About Us

What is the Virtual Academy?

The State College Virtual Academy is the State College Area School District's comprehensive cyber school option.

For the coming 20/21 school year this program will serve K through 12th grade. Details will be forthcoming. The Virtual Academy provides your student with all the benefits and opportunities of being a member of the State College Area School District and the flexibility to create a learning schedule that meets their needs.

Benefits of SCASD Virtual Academy

Courses are facilitated by a SCASD teacher to provide feedback and answer questions as your student works through courses at their own pace and at a time and place that suits them.

All Academy students graduate with their class and receive a State College diploma. As members of the student body they have access to:

clubs

sports

dances

libraries

zero period tutoring & VIPs

Math Center help

District News

Partnership with Schlow Centre Region Library

After months of preparation, SCASD and Schlow are launching the All Ready Access Program, an initiative spurred by the pandemic and aimed at increasing digital equity. Under the program, all of the district’s nearly 7,000 students will have a district-sponsored library card and online account.

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First Week of School 2020-2021

Every district school has various modifications added this summer to protect students, faculty and staff in accordance with the district’s detailed health and safety plan. Reports from across the district indicated a successful first week.

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Penny Games Raise Money for Cancer

PFMS students Harper House, Sarah Luan, Isabelle McSweeney, Sienna Sullivan and Margo Wyckoff raised $2,926.21 for ACS from a penny games campaign held this spring before schools closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Remote Learning Plan and COVID-19 Information

Please visit our website for the latest information related to the State College Area School District closure including our remote learning plan and free meals distribution.

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Worm Research Brings Grand Prizes

For her investigation into the effects of different light sources on the regenerative properties of worms, Sydney Assalita took first place awards at the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science and the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

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