AVEL is a statewide North Carolina career-exploration initiative that uses competitive technology and curriculum to reach students. Competitive scholastic esports gets students engaged; AVEL turns that engagement into career awareness, skill development, and a clearer understanding of what comes next.
One registration. One school portal.
The primary advisor registers the school once. Everything else for the season follows from there.
Submit school, district, advisor, and season information.
After AVEL approval, set your password and sign into your school-connected advisor portal.
Share your school's unique AVEL registration link with participating students.
Review your members, verify required documentation, and certify the final roster.
Built for school programs
Your advisor portal becomes the home base for your school's AVEL season.
Fall 2026 Competition
Students receive one AVEL Member ID and can participate in more than one competition when eligible.
Built In: ActivateXP
Every AVEL student also gets ActivateXP, where what they do around the game turns into documented career-readiness evidence your program can report on.
Student Safety
AVEL uses Discord for league communication and competition coordination with role-gated access, active moderation, and defined safety procedures. Students do not enter an unrestricted league community.
When a participant enters the AVEL Discord server, they do not immediately receive access to league channels. Students first enter a restricted verification area. Appropriate roles are assigned before access to AVEL league spaces is opened.
AVEL moderators help oversee league spaces, reinforce community expectations, and respond when inappropriate behavior, content, or misuse of AVEL-managed channels is reported or observed.
Discord permissions are organized by role so participants receive access to the spaces appropriate for their participation. Advisor and adult-only areas remain separate from student-accessible league spaces.
Students register through a school-specific AVEL registration pathway and appear on that school's roster. Advisors can review participation, manage members, verify required documentation, and certify eligible students before competition.
AVEL maintains procedures for addressing harassment, threats, inappropriate content, misconduct, or other safety concerns within AVEL-managed league spaces. Student-related concerns can be escalated to the appropriate school advisor or school leadership when needed.
AVEL's league controls are intended to complement the supervision, acceptable-use requirements, technology policies, eligibility standards, and student-safety procedures already established by participating schools and districts.
From Signup to Competition
Every participating school receives its own student registration link. State, district, school, and season are already connected so students only enter the information AVEL actually needs.
Fully Funded This Season
This season is fully funded, including AVEL esports and ActivateXP career exploration. There is nothing to pay to join. Middle and high schools are welcome.
Students don't need to be on an esports team to use ActivateXP, so it works for your whole class, club, or CTE program.
Fall 2026 School Registration
Submit your school and primary advisor information. AVEL will review the registration, confirm the permanent school record, and send approved advisors account setup instructions.
This creates the school registration request for AVEL review. Account activation is handled after approval. There is no cost to participate this season.
Fall 2026 registration is currently configured for North Carolina schools. Use the advisor's school or work email address.
