Virginia
Students begin classes at Southwest Virginia lab school
ABINGDON, Va. (WDBJ) – More than a dozen college laboratory schools are now under development in Virginia. And the first ones in our area are opening with the new school year.
Tuesday was the first day of classes for the SWVA HEALS program, or Healthcare Excellence Academy Lab School.
44 students from Smyth, Wythe, and Washington Counties and the City of Bristol are receiving instruction that will help prepare them for careers in healthcare.
Dante Lee is the director of the program.
“So we’ve got a lot of partners who got together and made this happen,” Lee told WDBJ7. “This has been about a two-year ordeal to get to this point today, but today is like the opening of a new school so we’re excited. Our kids were excited to be here.”
Meanwhile the new lab school at Roanoke College will start classes on August 28.
Explore@RC will give high school students the opportunity to take college courses and start earning a four-year degree.
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