Canvas + Skyward

Canvas login

Skyward login

To reset your Skyward login:

  • Go to Skyward and click Forgot your Login/Password
  • Click I’m not a robot (select Captcha pictures if they pop up)
  • Enter your email address: YourStudentID@student.vansd.org
  • Open your email (link below)
  • In the email, note where it says your username then click the link
  • Type in your desired password twice
  • Go to Skyward (app or website) and use your login–the username from that email and the password you just created

Links of Interest

VSAA Newsletter
This week’s schedule
Lunch menu
VSAA Facebook page
Student handbook

VSAA applications open January 6-25

VSAA applications are open between January 6-January 25th, for the upcoming 2021-22 school year! Students that are in grades 5 and up are invited to apply. For more information on the application process as well as a list of important dates, visit our Application page, or find out more about [...]

VSAA Graduation, June 10th

Vancouver Public Schools has released graduation dates for all high schools--VSAA's graduation will be held on June 10, 2021 at 8 PM! The location has not yet been determined, but will be based on the COVID-19 restrictions in place at the time.

Financial Aid Calculator

Many undergraduate students can cover some or all their college costs with the Washington College Grant (WCG) and Federal Pell Grant (Pell). To get an estimate, you'll need to enter information about your family size and income. You can optionally enter the estimated family contribution (EFC) from a current, completed [...]

New VSAA Career Center hub

We now have a Career Center hub to provide students with information about internships, college searches, financial aid, and more! It provides dates of upcoming college visits/career fairs and more, information about FAFSA, a career-oriented VPS newsfeed, and the ability to request an appointment with the VSAA Career Counselor. Visit [...]

Graduation Pathway Options

Students in WA state now have more options to meet graduation requirements. Starting with the Class of 2020, students now have several pathway options to meet the graduation requirement (opposed to the prior testing requirement). This allows students greater flexibility and more options to explore career pathways. One of those [...]

Credit for Work Experience

If you are 16 years old or older and working, you may be eligible to earn CTE credit for your paid job experience. Students must be enrolled in a qualifying CTE course or have taken a related CTE course to earn credit for work experience.  For example, if you are [...]

Chromebooks!

Here are some handy tips:

Hold down Ctrl-Alt and click ? — that brings up a list of all keyboard shortcuts

Hold down Ctrl and click Switcher (that’s the key above 6) — that will take a screenshot and save it to your Downloads folder

To take a screenshot of a certain area, hold down Ctrl-Shift and click Switcher and select the area you want to screenshot

Please note it’s very important to save all files into Google Drive, not onto your device. When your device needs to be repaired you will lose any files stored on the device, but your Google Drive files will still be there for you. It’s also easier to find your files on Google Drive and you can open them from other computers in case you need to print. If you want to change your Downloads folder to automatically point to a folder in Google Drive, here’s how: from Chrome click the three dots in the upper right and choose Settings. Click Advanced at left, then scroll down to Downloads. Click Change, choose Google Drive, click New Folder, name it (perhaps Downloads is a good name) and hit Open.

Do you like audio books? If you have a library card with Fort Vancouver Regional Library, you can check out audio books for free and listen to them on your Chromebook. Visit libbyapp.com and have your library card number ready.

It’s a good idea to create a pattern for charging your device so that you won’t forget. A good idea is to plug it in before going to bed, preferably near your backpack, jacket, or whatever else you’ll definitely bring to school the next day so you won’t forget to bring it.

If you need help with your device, after logging into Clever you’ll see a blue Student Tech Help icon. Click that to send an email to student help desk. You can also bring your device to the library for repair, which is typically done within 1-2 class periods, or if you need help.