Virtual Summer New Work for Credit Courses

New Work means new credit, meaning the student has not taken this course before.

• Rising 8th Graders: May take one level 1 World Language for New Work for Credit course
  • Needs to complete Middle School form linked under Registration Forms

• Rising 9th Graders: May take 1 New Work for Credit course; course options include
  • Needs to complete High School form linked under Registration Forms

• Rising 10th-12th graders: May take up to 2 New Work for credit online courses.

• The window to submit a request for a New Summer course is March 16-May 1, 2026 by 3pm regardless of course or vendor.
• Requests received after May 1st 3:01pm will not be processed.
  • NOTE: vendors may have other deadlines later than May 1, 2026, but the APS Virtual deadline is May 1, 2026 to ensure accuracy of placement.

• Virtual Virginia Calendar:
  • Cohort 1:
    • Instruction: June 2 – July 10, 2026
    • Withdrawal Deadline: June 4, 2026 by 3pm
  • Cohort 2:
    • Instruction: June 16 – July 24, 2026
    • Withdrawal Deadline: June 18, 2025 by 3pm
• Edgenuity Calendar
  • June 1 – July 30, 2026
  • Withdrawal Deadline: June 4, 2026 by 3pm
• APS Virtual Calendar (Aligned with the in-person summer school schedule)
  • July 6 – July 31, 2026 
  • Withdrawal Deadline: July 8, 2026 by 3pm

• Technology issues related to the student’s MacBook (ex. Doesn’t stay charged; broken screen, etc) should be directed to your school’s Technician.
• Issues related to accessing digital resources via MyAccess and/or Clever and password resets should be directed to your school’s Instructional Technology Coordinator
• Login and password questions and issues with being able to access courses should be communicated to the correct vendor
  • Virtual Virginia [email protected]
  • Edgenuity [email protected]

• Virtual Virginia:
  • Summer Handbook
• Edgenuity:
  • Daily Checklist to monitor student progress

Virtual Virginia

• All courses are asynchronous but there is a synchronous option.
  • Synchronous course option meets daily with instruction at 9 a.m. Monday through Thursday. Each session will include approximately 45 minutes of instruction, followed by approximately 15 minutes of Q&A. On Fridays, instructors will hold support hours and 1:1 support meeting with students
• Students who do not log in or complete assignments on a daily basis may be removed from the course.
• Courses end on July 10 for Cohort 1 and July 24 for Cohort 2; extensions are not permitted.
• Parent/Auditor accounts are created when the student is initially registered with Virtual Virginia. If you do not receive an email with login information, please check your spam folder or contact Virtual Virginia Tech Support 

Edgenuity 

• All courses are asynchronous.
• Students must work steadily throughout the summer to meet the July 30 deadline, which will not be extended.
• Students are expected to work approximately 20–25 hours per week between June 1 and July 30.

APS Virtual

• Economic and Personal Finance
  • Asynchronous Course
  • The request and counselor approval begins March 16, 2026 through the high school registration form available on the Virtual Summer New Work for Credit page.
• Health & PE I & II
  • This is a hybrid course. The requirements for in-person instruction and virtual learning are below:
    • July 6-17 – 7:45am – 12:15pm at Wakefield High School
      • During in-person instruction, students will be physically active and engaging in a variety of fitness and wellness activities. Students who exceed 2 absences during in-person instruction will be unable to continue in the summer program and will be withdrawn.
    • July 20-31 – Virtual
      • Students will engage in asynchronous virtual self-paced learning that will include daily submission of physical activity assignment logs and online participation. Students will be required to have daily access to the internet/wi-fi to complete and submit assignments on the posted due dates. There will be weekly virtual check-in meetings with the teacher.

Cost and Payment information

• Families are responsible for payment of the course at the time of registration with Virtual Virginia and prior to enrollment with Edgenuity.
• For courses for which payment is by check or money order, the student will not be enrolled in the course until payment is received by the Office of Secondary Education.
• Virtual Virginia
  • $375 per course
  • online payment option  (NOTE: Parents will not be able to create an account or log in until the student is enrolled in the course by APS staff; parents will receive an email notification from Virtual Virginia when their student is enrolled)
• Edgenuity
  • Summer Edgenuity each course cost $150 per course
    • You will begin receiving invoices after April 6 from MySchoolBucks.
• APS Virtual
  • Economic and Personal Finance ( EPF ) & Health & PE I & II (Hybrid) Cost $350 per course
    • You will begin receiving invoices after April 6 from MySchoolBucks.

Refund information

• If a student withdraws by the corresponding withdrawal deadline listed above, a refund may be requested.
• No Summer Session enrollment fee payment will be refunded after 15 calendar days following the course start date.
• A refund may not be requested until the student has been officially withdrawn from the Summer Session course
• No refunds will be issued for enrollments withdrawn after the corresponding dates above.
• Enrollment fees are not automatically refunded when a student is withdrawn from a course.
• Refunds will not be issued for reasons including, but not limited to:
  • A student’s withdrawal from a course after the deadlines listed above
  • A change in the student’s schedule
  • Academic withdrawal by vendor
  • Removal from a course due to disciplinary action

• Families are not able to enroll directly with the online provider. Families must use their school’s link (above) to submit a request. The counselor will review the request and approve or deny it. Then the families will received an email from the Virtual Learning office with more information.

• 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 Virtual Learning Supervisor, [email protected] with the name of the course and the provider. The supervisor will get back to the counselor with the approval or denied answer.

• The family will NOT receive a refund from the provider.
• 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 family will not receive a refund from the provider

• No, all virtual New Work for credit courses taken through the Summer Learning Program are at family expense.

• Students should plan to dedicate 4–5 hours per day, five days a week, to successfully complete the course due to the condensed nature of the summer session.
• This is an accelerated program, so students will need to stay actively engaged and keep up with the pace.

• Virtual Virginia and Edgenuity courses are fully online/virtual courses.
• If you are looking for in-person summer school options, please scroll to the bottom of the page and select either
  • “Summer School In-Person” or “APS Health and PE I & II (Hybrid)” to view those course offerings.