Piedmont City School District
2024 Summer Virtual Academy (SVA) Overview Statement
Summer Semester: June 4 – July 18, 2024 (ACCESS Classes start June 4- July 18)
Purpose: Allow for students in the middle and high school to earn high school credits to allow more flexibility within their schedule. Flexibility within a student’s schedule can provide opportunities for more electives, including college dual-enrollment, and the potential to graduate early.
Students will start the summer virtual academy beginning June 4. SVA will end July 18, 2024, and all computers, chargers, and backpacks will be turned in on July 19. It is the responsibility of the parent to find out the meeting dates of SVA.
Students may take one course at a time during the summer virtual academy. Students may drop the course by emailing Dr. Clemons with such instructions up until 3:00 PM on June 7, 2024. Courses dropped by June 7th will not count towards the student’s high school grade point average. If the course is dropped, the registration fee will NOT be refunded and the computer will need to be returned to the school.
Each course taken during SVA will count toward the high school grade point average.
2024 Summer Virtual Academy Offerings:
ACCESS Courses
Classes start June 4. Students may take an elective or Spanish ACCESS course during the summer. Open only to 2023-24 students in grades 7-11. If a student starts a full credit course during the summer, they will be required to complete the class in ACCESS during the regular academic year. A listing of ACCESS classes can be found here (you will need to copy and paste in a separate browser):
hhttps://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:d5d2aeab-6784-44ae-af21-e357046aac16 Drivers Education in Schoology:
Students must be at least 15 years of age by June 4, 2024 and have an Alabama driver's permit. The cost will be a total of $250 (You will not be required to pay the additional $27 SVA fee). If we are unable to make this course happen, we will refund the $250. If we have more students sign up than slots available, we will use the first sign up & pay, first serve method of selecting which students make the cut.
Health (Required for all diploma types) in APEX:
Students may earn a 1/2 credit by taking this course. Open only to 2023-2024 students in grades 8-11. This course develops skills that help assess personal health information and is a state requirement. For more information, please read the “Alabama Course of Study: Health Education.”
Career Prep A (Required for all diploma types) in Schoology:
Students may earn a 1/2 credit by taking this course. Open only to 2023-24 students in grades 7-11. This course helps prepare students for a career and is a state requirement. For more information, please read the "Alabama Course of Study: Career Preparedness."
Academic or Elective Courses (Core Honors and AP classes are not included) in APEX, Schoology, or ACCESS:
Open only to 2023-2024 students in grades 8-11: Sociology (elective), Earth and Space (science), Environmental (science), ACT (elective - does not count for your required 11th grade ACT class), and Psychology (elective)
Open only to 2023-2024 students in grade 11: Government (social studies) and Economics (social studies)
Dual Enrollment through JSU or Gadsden State:
Students taking dual enrollment this summer must register with JSU or Gadsden State and through SVA to keep your computer. You are required to pay the $27 fee and do check-ins with the Mrs. Baer. Open only to students in grades 10-11.
Important Information:
- Students must pay $27 non-refundable registration fee and complete this online application by May 10, 2024. Payments can be made online through PayPal on our school website,
www.PiedmontHigh.org, or by mailing a check to Piedmont High School, c/o SVA, 750 Tom Bible Memorial Hwy, Piedmont, AL 36272. Checks should be made out to “Piedmont High School.” If paying by check, complete the form and checks must be postmarked by May 10, 2024. You may also hand deliver the check to the PHS front office before May 10, 2024.
- Meet each week face-to-face, starting June 4, for a minimum of thirty minutes with the course facilitator. These weekly meetings will be used to determine if the student is keeping up with the predetermined weekly goals of completion. If the goals are not met, students will turn in their computer and will be dropped from the course with a grade being assigned that will reflect the current grade factored in with those missing. Due to potential summer conflicts, individual arrangements should be made with the facilitator if the need arises.
- Two weeks of inactivity in a course by the student will result in failure in the course and the computer being taken up.
- With administrative approval, students may take additional classes after they have completed a course.
- Students who finish and pass a course early may keep their computer until July 19, 2024, unless you are a JSU or Gadsden State DE student taking summer classes.
- The administration has the right to refuse a student taking a SVA course. Refunds will be given in the event a student pays and the student is not allowed to take a course.
