Name: Blyth Academy Online
Address: 160 Avenue Road, , Toronto, Toronto
Rating: 4.34

“Online course was very well structured and my son enjoyed it.”

Posted 4 years ago

“My son completed the grade 9 academic math course online this summer. Having taught that course myself, I have a thorough understanding of the course content and overall expectations. I was very impressed with the degree of difficulty of the course. The lessons were well planned and the assessments and evaluations were challenging and comprehensive. The online teacher interaction was not as responsive as I had expected however with some lengthy lag times between requests for assistance and a response. However, when interaction was available my son’s teacher was very good and knows her stuff.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Very poor response time if any response to problems my child was experiencing. As well booking the final exam was very difficult and time consuming. Plus my daughter had to contact Blythe numerous times in order to submit her mark to her school.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to review Blyth Academy Online. Our average teacher response time is tracked through our learning management system and averages less than 24 hours during weekdays, we’re sorry that this did not meet your expectations. Based on feedback from parents, we have recently moved to a new exam proctoring service called Integrity Advocate, which provides superior service for our parents and students. We hope you consider Blyth Academy Online again.

Posted 4 years ago

“Lessons and teachers have been good overall, but volume of work is way too much.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Blyth Academy Online is a Ministry inspected Ontario high school with credit granting authority, therefore, each course must be at least 110 hours long, much like any high school course completed in a regular offline school. We’re glad that you enjoyed the quality of our teachers and hope that you consider Blyth Academy Online in the future.

Posted 4 years ago

“Our 3rd and last high school aged child is attending kitchener Blyth and we couldn't be more happy with the communication, teachers and lessons”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My son is having a wonderful experience at Blyth Academy! Summer of 2020: he registered for 2 online courses. He was extremely committed and successful in the online learning experience and completed both courses with honours in less than 3 months. This provided him with a strong foundation to navigate through his hybrid return to school with his regular school board. Blyth is meticulously organized in its online model of learning with assistance available every step of the way. We would recommend Blyth to anyone who is looking to obtain additional credits or complete their entire grades online.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Our son needed to take calculus in his post-grad year and had much success at Blyth. He was unsure about the online format, especially in math, but he managed and actually found it worked out well as his teacher was very supportive and available. He is now at Western in medical science and his first year of university level calculus is going very well! Thank you.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I appreciated the layout of the course in advance. It made it easier to plan how to get the course done.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My daughter loved the English course she completed on line with Blyth Academy. It was easy for her to follow and when she needed technical support, they responded quickly with assistance. Her teacher was very responsive and provided excellent and helpful feedback on assignments and essays. She was engaged through the whole process and she learned a lot.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My twins boys in Grade 12 registered for one of the programs at Blythe Academy online. The teachers are very supportive and my boys are very satisfied. I would definitely recommend.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My son took the grade 10 Introduction to Business course this summer and it was such a positive experience. He loved the course and learned a lot about business. The teacher was accessible and gave feedback on assignments, quizzes and tests in a timely manner. My son has just enrolled in Blyth online to take Grade 10 Academic French this semester.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Course was well laid out.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Blyth Academy Online has more than exceeded our expectations in enabling my son to maintain his Ontario education while living abroad. I’m particularly impressed with the contact the students have with teachers via video-call check-ins that we haven’t experienced with other schools. Thanks for your care, BAO.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Blyth Academy online provides a great option for kids to work at their own pace. Content is good and dashboard is intuitive.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“This is a very helpful education option both my kids have enjoyed with 5 courses so far. The principal is helpful and a good problem solver. Our family likes that we can take the courses as we need them e.g. doing them as "reach ahead" in grade 8 for grade 9 and doing a BOA as an overload to our kids usual Catholic School's 8 credits/year. We also like the many courses that are offered. If there is a gap in learning such as in the summer or during COVID it was great that our children could use BAO as "summer school." Non-synchronous self-directed learning is difficult. Giving the kids the 365 days but no real "to do lists" with timed learning expectations just makes both of our kids (and the two other families we referred) procrastinate. Our daughter (due to COVID) has to do 2 semester of online university already and there it is much more clear what the kids have to do when. The teachers post a "to-do Check list" and the lectures are given by the educator who makes the test questions. But even online it can be done as a real teacher giving the lesson and taping it. The Grade 10 math class is really difficult to learn from the Khan Academy videos. I tried to express my concerns with the Department head of the Math Department that the kids have not learned what they are asked in the marked tests but have not been able to make the point that I might have to try to switch from BAO to Blyth Night School or Blyth Orbit to have a teacher TEACH the material. Our family finds a short video (often just a not very related Kahn Academy clip) not instructional enough for an academic level course. Our son admitted he felt unprepared to perform at his usual level (honour roll student) in the midterm and politely asked for more study material. He was told to "do the lesson/quizzes' AGAIN without further educational resources, exam reviews or practice questions provided. The Department head had said our son could try himself to find some questions (in that big Nelson book). But nobody seems to see the problem here. The CURRICULUM is not sufficiently instructed for what is aske din the tests (likely not the same teacher teaching who made the questions?). Disappointingly, a 70% was given for that Midterm. We would have clearly preferred he would have given more educational resources before the test (he has the email to show he asked for more preparation opportunities). The more we ask for help and admit the course is a struggle the worse the "judged" marks get. It is a struggle. It is so different with Western University online. The lecturer just explains the lesson (e.g. Krebs Cycle which is also not easy) in his own words in a 30-minute video where he/she just talks to powerpoint slights. Those slides are available and are good preparations for the tests. The test then asks what was taught. Some BAO courses do not teach the difficult things in detail but ask the difficult things in detail. Our son had not issues with the Geography course where it is possible to lookup gaps but in math it has to be taught comprehensively. It would be nice if children have the interest to do extra work to give them more educational materials and study materials, especially exam reviews. Even just one IN PERSON lesson taped on video that reviews what is going to be on the midterm would help. The new BrightSpace expects the kids to video their answers and to explain math with words - but the course is not taught by a teacher using her/his own words to explain the math. Even if this is not a synchronous course - there should be video-taped lessons uses (not Kahn academy). The math behind the grading is also a problem. If and important test (like the midterm) has only 3 questions (and one question the students makes a mistake, e.g. being nervous being on camera - like our chid did) then you can already not do better than 75% any more. Again, the university (UWO) uses 40 questions in a Midterm. Mathematically, you should not create a %grade that goes into the final average out of 3 questions. If this low number is allowed then a test with 2 questions would result in 50% grade for just struggling with one question. This practice of NOT ENOUGH questions per test is artificially lowering the achievement in % potential of the students. Example: Our child (despite his struggles with this course) was at 90% before the Midterm - out of nervousness about the unfamiliar "in person" video format for the Midterm overlooked that he was not to calculate one side but the other side of a question that at a triangle. So ONE mistake but because he only had 3 questions total got a Midterm in the 70s that pushed his overall average under 90 - for one question wrong. It is helpful when deciding to buy a course to be able to preview the marked items but there should be also the information about how many questions will be on each marked multiples choice test - low numbers should not be allowed because one mistake affects the %grade too much. This was a problem in Grade 12 Biology as well. The student has to be able to show and bring into his average his knowledge in questions he is able to answer correctly as well.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Notre fils Étienne a fréquenté Blyth Academy via CIHA (Rockland,Ontario). Afin de lui permettre d'évoluer au hockey avec des joueurs plus agés, l'école devait lui offrir un horaire non-traditionnel, adapté à son niveau scolaire et lui offrant beaucoup plus de latitude que les cours en présentiel . Blyth Academy Online répondait exactement aux besoins de notre fils. Non seulement la qualité de l'enseignement était exceptionnel, les cours Online lui ont permis d'ajuster le rythme des cours en fonction de son horaire.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Denke es war eine positive Erfahrung für meinen Sohn. Er konnte trotz COVID-19 sein Schuljahr online beenden.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Blyth Academy Online is a well-organized online school that provides curriculum-based learning with multiple strategies for success in high school. Support from the school is excellent and communication with teachers has been great also (lots of constructive feedback). This is our second year with BAO and we continue to be glad we made this choice for our child.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My son has taken several high-school credits through Blyth Academy Online. The courses were well-designed and clearly presented, with some quite creative assignments, and well-spaced assessments. The Grade 11 economics course was rigorous and challenging with assignments that were a good preparation for researching and writing papers at the post-secondary level. Any technical issues were addressed promptly and the instructors were very quick to answer questions and respond to submitted work. Blyth's online format and execution is far better than an alternative online school which we had previously tried. My son is "returning" to Blyth Online for a final course this academic year and is very grateful it is allowing him to pursue a subject his "day" school does not offer.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Blyth online learning allows students flexibility to finish courses while managing other commitments. Students can work at their own pace. Teachers are available to answer questions and help with course content. Course content, assignments, tests and exams were challenging, sometimes even harder than in class expectations.”

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Posted 4 years ago

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Delivery Methods	Courier
On-time Delivery	Greater than 93%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Email
Queries Resolved In	6 - 12 Hours

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