Our ACE Center at Highland Springs Carpentry and CAD students designed and built a castle playhouse for the CASA for Children organization. It was one of 5 playhouses built by different contractors for CASA’s “Home for Good” event. Well, the playhouses have been auctioned off and the winners now have their new playhouses. CASA just announced that they were able to raise $95,000 from the playhouse auction. It was an amazing experience for our students as well as our Department of Workforce & Career Development family. Please have a look at a video that was recently sent to us from CASA. Click here for the video.
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It’s Our 17th Annual Tournament!
We want to thank our sponsors and teams for their support for the Henrico County Vocational/Technical Education Foundation, Inc. 17th Annual Golf Tournament. The money raised goes to support our scholarship fund for our trades students. Thank you so much! It was a fun day for all! If you want to see more pictures Click Here.
| Sponsors | Teams |
| M.l. Bell Construction | M.L. Bell Construction |
| R.A. Siewers, Inc. | Henrico Federal Credit Union |
| Henrico Federal Credit Union | Hometown Realty |
| Quinn Evans Architects | Riverside Brick & Supply |
| Parker Consulting, LLC | Meadows, Urguhart, Acree & Cook |
| Meadows, Urquhart, Acree & Cook | Pat O’Bannon |
| Tommy Brannin | GITS Masonry, Inc. |
| GITS MasonryS.B. Ballard Construction Company | S.B. Ballard Construction Company |
| Krickovic & Zigler, LLC | Atlantic Contractors |
| Trus Joist | Trus Joist |
| RCI Builders, LLC | Henrico County Public Schools |
| Carpet America | Son Metal Fab |
| James River Exteriors | |
Spring Plant Sale Ends Today
The ACE Center Greenhouse program students are holding their annual Spring Plant Sale through today, 05/06/2022. Thanks to area supporters, students sold a record number of plants yesterday. Don’t worry they still have plenty of annuals and perennials to choose from so get out there today before 6pm and load up your car with some amazing plants grown by our students.
We Are Talking About Our Students!
Junior Achievement of Central VA President/CEO, Jennifer Boyle, and Libbie Library branch manager, Adrienne Minock talk with us, in our latest podcast, about their services to students when it comes to preparing for starting their careers right out of high school or after college. They also talk to us about their participation over the years in our Signing Day event. Click here to listen to the podcast or you can find us on your favorite podcast app..
Busy Day At Regency Project
Various ACE Center trade students at the Regency Project are working to eventually turn storefronts into classrooms. Right now, students are removing store fixtures left behind when each 
store was closed. The electricity students are checking for any electrical problems and making sure all the panel boxes are properly marked and that all breakers are functioning.
We had a visit to our project site by Jeff Lewis, Vice President of Inspections with VSC Fire & Security Inc., and Bob Beckwith, President of United Sprinkler CO., Inc to talk about how they might be able to bring their expertise to this project.
To give you an idea of how things looks a couple weeks ago.
Spring Plant Sale
The Landscaping and Greenhouse students’ Spring Plant Sale will be on May 5th and 6th, 9am to 6pm.
Where: The ACE Center at Hermitage, 8301 Hungary Springs Rd. Henrico VA 23228
| Prices | Prices |
| 4 pack – $2.00 | Gallon Pots – $7.00 |
| 6 Packs – $4.00 | Hanging Baskets 10″ – $14.00 |
| 3 1/2″ Pots – $1.50 | Hanging Baskets 12″ – $17.00 |
| 4 1/2″ Pots – $3.25 | *Some specialty plants will be more |
| 4 1/2″ Deep – $4.50 | Cash and Check Only |
| 6″ Pots – $5.00 |
Annuals, Perennials, Herbs, and Veggies
Computer Systems Mock Interviews
The ACE Center at Highland Springs Computer Systems Technology students participated in mock interviews. To practice their interview skills the first-year students and second-year students each had a day where local business partners and staff with technology backgrounds interviewed our students. Interview skills are learned and experience is a great way to improve them as are resume writing skills which are also taught.
ABR Students Prepping Truck for Paint
ACE Center Auto Body Repair students are taping and prepping a truck for painting. Later their job is to remove the tape and paper and then get ready to pinstripe the truck and clean it up. You should consider Career & Technical Education as part of your education plan. Talk to your parents, your friends, and your counselor to find out what’s right for you. Auto Body Repair link.
Carpentry Students Learning Hands-On
These ACE Center at Highland Springs Carpentry students are learning how to layout stair stringers. Nothing beats hands-on learning! Talk to your counselor about CTE’s over 150 classes for middle school and high school students. Here is where you get career and college ready! This is what a CTE education looks like. Carpentry class link.
Castle Rock’s Debut!
The debut of the playhouse, named Castle Rock, built by ACE Center CAD and Carpentry students, JM Jordon Company, James River Exteriors, and Atlantic Construction, was this weekend! Visit Short Pump Town Center where Castle Rock and 4 other playhouses are on display. The playhouses are up for auction for CASA for Children, Home for Good Playhouse Auction. For more information, please visit their website, www.henricocasa.org. More Pictures here: https://henricocte.com/2022/04/21/delivered/ #HenricoCTE #HenricoSchools #Henrico #HenricoVA #LifeReady #JMJordon #JamesRiverExteriors #AtlanticConstruction