There are a variety of school choice options available for many of the 1.9 million children living in Virginia. Families in Virginia can choose from traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online academies, and homeschooling.
If you’re a parent looking for school choice options for your child head to our Virginia State Guide.
National School Choice Week (NSCW) informs, inspires, and empowers parents to discover the K-12 education options available for their children, including traditional public, charter, magnet, online, private, and home schooling.
Every January, tens of thousands of schools, organizations, and individuals plan unique events and activities to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options in their communities.
In 2024, we are partnering with 401 schools and organizations in Virginia to raise awareness of K-12 education options.
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Events
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| Date | City | Name | Event Description |
| Jan 21 | Virginia Beach | Tabernacle Baptist Academy | Tabernacle Baptist Academy will celebrate school choice by having our student write notes for families. TBA will have all the students in the chapel wear their scarfs and wristbands. We will take a group photo at the end or chapel and post it on social media. |
| Jan 22 | Hillsboro | Hillsboro Charter Academy | Hillsboro Charter Academy will be celebrating with a “School Choice/Great Kindness Challenge” spirit week. There will be tons of fun activities such as a kickoff assembly and social media posts. We also will have an E3 event where our parents come to the classrooms to help our scholars create a class project that will be sold at our annual school auction which raises money for our public charter school. We will be celebrating during the week of 1/22/2024. |
| Jan 22 | Lynchburg | Liberty Christian Academy | Liberty Christian Academy will be celebrating School Choice Week with dress-up days, interviews with parents during the day, chapel, and a slideshow presentation. |
| Jan 22 | Fredericksburg | Little Rubies Daycare | Little Rubies Daycare events will include a parents information day, a neighborhood awareness walk, and learning with the scarves. |
| Jan 22 | Arlington | Montessori Public School of Arlington | Montessori Public School of Arlington will celebrate School Choice Week with a spirit week, with daily activities and outfit requests (e.g. “School Spirit Day”). We’ll take pictures and post on our social media platforms. |
| Jan 22 | Winchester | Mountain View Christian Academy | Mountain View Christian Academy will be celebrating National School Choice Week with a spirit week full of fun activites. We will have an assembly, information sessions, and much more. |
| Jan 22 | Richmond | Richmond High School for the Arts | Richmond High School For The Arts will have many activities to celebrate the week. Some exampes are arts and crafts, and assembly, information session, and open house. |
| Jan 22 | Stanley | Stanley Seventh-Day Adventist School | Stanley SDA School will be hosting a week-long photo-with-a-scarf event, where students will try to accumulate the most photos with a school choice scarf in two categories–most pictures taken with different individuals, and/or most photos taken in different locations throughout Page County. |
| Jan 22 | Virginia Beach | Steppin Stones Academy and Preschool | Steppin Stones will be celebrating school choice with a spirit week. Each day we will be dressing in a different color. Let your spirit shine through. |
| Jan 22 | Richmond | Virginia Virtual Academy | Virginia Virtual Academy will be celebrating school choice week with a spirit week that will include a fun dress up activity each day and a poster decorating contest. |
| Jan 23 | Danville | Sacred Heart Catholic School – Danville | Sacred Heart Catholic School will host a pep rally on Tuesday, January 23 to celebrate our school and our students! |
| Jan 24 | Victoria | Victoria Elementary School | Victoria Elementary is celebrating School Choice Week by highlighting and displaying student work, awards and achievements around our school for visitors to see on display and hear shared by students. We love our PANTHERS! |
| Jan 26 | Richmond | Maymont Preschool | Maymont Preschool will celebrate School Choice Week with a Family Math & Literacy Night event for our students and their parents on January 26th |
| Jan 29 | Virginia Beach | St John the Apostle Catholic School – Middle | St. John the Apostle Catholic School will be celebrating Catholic School’s Week and school choice with activities and a theme each day. We will end the week with the school choice dance and an 8th grade versus teachers volleyball game. |
| Jan 30 | Pilgrims Knob | Sandy River Middle School | Sandy River Middle School will celebrate school choice with student notes for families. |
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