The following is an explanation of our various term.

The Full Year program was designed with an essential balance between academics and athletics. In the fall term, students are highly focused on academic work and attend classes on Saturdays to prepare for the winter months. Students attending in the fall trimester get in optimum physical shape from a sport specific dryland training program plus the benefits of playing a team sport: mountain biking, soccer or skateboard team. The close, family-like atmosphere created in the fall encourages lasting relationships between students and faculty. 

Students who attend CVA for the full year can rely on the academy’s college counseling services. Seniors who are at CVA for a shorter term will need to rely upon their home school guidance counselor for those services and arrive at CVA with their applications completed.

Our Winter Term program begins in at the end of November and ends in early April  This program is specifically for 8th grade students, but CVA accepts applications from 9th-12th grade students who have a B average and have compelling reasons to participate in the shortened program.  For the winter term, students are considered to be full-time CVA students and they participate in our program, which means they transfer into and are fully immersed in our academic and athletic curriculum.  While students are here, CVA teachers are responsible for the course content, grades, and exams.  Home schools award credit based on successful completion of course requirements.

The Fall/Winter term students arrive at CVA in September and stay until early April. The Winter/Spring students arrive in November and stay until June. These students are considered to be full-time CVA students and they participate in our program, which means they transfer into our academic and athletic curriculum.  While students are here, CVA teachers are responsible for the course content, grades, and exams.  Home schools award credit based on successful completion of course requirements for those students who arrive at CVA in September and return to their home schools in early April. CVA awards credit based on successful completion of course requirements for those students who arrive at CVA in November and stay until June.