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 Fall 2025 Information

• Registration
  • VPW registration is completed through your PWCS Student QuickPay account. See instructions below on how to create and/or access your SQP Rycor account.  In addition, there are instructions on how to complete a VPW course registration.
  • Our fall registration will open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2025 through Friday, August 1, 2025.
  • Once our registration closes, student course requests will go through an approval process from the student's school counselor and VPW administration.
  • Enrollment emails will come out the week of August 18th.
• VPW Fall General Information
  • Our fall term will be from September 2, 2025 - January 16, 2026.
  • Students are completing a full credit course in 18 academic 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 fall term. 
  • Students may take up to two VPW courses, but they cannot exceed nine total courses for the academic year including their main school schedule.
  • On average students spend about 4-6 hours per week in order to complete their course during the fall term.
  • There are no daily live lessons to attend, but instructors do offer daily office hours for assistance.
• Fall Instructions for Student QuickPay and VPW fall registration
  • Rycor/Student QuickPay instructions
  • How to register for a VPW 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.