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Jefferson Virtual Academy (JVA) is designed as a virtual learning environment for students and families seeking an alternative to a traditional, in person learning experience. The JVA program is staffed and designed to support Jefferson County Schools’ mission to ensure that all students achieve academic success, value themselves and others, contribute to their communities, and succeed in a global society.

Jefferson Virtual Academy continues to evolve in response to the changing needs of students and their families, and as our tools and resources to enhance virtual learning continue to grow and change. JVA students are nurtured by full-time teachers, mentors, and special educators, as well as certified educators who are employed by our approved online vendors.

Students currently enrolled with Jefferson County Schools (JCS) had the opportunity to indicate interest in virtual learning during their school’s annual scheduling process. Now that the scheduling process for the 2024-25 school year is complete for currently enrolled students, requests for changes to/from in-person/virtual instruction will be managed through a Change of Placement (ChoP) meeting, IEP / 504 meeting, or Student Assistance Team (SAT) meeting.

For students currently in person or who have requested in-person instruction for the 2024-25 school year and wish to change to virtual learning, please contact your school counselor to discuss the change and request the appropriate meeting.

For students currently enrolled in JVA or who have requested JVA for the 2024-25 school year and wish to change to in-person learning, please contact the Coordinator of Virtual Learning to discuss the change and request the appropriate meeting.

Effective School Year 2024-2025, JVA will no longer offer virtual options for elementary grades. Please contact your student’s counselor or school administrator to plan for your student’s return to in-person instruction or discuss other educational options for your student.

Students will have an assigned mentor for daily homeroom via Zoom / Teams. Instruction will be delivered primarily through Edgenuity, a product of the approved virtual vendor for JCS. Where there are requests for courses that are not available in Edgenuity, other virtual options or a hybrid schedule will be explored to meet those requests if possible.

Certain middle and high electives do NOT have a virtual option (e.g., performing and visual arts, vocational-agricultural education, ProStart). JVA students who wish to take courses without a virtual option may take them on-site at their school of record but must provide their own transportation. See additional information provided in the Middle and High School JVA sections below

Mentors will send weekly Progress Reports to students and parents/guardians through Edgenuity and will meet routinely with students to review their progress and attendance in further detail. Parents/guardians can monitor their student’s progress in Edgenuity courses directly through their Guardian Account, which is automatically set up if an email address is on file. The Guardian Account provides access to grades, progress reports, and communication with mentors and virtual teachers. Log-in credentials and instructions can be provided by your student’s mentor. Grades for WV Studies (8th grade) and any courses taken on site can be viewed in Canvas.

Full-time JVA students will not receive a report card for first or third marking periods. Grades for virtual courses are only reported at the semester and will therefore only show on the second and fourth marking period report cards.

Hybrid students will receive a report card from their school of record; however, grades for virtual courses are only reported at the semester and will therefore not be reflected on the first or third marking period report cards. These grades will only show on the second and fourth marking period report cards. Again, grades can be viewed in Edgenuity through the Guardian Account, and mentors will provide a weekly progress report from Edgenuity

Sherry FitzGerald, Coordinator of Virtual Learning

sherry.fitzgerald@k12.wv.us/ Ph. 681-224-0178

Other virtual learning tools approved by Jefferson County Schools will be utilized by JVA teachers and mentors as needed to support instructional goals and meet student learning needs.