Summer FAQs

Registration for the summer VLA term will begin after the course selection process for next year has concluded. This is usually sometime after spring break. This process will be similar in that you will be able to log into family access in Skyward and request your summer VLA courses. Nearly all VLA courses are offered during the summer session, except for AP US History.

Generally, registration opens after Spring Break.  Look for the VLA alerts in your student's LISD Gmail account and the Skyward Messenger system.

For course fee information, please review our fees page.

Daily in-person attendance is not required. However, students may be required to come in-person for the midterm and final exams. The teacher will provide the dates for the exams.

No, all courses have deadlines for assignments, projects, and tests/quizzes. While these are not self-paced classes, students do have a lot of flexibility in time of day and days of the week they must work on their courses. Students may work ahead of the pacing guide, but extensions are not available past the last day of summer school. These courses count toward GPA calculations according to school and district policy.

Lewisville ISD instructors teach all courses authored and provided by the Virtual Learning Academy. Lewisville online teachers are highly qualified and certified by TEA in the subjects they are teaching. In addition to holding subject-area certifications, Lewisville online teachers have earned their online teacher certification through an approved TXVSN professional learning provider and remain current through continued professional development.

Generally, we recommend a limit of 2 courses in the summer session.  Due to the compression of instructional time, the student will be expected to work approximately 2-3 hours a day per course. There are no extensions available to finish work after the last day of classes in July. 

It is recommended that students spend 2–3 hours per day, Monday through Friday, per half credit to complete the course work within the condensed summer session.

For a list of courses available to high school students, please click here.

All courses at VLA are high school level courses. For a list of courses available to  middle school students, please click here.

Yes. VLA also has access to all the courses offered through the Texas Virtual School Network. Classes offered through TXVSN will vary from year to year depending on what other districts are offering. You may view current TXVSN offerings at https://catalog.mytxvsn.org/. Any LISD high school student may also select classes from the TXVSN catalog. Contact the VLA office at 972-350-1870 or virtuallearning@lisd.net for more information.

No, VLA courses are authorized through the Texas Virtual School Network and attendance is set at 100% present upon successful completion of the course. However, the courses are NOT self-paced. Students are provided with a pacing guide with assignment due dates. Successful completion of the course is defined as a final course grade of 70 or higher. You cannot successfully pass a course at the last minute and there is no possibility to extend deadlines beyond the final day of summer school. 

High School Students: Yes and the grades will also be on your HS transcript.

Middle School Students: Courses do not apply to GPA or class rank.

During VLA Summer Learning, Canvas serves as our official gradebook. Parents are encouraged to become Canvas Observers to monitor student progress.  See this link for instructions on how to create your Observer role.