A world of possibilities.

GOA’s intensive, seven-week courses pair fascinating topics with students from around the globe. With GOA, students build connections to their peers and their area of study through asynchronous discussion and collaboration.

With summer courses offered by Global Online Academy (GOA), your rising 9th-12th grader can study a diversity of challenging topics along with peers from around the world. Ranging from Cybersecurity to Medical Problem Solving and beyond, most of GOA’s fully virtual, mainly asynchronous courses cover a semester’s worth of material and require a 10-12 hour per week commitment from students. 

Global Online Academy is a not-for-profit consortium of 85+ independent schools from around the world. Started by a group of independent schools looking to bring the benefits of online learning to their teachers and students, Global Online Academy prepares students for a global future by providing new, modern ways for students to learn and teachers to teach. The schools that are members of Global Online Academy are well known for the strengths of their curricula and the excellence of their teaching.

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Why GOA summer courses?
  • Intensive, seven-week courses are designed and led by independent school teachers from around the world
  • Students build relationships with teachers and classmates through discussions and collaboration
  • In these passion-driven learning experiences, students learn deeply about a topic they care about in an environment that’s flexible, supportive, and interactive