For the fifth year, members of the MSON community convened at Stanford University this June for the program's Annual Workshop. Over four days, teachers, Academic Liaisons, and Technical Liaisons new to MSON were oriented and trained for the school year ahead, and...

Looking ahead to the 2017-18 school year, MSON has seen an 11% enrollment increase over the prior year (as of summer, 2017) with roughly 300 unique students and 400 student semester enrollments. Highest enrolled courses are: Astronomy Multivariable Calculus...

In October, 2017, Claire Goldsmith will be presenting at the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) annual Symposium. The presentation, led with Jill Abbott, Executive Director of Online Learning Initiatives, Eight Schools Association and Lori...

In Sept., 2017, Claire Goldsmith will join two other trustees of the Enrollment Management Association for a presentation at the organization's annual conference entitled "Innovating for Accessibility and Sustainability: New Horizons for Independent Schools." Claire...

For the first time, students at participating Malone Schools can enroll in an MSON summer course, Computer Science: Creative Game Design. Taught by Doug Bergman at Porter-Gaud School, the course allows students to turn their own creative ideas into something real on...

The following courses are new for the 2017-18 school year (and join 21 existing courses). In addition to an increased focus on Computer Science, the new course slate features several interdisciplinary courses. Check them out below! Building Utopia CS: Beyond the...

Claire Goldsmith's chapter "Student Life" in the book Perspectives from the Disciplines: Stanford Online High School, features significant discussion of MSON in terms of its ability to create true classroom community through synchronous, online seminars.

In Spring, 2016 MSON received a half-million dollar grant from the Malone Family Foundation, $300,000 of which serves as the program's endowment and $200,000 of which as an Innovation Fund. The Innovation Fund allows MSON to experiment with new programs and...