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Three Newport News Corporations Reaffirm $500,000 Commitment to Education and Workforce Development

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BayPort Foundation, Ferguson, and Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, have announced a community partnership to fund a three-year, $500,000 transformational grant called Accelerating Change Together (ACT). The grant will run from 2024 to 2026 and aims to invest in the Hampton Roads nonprofit community to build upon education and develop a skilled workforce that benefits the nation.

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  • The grant will run from 2024 to 2026 and aims to invest in the Hampton Roads nonprofit community to build upon education and develop a skilled workforce that benefits the nation.
  • "We proudly support various STEM education initiatives at elementary, middle, and high schools, and college programs that support our workforce development needs.
  • Virginia Natural Gas has joined BayPort, Ferguson, and Newport News Shipbuilding in the 2024 funding launch and its education and workforce development mission.
  • The ACT Grant Contributions Committee will host a breakfast panel discussion on May 22 at the Mariners' Museum and Park in Newport News.

VBCPS Advanced Technology Center’s New Renewable Energy Technology Program Now Open

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Thursday, December 7, 2023
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Newport News, Virginia, Dec. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BayPort Credit Union is proud to announce the official opening of the new Renewable Energy Technology Program for high school students at the Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) Advanced Technology Center.

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  • Newport News, Virginia, Dec. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BayPort Credit Union is proud to announce the official opening of the new Renewable Energy Technology Program for high school students at the Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) Advanced Technology Center.
  • The VBCPS Advanced Technology Center prepares high school students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
  • The new program will serve about 40 students annually through the courses Renewable Energy Technologies I and II.
  • “The opening of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools new Renewable Energy Program at the Advanced Technology Center is an exciting day for innovation and growth here in Hampton Roads.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools announces 67 new scholarship recipients in partnership with Sun Tribe and Tidewater Community College

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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CHARLOTTESVILLE and VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mid-Atlantic clean energy company Sun Tribe and Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) have announced that 67 of the district's high school students received scholarships for dual-enrollment technical courses at Tidewater Community College (TCC) for the 2023-2024 school year.

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  • CHARLOTTESVILLE and VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mid-Atlantic clean energy company Sun Tribe and Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) have announced that 67 of the district's high school students received scholarships for dual-enrollment technical courses at Tidewater Community College (TCC) for the 2023-2024 school year.
  • "Our partnership with Sun Tribe is an integral part of Virginia Beach Schools' work to build tomorrow's workforce in our region."
  • Sun Tribe contributed a grant to fund the VBCPS dual-enrollment scholarship and arranged for a matching contribution from Tidewater Community College.
  • Beginning in 2019, the district partnered with Sun Tribe to develop solar at four of its schools.

CAE Webinar Explores How to Put Portrait of a Graduate Initiatives Into Practice

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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Almost 300 K-12 educators from across the nation joined the webinar, entitled “Portrait of a Graduate: Making the Vision Reality for Your Students”.

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  • Almost 300 K-12 educators from across the nation joined the webinar, entitled “Portrait of a Graduate: Making the Vision Reality for Your Students”.
  • Over 120 schools and districts nationwide, comprising more than 733,000 students, are in the process of developing or implementing Portrait of a Graduate programs.
  • The webinar offered valuable insights educational leaders can apply to ensure the goals of their Portrait become reality for students.
  • To learn how to use performance-based assessment data to improve outcomes for students, visit www.cae.org .

$500,000 ACT Grant Awarded to Fund New Virginia Beach City Public Schools Renewable Energy Technologies Program

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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The inaugural year's shared focus on Education and Workforce Development will support the Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) addition of a new two-year, half-day Advanced Technology Center (ATC) Renewable Energy Technologies program.

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  • The inaugural year's shared focus on Education and Workforce Development will support the Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) addition of a new two-year, half-day Advanced Technology Center (ATC) Renewable Energy Technologies program.
  • "As founding partners, the Contributions Committee is thrilled with the interest the ACT Grant has generated.
  • "We are investing not just in a public school program but in the future of our region, and we look forward to seeing the impact our ACT Grant will yield."
  • The funded program will work specifically to:
    Connect Grades 9-12 to solar, offshore wind, and electric vehicles trade certificate programs
    "This is a great day for innovation and sustainability here in Virginia Beach City Public Schools.