We want to know: What do YOU love about the K12 Zone?

Submit a short vertical video (15–60 seconds) sharing your favorite part of the Zone—whether it’s the games, the builds, the friendships, or just the fun.

🗓️ Challenge Runs: May 1–23, 2025
🏆 $250 Prizes – One winner per grade band (K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12)
🎉 Winning videos will be featured in the K12 Zone!

👉 Submit Your Video
📜 Official Rules

• Now through July 1: The K12 Zone will continue to be available for all students currently enrolled from March 18th and before.
• Starting July 2, the K12 Zone will be updated to connect with our new students.
• All students that have started after March 18th, will have access to the K12 Zone starting on July 2.

The K12 Art Competition opens on May 13 - August 25! The K12 Art Competition is open to ALL students in grades K-12. This year we are combining photography and art with three exciting categories to enter:

🎨2D and 3D Artwork: Paintings, drawings, sculptures, and collages

💻Digital Artwork: Digital paintings, illustrations, and graphic designs

📸 Photography: Smartphone, DSLR, film, mirrorless, and point-and-shoot photography

There will be winners in every grade level + a People's Choice Winner per grade level!

Visit https://enrichment.k12.com/art-competition/ to learn more!

The K12 Minecraft Build Challenge: Classroom of the Future opens on May 1 - May 25.

For the past 25 years K12 has led the way in online education, encouraging students to turn any place into their classroom. For this month’s Minecraft Challenge, we want to know what your ideal classroom of the next 25 years will look like. Use your imagination and your crafting skills to build your classroom and share your story with us

K12-powered students in grades K-12 can participate by submitting a video of their Minecraft build (with the option to also submit a photo) about their vison for a classroom of the future!

Public voting will run from May 26-June 9. Any individual will be eligible to vote up to once per day during the voting period. One winner per grade band (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) will receive a $25 Amazon e-gift card for their winning build!

Visit K12 Minecraft Challenge: Classroom of the Future to learn more and submit a video of your build!

Ready to show everyone the “reel” you? The Reel Me Competition is now open for submissions until June 30, 2025.

To enter, submit a video about your K12-powered online school experience that fits one of this year’s themes:

💻 My K12 Why: Tell us why you love online school and what motivates you to keep learning.
💭 Myth Busters: What do people get wrong about online school? Debunk it for us!
✈️ Flex Your Schedule: Show us how K12-powered learning gives you more time for the things you love.

🎓Future Focus: Got big plans after graduation? Share them with us!

Winners in each grade band will receive up to $250 in cash prizes!

Visit https://enrichment.k12.com/reel-me to learn more and submit your video!

Check out all the latest from K12 National. Contests, virtual field trips and more.

The Skills Arcade team is excited to launch a refreshed version of last year’s Brain Boost Summer Activity Center — now called K12 Summer Quest! Packed with interactive learning adventures, this new program is designed to keep students engaged all summer long. This year, we’re leveling up with exciting gamification features. K12 Summer Quest will be a FREE online summer camp for students in grades K–12. It will be open to all families from May 2, 2025, through September 21, 2025.

Curious about Summer Quest?
Join us for a quick, informative webinar designed for K–12 families and school staff! You'll get an inside look at the Summer Quest program and discover helpful tips for getting started.

📅 Webinar Date: May 5, 2025
🕦 Time: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
🔗 Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/0LwiJ81DHr

📣 Help spread the word!

Click here for more info: K12 Summer Quest: School Communication

We are excited to announce the K12 Skills Arcade Live Practice competition for teachers enrolled in Skills Arcade. The competition will run from 3/19/25 9am ET to 5/12/25 5pm ET.

The teacher with the highest total Live Practice sessions will win a $50 Amazon gift card! Please note, a session counts if at least 5 students were assessed.

To enter the competition, teachers can fill out https://forms.office.com/r/RhaNmCuhyF

Additional resources to get started:

1. Live Practice Tutorial here and trailer here.

2. Ensure that students are logged into the application before entering a session in a new tab. Please note that sessions can only be conducted with students logged in the specific classroom where they were created. For easy access, watch how to add Skills Arcade lessons to your student plan here.

Now it’s time to navigate to Skills Arcade under Quick Links to create a quiz!

We have revamped and updated our school website! http://InsightWashington.org

Are you looking for a one stop shop to find school calendars, important links, tech resources, club info and all the school's fun competitions and challenges? Go to our ISWA website :)

It will be regularly updated with all the info you will need as a student or an LC. Check it out to see what's going on at ISWA!

We are excited to announce the Learning Coach Community is now open! The Learning Coach Community is a one-stop-shop online community available to ALL K12 Learning Coaches. In the community, LC's can receive support (either as a returning or first-time LC's), access resources for students, find tips and tools for online school, and more. Ready to connect with other families learning from home?

Join the Learning Coach Community today—available in the K12 app or through your Online School (OLS)! community.k12.com

Link: https://login.k12.com/

Our beloved story submission tool, Project Elevate, has a new name and a fresh look! Building on the success of the K12 Voices 25th Anniversary campaign, this rebrand reflects our commitment to capturing and amplifying the incredible stories of our students, families, and educators. The new K12 Voices landing page is now live, with an updated look and feel to match our bold vision for storytelling.

What This Means for You

Tell us your inspiring student and educator stories and submit them to K12 Voices! Your stories bring our mission to life and help shine a light on the real impact of online learning.

Visit the new K12 Voices page today! 👉 K12 Voices

Insight School of Washington does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

The following person has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator, Diana Figula

2601 S 35th Street, Suite 100

Tacoma, WA 98509

dfigula@k12insightwa.org

425-533-2728

Title IX inquiries may also be directed toward the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR): https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html

Information about the nondiscrimination and sex-based discrimination policies and grievance procedures, and how to report a concern or complaint can be found in the Student Handbooks.