FLVS & Palm Beach Virtual

JHS Students are free to take any online course through Florida Virtual School OR Palm Beach Virtual that they choose, as long as the requested course is NOT on their current year's schedule.

Important details to note:

ALL virtual courses are taken through the Florida Virtual School platform.  

Students request the course through the FLVS FLEX system and choose Palm Beach Virtual School  OR Florida Virtual School when asked where to take the course. 

Differences in the two:

1.  FLVS courses are available year round.  PBVS are only available during the actual calendar year - August - May.  If a student intends to work on the online course throughout the summer, FLVS should be chosen as the preferred school.  PBVS teachers do not work through the summer.

2.  PBVS teachers put a student's completed course and grade directly into SIS rather than working through the JHS school counselor.

3.  PBVS teachers are from Palm Beach County and can sometimes offer more flexibility with circumstantial challenges.  FLVS teachers are from all over the state of FL and even out of the state of FL.

Directions for Creating an Account on FLVS and Requesting a Course: