Welcome

Georgia Virtual School (GaVS) extends online learning opportunities to public school students, private school, and home school students. Parent involvement is vital to student success, and Georgia Virtual School invites parents to join in student learning and encourages parents to communicate freely and often with school facilitators and course instructors.

Guardian Account Information

Your guardian account is created when your student created his/her student account. GaVS sends an email to the guardian email address the student provided at account creation. Use the login credentials sent via email to begin using your GaVS guardian account.

Uses of your account:

  • Make payments for your student's courses.
  • View all your student's enrollments and monitor progress and grades throughout the semester.
  • Contact your student's instructors.
  • View and print final course grades.

Payment Policies

Effective July 15, 2022: There will be a 3% nonrefundable transaction fee added for all credit card payments. Credit card is the only payment method accepted for students required to pay tuition.

Withdrawals: GaVS permits withdrawals throughout the semester until the final exam window opens. No withdrawals are permitted after the advertised semester date. Reference the current term's calendar for the specific date.

  • Fall and Spring semester withdrawals must be approved by the student's facilitator.
  • Summer semester withdrawals do not require facilitator approval.

Refunds: Students who withdraw within the refund window will be automatically issued a refund within five business days.

  • Fall and Spring semester students are eligible for a refund if withdrawn within the first 10 days after the class was first accessed.
  • Summer semester students are eligible for a refund if withdrawn within the first 3 days after the class was first accessed.

Contact Us

Contact your Support Specialist anytime you need assistance.  If you are unsure who to contact, find your district on the Support Map, and contact the Support Specialist for your district.

 

Testing Information

Each GaVS course will have either a multiple choice final exam or a state required Georgia Milestones EOC assessment (high school courses only) which counts as 20% of your final course grade.

Final Exams

  • Taken online.
  • Check with your facilitator to see if your exam must be proctored.
  • Up to 90 minutes to complete.
  • Private and home school students take final exams in all courses.
  • May be completed at any point during the final exam's week. See the current semester calendar for dates.

Georgia Milestones Assessment (EOC)

  • High school courses only
  • Taken by public school students at their school.
  • EOC scores are entered into the GaVS information system by the local school. Final course grades will show as INCOMPLETE until the local school enters the score.
  • Courses: American Literature. Biology, Physical Science (MS students only), U.S. History, GSE Geometry, Acc GSE Alg I/Geometry

Advanced Placement Exams

  • Administered by College Board every May.
  • All students take AP exams at their local school.
  • Registration and testing fees are the responsibility of the student.
  • Homeschool students contact AP Services directly.

Course Information

World Language

Students are not permitted to utilize online translators. Students will use diacritical marks or accent marks in all communication and assessments.

Health

Students who take Health through Georgia Virtual School are eligible to take eADAP. Georgia Virtual School does not register students for this online assessment. Students must register and complete the online assessment on their own.

Students should follow the steps below to complete eADAP certification.

  1. Visit https://online.dds.ga.gov/eadap/studentIndex.aspx
  2. Create an account.
  3. Complete the ADAP assessment.
  4. Print the completion certificate.
  5. Take the certificate to the Department of Driver Services when attempting to obtain a Georgia driver's license.

Personal Fitness

Students should honestly and accurately complete the Personal Fitness workout requirements. For documentation purposes, a fitness sponsor (parent/guardian, teacher or coach) must verify student workouts by signing the required Fitness Log.

First Aid & Safety

Students have the responsibility to successfully complete CPR, AED, and First Aid training according to the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, or other nationally recognized certifying agency (accepted courses listed in policy). Students must complete the Adult or Healthcare Provider course, the hands on skills practice, and the hands on skills test requirements. The certification deadline is noted on the course schedule. If the certification documentation listed in the CPR, First Aid, and AED rubric is not submitted by the assignment due date, a zero will be entered into the gradebook. If students are not able to complete the requirements by the noted deadline on the schedule, the certification documentation will be accepted (late penalty waived) as long as the documentation is uploaded by midnight the Tuesday before final exams.