Summer New Work for Credit Courses

• Rising 10th-12th grade students may take up to 2 New Work for credit online classes.
• Rising  7th and 8th grade students may enroll in level I or II of a world language.
• Rising 9th grade students may take a World Language course, Health and PE I, or an approved Math course through one of the approved virtual course providers.
• Courses dropped after Drop Date will result in a “W” (withdraw) on student’s transcript.

• The cost for each virtual course varies depending on the provider.
• Families are responsible for payment of the course at the time of registration.
• Virtual Virginia has an online payment option. Courses taken through Edgenuity can only be paid for by check or money order. If paying by check or money order, payment should be made out to APS.
• Families can submit their check or money order to their student’s counseling office. The APS staff member collecting the checks should submit them to the Secondary Education Office through school mail.

• Technology issues related to the student’s MacBook (ex. Doesn’t stay charged; broken screen, etc) should be directed to the school’s Technician.
• Issues related to accessing digital resources via MyAccess and/or Clever and password resets should be directed to the school’s Instructional Technology Coordinator
• Login and password questions and issues with being able to access courses should be directed to the Office of Secondary Education. (secondaryed@apsva.us)

• Virtual Virginia:
  • Student and Parent Handbook
• Edgenuity:
  • Daily Checklist to monitor student progress

Virtual Virginia

• Enrollment Window: March 4-June 7
• Withdrawal Deadline: June 20
• Course Dates: June 17-July 26 (NOTE: courses start before APS summer school and end earlier than APS summer school)
• Cost: $375 per course
• Format: All courses will meet for daily synchronous instruction at 9 a.m., Monday through Friday. A select number of Summer Cohort 2 courses (check here) will provide the option for synchronous instruction at either 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. Each session will include approximately 45 minutes of instruction, followed by approximately 15 minutes of Q&A.

Edgenuity

• Enrollment Window: March 4-June 7
• Withdrawal Deadline: Within 7 days of starting the course
• Course Dates: June 17-August 2 (The exact start date and end are flexible within this window)
• Cost: $195 per course
• Format: All courses are asynchronous. Students are expected to work regularly and consistently over the summer to complete the course.

Families need to go through their student’s counselor to register for a summer virtual course. If they do not do that, APS will not award the student credit.

Per Board policy, students can “retake” a virtual version of a course that they took during the school year to earn a higher grade. However, this is at the family’s expense.

Prior to enrolling in the course, the counselor should contact the Secondary Education Office (secondaryed@apsva.us) with the name of the course and the provider. If the provider is on the list of VDOE’s approved virtual course providers, the content supervisor for the course in question will need to review the curriculum and verify that it aligns with the Standards of Learning and the APS curriculum.

The family will not receive a refund from the provider, and a “W” will be entered for the course on the student’s transcript (and it will appear on their transcript; we cannot remove the course from the transcript if the student drops it after the drop date).

The student will receive the grade earned in the class (E). The course and the failing grade will be reported on the student’s transcript.

The only virtual courses offered through the Office of Secondary Education are new-work-for-credit and as such, families are responsible for payment.

All courses offered through Virtual Virginia are synchronous with a teacher providing live instruction. Each course has a set time that it meets Monday through Friday. Students are expected to log in to each session. Students who miss multiple class sessions will be withdrawn from the course. Virtual Virginia enrollment dates are fixed, and students cannot be enrolled after the window closes. Edgenuity courses are asynchronous, and there is a more flexible enrollment policy.

Students should plan to work 4-5 hours per day, 5 days per week in order to complete the course due to the compressed time of the summer session.