Family Support

PA Virtual works tirelessly to ensure your child reaches his or her full academic and social potential. We deliver support to each student and family while providing important resources to guide you through every level of your child’s academic journey.

Our award-winning Pupil Services Department:

• Engages families in the school community from enrollment to graduation
• Offers school-wide field trips and service learning opportunities
• Provide intervention solutions to engage students in their coursework
• Offer enrichment through student clubs and activities

If you're wondering how PA Virtual supports families, keep reading for detailed information on our helpful Pennsylvania cyber school support services.

Parental involvement is at the core of PA Virtual. Our school is designed to support parents as Learning Coaches for their children. 

We enhance our parents' knowledge and education by providing:

• Weekly online Parent Lunch and Learn sessions 
• Parent certificate programs
• Parent mentor program
• Resources, tips, and tricks

We encourage engagement in our school by offering opportunities for:

• Parents to volunteer
• Parents to join school committees and focus groups
• Parents to connect with other parents in the school and local community

The parents at our PA cyber school are vital contributors to school innovation and excellence.

• Capture and monitor all aspects of daily attendance in accordance with Pennsylvania Department of Education regulations
• Assist parents and students with using school technology
• Ensure parents and students have all technology and/or curriculum supplies
• Provide daily support to parents and students for all non-academic concerns
• Remain with their families throughout their time at PA Virtual, allowing the relationship between family and FSC to continue and develop over the years!

Our Pupil Health Department strives to ensure that our students are compliant with their grade mandated health forms and immunizations. They travel across the state to perform free health screenings for our students.

Our Pupil Health team consists of nurses and administrative staff. We have two certified school nurses. We also have an immunization nurse, a school doctor, school dentist, a coordinator, and a project manager. The department aligns itself with the PA Department of Health belief that:

“Children must be healthy to be educated and educated to be healthy.”

The Student Assistance Program (SAP) is one of the available supports Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School provides to students. SAP is designed to assist school personnel in identifying student needs such as mental health issues, alcohol, tobacco, or other drug use, which may pose barriers to a student’s success. The primary goal of SAP is to link students with the help they need in order to overcome barriers so that they can remain in school, succeed academically, and work towards graduation and post-secondary success.