Charlottesville High School students next year will have the option to get their hands dirty in an entrepreneurship-focused urban farming elective. That elective will serve as a prerequisite course for entrepreneurship and innovation, another enterprise-oriented elective joining the school catalog next year. The two electives, presented to the Charlottesville School Board at its December meeting […]
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City schools look to robots to connect with homebound students
Ashton Ryan is, in many ways, a typical 16-year-old. He balances a busy extracurricular schedule — organizing a coat drive, serving on the Charlottesville Youth Council and appearing every month on Rob Schilling’s radio show on WINA — with the demands of school. But for Ryan, a sophomore at Charlottesville High School, there is another […]
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CIP request includes $2.4M to refurbish CHS track, field house
The Charlottesville City Schools’ proposed Capital Improvement Program submission for fiscal year 2017-18 includes more than $2.4 million for a new track and a new field house at Charlottesville High School. In a presentation to the city School Board on Thursday evening, Assistant Superintendent Ed Gillaspie presented a CIP request of $1,662,000 for a new, […]
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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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Irizarry named as new CHS principal
Charlottesville City Schools announced Wednesday that the division has hired Eric Irizarry to replace Jill Dahl as principal of Charlottesville High School. Irizarry holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, according to a city schools news release. Irizarry currently serves as principal of D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy, […]
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Dahl becomes 4th CHS principal to leave in 8 years
Charlottesville High School Principal Jill Dahl has announced she is leaving her post at the end of the school year, meaning CHS has had four principals resign in the last eight years. In a letter to the school community, Dahl announced that she took a job as the Fluvanna County school division’s coordinator of curriculum […]
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City adds $200K for CHS track, but project still short
Charlottesville City Council last week added $200,000 to the city’s proposed capital improvement plan for the Charlottesville High School track and field house. The money is less than a third of what the division had originally requested for the projects, but it should be enough to complete construction documents and permitting, said Mike Mollica, city […]
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City schools weighing options to fix CHS track
The Charlottesville High School track and field team has not hosted a home event in six years. The athletes have had no home-field advantage, no senior night and no venue for friends and family to cheer them on on their own turf. While the school’s shot-putters, runners and long jumpers have enjoyed successful seasons in […]
