The Albemarle County Planning Commission on Tuesday cleared the way for the county school division to open a high school student center in the Seminole Place industrial facility. In December, the Albemarle County School Board voted to pursue the phased construction of satellite centers to expand the county’s high school enrollment capacity. Students would go […]
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Tom Tom panel contemplates future of education, workforce development
How should schools and colleges prepare students for their careers when technology— and jobs associated with it— can become obsolete in the span of a few years? At the Tom Tom Founders Festival on Thursday, leaders of education nonprofits in three different states discussed ways to teach “skills that matter” regardless of how the economy […]
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CATEC board rules out relocation to PVCC
The future of the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center will not include a new home at Piedmont Virginia Community College. “Sometimes the grass is not greener on the other side,” said Juandiego Wade, chairman of both the CATEC board and the Charlottesville School Board. “But we will make the changes that we need to […]
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CATEC board commits to further discussion of relocating to PVCC
The idea of relocating the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center to the campus of Piedmont Virginia Community College has been discussed off and on for the past few years. The CATEC Center Board decided Tuesday to initiate further, more in-depth conversations to determine once and for all whether the relocation should and could be carried […]
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At Murray High graduation, students’ resilience takes center stage
Albemarle County Public Schools superintendent Pam Moran has attended many high school graduation ceremonies in her 11 years on the job. She said that Murray High School’s never fails to inspire. “Murray is unique,” Moran said at the school’s graduation on Thursday. “There is nothing that captures my attention more than the passion that young […]
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Friendship Court planning early childhood, workforce development programs
The Piedmont Housing Alliance is making plans to bring early childhood services and job training programs to Friendship Court, both during and after its redevelopment. “This is not just about improving physical buildings,” said Claudette Grant, community organizer for Friendship Court. “It’s about giving people a variety of opportunities that will add value to this […]
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Cybercamp introduces CHS students to cybersecurity careers
Charlottesville High School recently ran a cybercamp to expose students to computer science and cybersecurity. Seventeen students participated in the free two-and-a-half week program, which included hands-on technology projects and field trips. The camp was funded by a Virginia Department of Education grant. According to an education department news release, “The goal of the programs […]
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Charlottesville startup DreamPower brings internship, energy efficiency efforts to CATEC
Local energy startup DreamPower is working with the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center to offer students hands-on internship experience and decrease the school’s energy use. Founded by Alexander Bazhinov, a student at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, DreamPower assesses a customer’s energy use and installs new, more-efficient appliances, such as LED lights […]
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CATEC to offer computer network certifications
Next school year, the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center will roll out two new academies to launch the school’s recent strategic planning efforts. On Tuesday, CATEC officials announced during a joint meeting between the Charlottesville School Board, the Albemarle County School Board and the CATEC Board a potential partnership that could see students obtain a […]
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CATEC Foundation readies to make gifts
In March, the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center Foundation board received a $500,000 gift from an anonymous donor. Since then, Paula Pagonakis, who sits on the nonprofit board, said the donation has spurred the foundation into high gear. “When the sizeable gift came in we definitely had a lot of work to do to be […]
