Acceleration Courses - Summer Options

Online Economics & Personal Finance (EPF) through Longwood University -

Who: Rising 9-12th grade students

(For rising 9th-12th graders, who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and have completed at least the level of Algebra I.)

Summer Session June 22 – July 25, 2026

*This dual-enrollment course is completely online and students may work ahead, however must complete all assignments by posted deadlines.

Registration: will open mid-March and will close on June 5th, 2026

Summer 2026 Longwood Dual Enrollment Flyer

Tuition: $50 for HCPS students

Register at: https://www.longwood.edu/personalfinance/ 

Contact: cfr@longwood.edu (p) 434.395.2546

Optional Textbook - “Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth” 6th-8th edition, Arthur Keown

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Online Acceleration courses through Virtual Virginia -

Link to Informational Flyer

 Summer Cohort 1 -

• Registration Window: January 5—June 3, 2026

• Instruction: June 2—July 10, 2026

 Summer Cohort 2 -

• Registration Window: January 5—June 17, 2026

• Instruction: June 16—July 24, 2026

Enrollment Fee: $375 per person, per course. 

Enrollment fees must be paid at the time of course registration and must be made using a Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card.  If a student’s summer session enrollment fee is not paid within two calendar days of enrollment, the student may be withdrawn from the course(s) by Virtual Virginia and must be enrolled again.  If a student's Summer Session enrollment fee is not paid by noon on the individual cohort payment deadline, the student will be administratively withdrawn from the course (s) by Virtual Virginia. 

Apply Here: QMS Virtual Virginia Sign-Up Link 

After you sign up, our school’s Registrar, Ann Maramba, will register your student for Virtual Virginia.

Enrollment Information:

Who: Self-motivated and task-driven students in rising 8th grade who are driven to spend 4-6 hours per day working online may register to take one of the following courses for acceleration (offered during summer cohort 2):

• Spanish I*

• French I* 

Self-motivated and task-driven students in rising 9th grade who have met prerequisites and are driven to spend 4-6 hours per day working online may register to take one of the following courses for acceleration:

Summer Cohort I :

• Algebra I

• Geometry

• Algebra II

• Earth Science

• Biology I

• Economics & Personal Finance (EPF)

• Health & PE 9 (not driver's education) - (this is not an NCAA-approved course)

Summer Cohort 2:

• Algebra I

• Geometry

• Algebra II

• Earth Science I

• Biology I

• World History and Geography I

• Spanish I, II or III

• French I, II, or III

• Economics & Personal Finance (EPF)

• Health/PE 9 - (this is not an NCAA-approved course)

*Any courses not listed above will need approval by Content Specialists prior to enrollment.