campus’ at the District Admin Building once a week for a two (2) hour session to work on their course with ISD Online Learning mentor Department.
    • Attendance will be taken.
    • District transportation not provided.
  • Students who earn Unsatisfactory #3 (consecutively) will:
    • Be placed ‘on campus' at the District Admin Building twice a week for a two (2) hour session to work on their course with Online Learning Department.
    • Attendance will be taken.
    • District transportation not provided.
• Monthly Progress Review Dates:
  • 9/21, 10/26, 11/23, 12/14, 1/19

Drop Policy

• Up until Day 5: Student may drop with no grade penalty
• Day 6-20: Student will receive a W on transcript
• Day 21 or after: Student will receive a F on transcript

Final Grade

• Students will earn a letter grade for their course (A-F), unless they are taking an Independent Study course (Pass/Fail).
• Final course grade will be placed on the student's high school transcript. 

Fee

• No fee
• Students are required to complete an Alternative Learning Experience (ALE) Student Participation Agreement by due date.

Proctored Testing

• Please visit our Testing page to learn more. 

Home-Based Instruction vs ALE Program

In accordance with the Alternative Learning Experience Implementation Standards, reference WAC 392-550, prior to enrollment, parent(s) or guardian shall be provided with documentation attesting to the understanding of the difference between Home-Based Instruction (homeschooling) and enrollment in a public school Alternative Learning Experience (ALE). Please read the Summary Description to learn more. 

Important Note: If a student fails an Online course, consistently fails to follow off campus (ALE) Online Learning participation requirements, and/or consistently fails to follow Online Learning policies they will be unable to enroll in future online courses with ISD Online Learning.