Questions families ask
Straight answers. If yours is not here, write to admissions@unschool.si and a person will reply.
The school
Who is UNSchool.si for?
UNSchool.si is a complete, credit-bearing high school for grades 9 through 12, fully online, and a school for homeschooled students from grade 6. It is built for learning in a world where the most powerful tool ever made sits in every student's pocket. It also fits the minds the old school could not hold, ADHD included.
Is it a real high school? Will the transcript be accepted?
Courses are credit-bearing and mapped to Common Core and the Next Generation Science Standards. A state-certified educator signs off on every credit. The transcript carries external test scores: MAP Growth three times a year, the PSAT, and the SAT or ACT. Graduates leave with a full transcript, a portfolio of shipped work, and a publicly defended capstone.
Who actually teaches my child?
Kai, a personal AI instructor, teaches one to one, by voice or by text, whenever your child works. Every student belongs to a pod led by a state-certified educator with special education or ADHD training, who reviews the student every week, adjusts the plan, and is accountable for the instruction. Anything concerning reaches a human the same day.
How much time does it take each day?
About 3.5 to 4.5 hours of engaged learning, at whatever time of day your child's brain actually works. Night owls and morning learners are both normal here. Bad days are planned for: a hard day is a lighter day, never a failed one.
How do you know they are learning and not just asking the AI?
Kai guides toward the answer instead of handing it over, and verifies learning with fresh problems and out-loud explanations. English has no-AI checkpoints every unit. In AI Fluency, students take responsibility for every line of code AI writes for them, and the senior capstone is defended in public.
Starting
When can we start?
Students start any Monday. Before that, Placement Week is free.
What is Placement Week?
Before tuition is paid, we build your child's Learner Record from their whole story: report cards and teacher comments from previous schools, any evaluations, IEP or 504 plans you choose to share, a structured conversation with you about what has been tried and what blew up, and several short conversations between Kai and your child about what they love, what they hate about school, and how they like to work. You see the four-year plan before the invoice.
What do we need at home?
Nothing special to buy. Laboratory science uses an at-home kit, with Kai as lab partner.
How does this work with homeschool law in our state?
Under homeschool law, the parent directs the education. UNSchool.si supplies the instruction, the structure, and reporting-ready records for your state. Tell us your state when you book a tour and we will walk through its requirements with you.
Parents and safety
What can I see?
Everything. Every session transcript, every field of the Learner Record, and a log of every human who has accessed your child's data, all in the Parent Portal, any time.
What about an IEP or 504 plan?
Share it during Placement Week and it becomes part of the Learner Record and Kai's instructions. On UNSchool Complete, a dedicated learning advisor builds the plan from your child's IEP or 504 and holds quarterly conferences.
Is Kai safe for a teenager to talk to?
Kai is an instructor, not a companion. It does not claim feelings, does not role-play as a person, and does not discuss anything outside the student's learning. There are no cameras, no ads, no selling data, and no training models on your child. Accounts require verifiable parental consent under COPPA; education records follow FERPA-aligned practice.
Cost
What does it cost?
UNSchool Core is $9,000 a year, Plus is $13,500, and Complete is $18,000, payable annually or monthly. Siblings are 15 percent off, and education savings account payments are accepted where state programs allow. See what each plan includes.
What if it does not work out?
Every new family has a 30-day money-back guarantee and keeps the records either way.