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Real Salt Lake (RSL) is an American professional soccer club based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. Founded in 2004, the club began play in 2005 as an expansion team of the league. The 2009 MLS Cup Champions, play at the stunning America First Field (formerly known at Rio Tinto Stadium) in Sandy. Which boasts a mountainous backdrop and electrifying atmosphere.

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RSL Academy High School is excited to announce that our board of directors approved a new class schedule that started in the 2019-2020 year and will continue the upcoming school year. This change includes two components not being done anywhere else in Utah. With the unique student body we have, one that is comprised primarily of students who play high level soccer, it was evident that Friday was emerging as a day where many students missed class. We attribute this in large part to our student-athletes traveling to soccer tournaments. At RSLA we strive to have no more than 15-20 students in a class. When a small class is missing a lot of students, it is hard for learning to take place.Facing this challenge of how to solve the Friday attendance issue, an outside the box solution presented itself. Friday will now be a day of flexible, blended learning. It means that our students will have the option of coming to campus, learning from home, or learning on the road. All of the instruction for the day will be placed online in the class Canvas account. Canvas has several options available to facilitate learning from a distance, and as an added bonus is the platform being used by a vast majority of colleges.Real Salt Lake Academy currently uses 1:1 technology, providing every student with a Chromebook. This push towards using technology in the classroom has always set RSLA aside as a forward thinking school, and now makes a move towards a blended learning model a natural progression. We think that the future of our students as college bound young men and women is one of blended learning. College campuses nationwide have moved forward with an emphasis on online classes and remote learning opportunities. We believe that our Flexible Friday blended learning model reflects how education is evolving. Our second unique class schedule component is the combination of a traditional schedule and a block schedule. More and more studies are showing that 90 straight minutes of instruction is not the most effective method for a ...