Helpful information about our program and how enrollment works:

To inquire about  switching to CVA Full time or as a Dual enrolled student you can inquire with your local Middle School (6th-8th) Guidance Counselor or directly with us at 503-762-3214 cva@csd28j.org. 

Requirements:

• All students will need to check out a Centennial School District Chromebook to do all school work. If you already have one checked out it will transfer to CVA automatically.  If you do not already have one you will be given instructions on where and when to check one out.
• Students will need to actively check their gmail (not in student vue)
• Students/Families will need to have reliable internet. If cost is an issue you can check out these low cost options.
• Students will have to complete a daily attendance form in addition to online school work – see Attendance below for more information.
• NOTICE to Parent or Guardians:
  • For 6-8^th grade this program requires the parent or guardian to do a minimum of daily check-ins and weekly monitoring. You will also receive weekly progress reports automatically generated from Edgenuity to your email to assist you in monitoring your student. 
  • As a function of using our online platform Edgenuity, all 6-12^th grade students will automatically be assigned a student email account. We will request that you approve email usage for your middle school student. Students under 13 years of age will need to have this form approved and submitted to us: in order to access email and participate in the required attendance and schoolwork activities. 

The learning platform:

• All lessons are taught through an online platform called Edgenuity. Your Advisory Teacher will go into more detail about this platform in the Orientation.

Attendance:

• Beginning in the 23/24 School year there is a state mandated 2 factor attendance policy for online schools. This means students are required to do 2 points of contact in order to be counted as present.

  • The first point of contact:  is to either attend the daily advisory meeting online or if a student cannot attend, they will need to answer a Google Form question(s) –which will be provided by the advisory teacher.

  • The second point of contact is working on their classes for a minimum of 1 hour per day. 

General Information about our Program:

• The core classes are Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science. We also offer a 5^th class each trimester that is either Social Emotional Learning, Health, or an elective. 
• Every Thursday there is an Advisory Class required to attend.
  • Please note: District wide information is communicated during these meetings. 
• Your Advisory teacher will connect with students/family via Zoom for regular check in meetings.
• Online Tutors are also available. 
• Students who are English language learners attend live virtual sessions with the CVA ELD teacher to receive ELD services. 
• SPED students have live virtual sessions with CVA’s Learning Specialist.  
• Students who are English language learners have the choice to attend CMS (space is limited) or to attend live virtual sessions with the CVA ELD teacher to receive ELD services. 
• Students have the option to be Dual Enrolled: 
  • Both School’s Academic counselors and Advisory Teachers will work with you to come up with a schedule that makes sense.
  • Students can attend CMS for Band and Choir (held on A and B days), only up to 7th period.  
  • If you decide to do Dual Enrollment – Bus transportation may not be available to you that fits your students schedule. Plan to do your own transportation.
• Students can attend community events at CMS or OMS.
  •  This option does not require dual enrollment.
• Students can participate in sports at CMS or OMS.
  • This option does not require dual enrollment.

Our Enrollment Process: 

• If your student is not currently in our district -whether they have previously been with CSD or not go to the online registration system:   Centennial Online Registration Page
• If your student is currently at another Centennial school, please contact the school counselor of that school to initiate the process. 
• Once CVA receives the request for enrollment - it can take up to 3-4 days to get the enrollment done. 
• The Advisory Teacher will reach out to schedule an Orientation. 
• Once the orientation is complete student can begin classes.  The entire process can take up to 7 days.