Virtualis Launches in Utah: A New Chapter in Classical Education and Health Formation
Utah — May 2025 — Virtualis Online School has officially opened enrollment for the 2025–2026 school year, bringing a one-of-a-kind K–12 education model to Utah families. Designed for the modern world but grounded in timeless truth, Virtualis combines accredited classical instruction with a first-in-the-nation health and formation curriculum—one that treats the body not as a side note, but as a foundational part of what it means to be human.
While many online schools focus on convenience or career prep, Virtualis offers something deeper: formation. Built on a partnership with Great Hearts Online (GHO), a leader in accredited classical education, Virtualis delivers a rigorous academic program rooted in the Western tradition. Students read great books, study logic and Latin, and engage in Socratic dialogue under the guidance of expert instructors. GHO’s curriculum and credentialing ensure academic excellence and transferability across state and college systems, giving families confidence from the start.
But what sets Virtualis apart is what happens beyond the classroom. Through the Vitae Formation program, students encounter health as a liberal art—not as compliance or biology, but as a discipline of freedom. They learn the science of the body alongside the virtues that govern its care: temperance, resilience, stewardship, rest. Whether exploring nutrition, sleep, movement, or emotional regulation, students are taught to see their physical selves as meaningful, moral, and part of a greater calling.
This holistic vision is more than theory. Virtualis is building pathways for students who may be called to vocations in medicine, nursing, physical therapy, counseling, or bioethics—not through a pre-professional track, but through a formation of imagination, clarity, and service. With guidance from licensed providers like Proffesor Dana Rodriguez PNP, PhD, the program offers medically informed instruction and optional telehealth consultations for students and families who desire a more integrated support system.
Select concierge-based telemedicine services—designed for issues that directly impact learning, development, or behavior—may qualify for Utah’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) funding, allowing families to tailor their support based on need and budget. These visits are not required, but they represent a profound shift: an education model that forms the soul and supports the body, without separating the two.
Virtualis will launch with grades K–5 in its inaugural year, adding grades 6–8 in 2026–2027 and high school grades one year at a time thereafter. Though students may join at any grade, Virtualis encourages early enrollment for families who want to grow in the model from the start. Older siblings in grades 6–12 may be admitted on a case-by-case basis, depending on available seats and student readiness.
Virtualis Arizona is also starting this coming year. With future expansion planned for Wisconsin and Texas, Virtualis represents the beginning of a national vision: an online classical education that forms the whole child—mind, body, and soul—while supporting families in their primary role. It is not just school online. It is school rightly ordered.