How can technology make Charlottesville residents healthier, better informed and more involved in local government? Nine Albemarle High School students were given 90 minutes to answer that question at HackCville’s inaugural civic engagement design challenge. HackCville, a student-run entrepreneurship accelerator and technology skills school at the University of Virginia, hosted Wednesday’s design challenge for the […]
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Presidential election a teachable moment for area educators
As the 2016 election cycle has produced historic levels of partisan animosity between voters, intense focus on individual candidates and an at-times deeply personal struggle between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, some Albemarle County and Charlottesville government teachers have had to change how they teach the election. At Albemarle High School, where students […]
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Albemarle school board brainstorms high school of the future
The Albemarle County School Board wrestled Thursday night with how its high schools will embrace student-directed and experiential learning while adequately assessing knowledge and producing credits that colleges will accept. The discussion comes as school officials are looking to increase high school capacity, either with an addition to Albemarle High School or with an entirely […]
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Divided Planning Commission recommends approval of AHS cell tower
A torn Albemarle County Planning Commission voted Tuesday night, 3-2, to recommend approval of a 125-foot wireless tower that will be worth more than $50,000 to the county schools. Commissioners Pam Riley and Bruce Dotson did not attend the meeting. The wireless facility, which will sit between the baseball diamond and the football field on […]
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County students get new lease on school with summer entrepreneurship program
Autum Woodson has always had trouble staying focused in the plastic seat of a one-piece classroom desk. Woodson, a rising 10th-grader at Monticello High School, said the desks are uncomfortable, and she constantly finds herself fidgeting and getting distracted. This summer, through a grant-funded entrepreneurship program at Albemarle High School, Woodson got the opportunity to […]
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AHS students, teachers learning together in first year of Team 19 project
When English teacher Joe Frankfurth gets to his classroom at Albemarle High School each morning, more often than not, there is a line of students waiting for him to unlock the door. The students are part of Team 19, a pilot program in project-based learning for ninth-graders who previously struggled in traditional classroom settings. “They […]
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Proposed Albemarle development to offer sites for two new schools
Albemarle County soon could gain two school sites as part of a land rezoning to accommodate a 300-acre development at the corner of U.S. 29 and Polo Grounds Road. Riverbend Development has offered a seven-acre elementary school site within the proposed 800- to 1,500-unit Brookhill development, and a 61-acre high school site on the other […]
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AHS students first high schoolers accepted to Darden i.Lab
Rheisen Dennis has had an enterprising streak since he was little boy. As a 5-year-old, Dennis drew a picture on a paper restaurant placemat, then drew a dollar sign next to it, his father, Jameel, said. The boy told his parents he intended to sell the piece. The elder Dennis secretly gave their waiter a […]
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Bill Daly, Albemarle High School
Bill Daly, Albemarle High School Where were you born (and raised, if different)? I was born on Long Island and grew up in Smithtown, NY. When and why did you move to the Charlottesville/Albemarle area? I initially came to Charlottesville to study engineering at UVA. I left UVA after 2 years however I fell in […]
