About Virtual Prince William

Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) is a pioneer in online learning through our Virtual Prince William (VPW) program. VPW provides a world-class online learning experience, with accelerated courses taught by highly-skilled and certified PWCS teachers. Virtual Prince William offers students the opportunity to take courses online for the completion of graduation requirements, to recover credits, and to balance academic and extracurricular opportunities. These courses are delivered via Canvas, PWCS’ learning management system, and coursework is completed outside school hours. Students and teachers communicate within the learning management system and via PWCS Office 365 email accounts. VPW courses are NCAA approved as nontraditional courses.

VPW courses are fully asynchronous (self-guided). Students are expected to be able to work independently and collaborate with their teachers and peers.   Asynchronous instruction is designed for students to complete course work independently at a designated pace. While students have some flexibility to choose when they complete asynchronous tasks, they must adhere to course pacing, schedule, due dates, and deadlines.

Courses offered in any given school year are dependent on student enrollment and the availability of qualified and appropriately endorsed instructional staff. View VPW course offerings and schedule.

VPW Summer 2025 Information

• Registration
  • VPW registration is completed through your PWCS Student QuickPay account. See instructions below.
  • Our summer registration will open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, February 10, 2025 through Friday, April 25, 2025.
  • Seats are limited and vary per course.
  • Seats are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and it is typical for a course to become full with a waitlist.
• Cost
  • VPW summer courses are $375 per course.
  • Students looking to take Health & PE 10 (HPE 2) will pay an additonal $50 fee for Driver Education.
  • VPW does not offer scholarships or free tuition for students.
  • VPW does offer a discount price of $150 per course for students who qualify for free and reduced lunch. A promo code is needed during registration. Contact VPW admin at [email protected] regarding the promo code.
  • Full payment is due at time of registration. We do not offer partial payment or payment plans.
• VPW Summer General Information
  • Our summer term will be from June 16, 2025 - July 25, 2025 (6 weeks).
  • Students are completing a full credit course in 6 weeks.
  • Students must be eligible for their course request by satisfying the pre-req for the course. Students are not permitted to take sequential courses at the same time. For example; Spanish 2 and Spanish 3.
  • Students must be able to maintain internet and computer access throughout the summer term. We do understand that students travel, summer jobs, camps, etc. Please take all summer plans into consideration prior to registering. If maintaining computer and internet access is questionable, we recommend registering during a future VPW term.
  • Students may take up to two summer VPW courses, but we highly only recommend one due to the quick pace of the summer term.
  • On average students spend about 4-6 hours per day in order to complete their course during the summer term.
  • There are no daily live lessons to attend, but instructors do offer daily office hours for assistance.
• Summer Instructions for Student QuickPay and VPW summer registration
  • Rycor/Student QuickPay instructions
  • How to register for a VPW summer course instructions

Registration does not guarantee enrollment into the course. Each course has a certain number of available seats and may become full. A course may be canceled due to low enrollment. In addition, students need to be eligible to take their course request. For example, a student who has not successfully completed English 10 yet cannot take English 11.