I am pleased to announce a
new educational partnership that will enrich the learning experiences of
Virginia Wesleyan’s teacher-education students while generating revenue
and providing additional opportunities for enrollment at the College.
We have signed an agreement with Tidewater Community Academy,
which currently serves students from the fourth through 12th grades, that provides
rented space on our campus to expand their programming in ways that
will benefit their educational mission and our own. Utilizing some
classroom and administrative areas of Pruden Hall and the
soon-to-be-constructed YMCA Partnership Building, the Academy will
function as an on-campus laboratory school for our teacher-education
students who currently travel to the school’s Chesapeake location.
Additionally,
the partnership agreement calls for establishing an early
college-entrance program, permitting senior students at the Academy to
take courses here and earn college credits. Our expectation is that many
of these students will be strong contenders for continued enrollment at
Virginia Wesleyan.
Special thanks to Dr. Hilve Firek and Dr.
Malcolm Lively of our Education Department for facilitating this
partnership and providing excellent guidance in the formation of the
agreement.
We look forward to welcoming the Academy in July as we begin this historic collaboration of educational benefit.
