Thirteen local high school students recently participated in the third annual Bio-Med Tech-Girls at the University of Virginia, a weeklong program that offers hands-on exposure to biomedical engineering for teenage girls. The program was started three years ago by Kim Wilkens, a teacher at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, and David Chen, a professor in UVa’s Department […]
Charlottesville City Council has voted to allocate $480,000 from the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville. The investment will support the purchase of 16 lots in mixed-income neighborhoods. In July 2015, Habitat requested $450,000 to support their then-new Project 20 initiative to build 20 affordable homes per year, but council […]
Up to 70 at-risk 4-year-olds will be placed in private preschool programs in the next two years thanks to a $250,000 preschool grant recently awarded by the state to the United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area. Grant funds also will support quality improvement programs for the partnered private preschools. The so-called mixed-delivery model means both public and […]
The All God’s Children Child Development Center is gearing up to open in late August, filling a gap in child care services in the Scottsville area. Located on the newly renovated first floor of Christ Church Glendower, the center will serve families in southern Albemarle, as well as Buckingham, Fluvanna and Nelson counties. All God’s […]
Residents of Charlottesville and Albemarle County voiced concerns about the visual impact of Dominion Virginia Power’s Cunningham-Dooms 500kV transmission line rebuild at two public hearings held Monday by the State Corporation Commission. The majority of people who spoke in opposition to the proposed rebuild took the greatest issue with the materials Dominion wants to use, […]
In the front room of Computers4Kids, teenagers sit at ultra-modern Mac computers, exploring coding and learning to use SketchUp 3D modeling software. In the next part of the building, called the Clubhouse, students work on music production and create mixed-media portraits using both computers and traditional art materials. The buzz of activity is part of […]
Members of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors are continuing to question the design of Dominion Power’s Cunningham-Dooms 500kV transmission line upgrade in the western part of the county. Stephanie Harrington, Dominion’s Transmission Projects Communication Manager, presented a brief update on the plan at the board’s regular meeting Wednesday. Speaking on one of the most […]
The United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area has formalized a collaborative effort with local early-childhood service providers and the Charlottesville and Albemarle County school divisions to track children’s outcomes through high school. The ongoing project will help the United Way assess which services have the greatest impact on at-risk children. The data gathered by the so-called Outcome […]
It’s hard to believe Martha Wood is retired. For the past 23 years, after 34 years as a classroom teacher, Wood, of Charlottesville, has remained a major figure in the Virginia Education Association and National Education Association, leading the resurgence of the VEA-Retired, recruiting for the organization and fiercely advocating for public education. For her […]
A group of high school students stands poised around an elaborately constructed slide, preparing to test a small gliding vehicle they have made completely out of garbage. They release the vehicle, which carries an open container of water, and cheer as it successfully reaches the bottom of the slide without spilling a drop. This activity, […]
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