{"id":16,"date":"2026-04-30T18:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:51:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"About OVA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OVA is a completely online private secondary school. We have\u00a0<strong>Ontario Certified Teachers (OCT)<\/strong>\u00a0that offer flexible, high quality courses for students. Courses are thoughtfully built by experienced educators in a way that is student-centred, flexible, accommodating and promote student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OVA is currently hosting a limited cohort of pilot students during this initial stage, while awaiting a\u00a0<em>Ministry-inspection<\/em>\u00a0to operate as a private school in Ontario. OVA currently is\u00a0<strong>NOT\u00a0<\/strong>authorized to grant credits towards an OSSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At OVA, we\u2019re building an institution where students like you can easily find the courses you need &#8211; without any limitations or barriers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our goal is simple: offer a wide range of high school courses, compulsory and electives, all taught by Ontario Certified Teachers (OCT), in a completely online, flexible and immersive environment so students can succeed with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want OVA to be THE option for students in Ontario and internationally to find affordable, quality, flexible education with real support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVA is a completely online private secondary school. We have\u00a0Ontario Certified Teachers (OCT)\u00a0that offer flexible, high quality courses for students. Courses are thoughtfully built by experienced educators in a way that is student-centred, flexible, accommodating and promote student success. Current Status OVA is currently hosting a limited cohort of pilot students during this initial stage, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariovirtualacademy.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}