Families

Find all your course guides, handbooks, student resources and forms below.

Prospective Parent

Prospective Parent

On behalf of every staff member, welcome to Virginia Beach City Public Schools – a school division focused on ensuring every student masters the skills they need to succeed as 21st century future ready learners, workers, and citizens.

Want to Know What School Your Child Will Attend?

If you are new to the area, the School Locator/Map Center can help you find your assigned elementary, middle or high school.

Type in a street address to locate a school
View street index listings by school
View maps indicating school attendance zones
View a map of all schools

How to Register Your Child

Kindergarten Information

General Resources

Forms and Handbooks

Other Information

Parent Canvas Support

Canvas is a Learning Management System, which is an online space for teachers to create, organize, deliver, and manage their courses. The platform also supports student-to-student and student-to-teacher communication and collaboration. Parents and guardians have the ability to access much of which is included in their children’s Canvas courses.

Below, parents and guardians will find resources to help access, navigate, and understand their access within Canvas. Please select the links below to view additional information and tips for each topic.

NOTE: While Canvas includes a grade book, it is not the official or complete VBCPS grade book. Instead, the grade book of record is available via the Grade Book tab in Parent Portal and ParentVue.

Access Canvas

Parents and guardians who have a Parent Portal / ParentVUE account connected to one or more VBCPS students are provided access to Canvas through Parent Portal or ParentVUE. Please follow the instructions linked below to log in to Canvas as a parent or guardian of a VBCPS student.

NOTE: While there is a Canvas Parent app, we recommend that families access Canvas through a browser instead of through the Parent app, as the experience through the browser is more robust.

Access Canvas Through a Browser

Navigate Canvas

The Global Navigation Menu is located on the left side of every page in Canvas. Global Navigation links provide quick access to frequently used Canvas features. These links provide access to all your observed courses collectively. Default links include User Account, Dashboard, Courses, Calendar, Inbox, and the Help menu. For more details, click the link below.

How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an observer?

Change Your Language Preference

English is Canvas' language default, but you can choose to view the Canvas interface in another language.

Note: Instructors have the option to change the language preference for their courses. If your child is enrolled in a course where the instructor has made this change (most often for a foreign language course), the course language will override the language in your user settings.

How do I change the language preference in my Canvas account?

Manage Notifications

You can receive Canvas notifications for the courses you are observing. Notifications are sent to Canvas contact methods listed in your account User Settings. Canvas includes a set of default notification settings; however, you can change the default settings by setting your own notification settings.

Navigate Courses

Communicate with Teachers

Student View

Additional Resources

Parents/Guardians Forms

Forms

Resources

ParentVUE/Parent Portal

What is VBCPS Parent Portal?

Parent and guardian access to important current school year information for your child’s progress available from any computer connected to the Internet – 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Login to the Parent Portal

Types of School Information available in the Parent Portal:

Grades
Attendance records
Student assignments
Missing assignments
Notes from your child's teacher about assignments
Historic academic and enrollment dating back to the 2004-2005 school year

STUDENT NAMES AND NICKNAMES IN RELATION TO THE APPROVED CHANGES RELATING TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S MODEL POLICIES:

Parents are able to request a change to a student’s nickname in ParentVUE (PVUE). School staff will review the requested changes and respond to the requests. Schools should use inhouse procedures for notifying the parent of the decision. If reviewing and responding to requests, any updated data will be entered in the Student Information System (SIS) and will be visible in PVUE. If a change request cannot be processed, data will remain the same and school staff will contact the parent(s).

1. Open ParentVUE through the website or mobile app.

2. Sign-in to your account then select “Student Info”.

3. Next, you will select “Edit Information”.

4. In “Provide Changes to Student Information” window, type “Nick Name” in Changed Value column. NOTE: No other data may be edited at this time.

5. Select “Save Changes”.

Please contact your student’s home school if you have any questions or need help accessing information in ParentVUE.

Need help or have a comment or suggestion?

Please contact 757.263.1111 between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday (except holidays) or click here to create a support case.

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