Academy of Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Robotics (ACER)

Academy of Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Robotics (ACER) is for students interested in everything from cars, smartphones, thermostats, gaming consoles, and cybersecurity. Students are given the opportunity to learn today’s complex manufacturing environment, which requires highly skilled technicians and knowledgeable and well-rounded engineers. The Cybersecurity Systems Technology, Cybersecurity Software Operations, Engineering and Robotics, and Advanced Manufacturing pathways engage students in curriculum and high-tech, hands on learning experiences designed to help them learn the necessary tools of the trade, prepare for an ever-evolving and always engaging industry, and graduate ready to launch their careers or continue their training and education in postsecondary programs.

Academy of Digital Video Production

Do you enjoy designing projects such as video slideshows, animated videos, and video commercials?

Academy of Digital Video Production is for students interested in creating hands-on video and audio animated digital projects.

Academy of Entrepreneurship and Information Design

Academy of Entrepreneurship and Information Design is for students considering careers in the field of business. Whether they want to build a business around goods or services, students interested in starting their own business participate in experiences that allow them to pursue their dreams by harnessing their creativity and energy to create a roadmap to success. As new or future entrepreneurs, students generate business ideas, conduct market research, write business plans, develop marketing strategies, pitch ideas to a business panel, and have opportunities to launch their very own companies. Students interested in the world of financial services learn about banking and credit, financial planning, securities, insurance, accounting, taxes and economics. In addition, this academy provides experiences for students who are interested in website development, which includes coding and website visuals. The Entrepreneurship and Marketing, World Banking and Finance, and Information Design pathways prepare students with the knowledge and skills needed to not only compete, but excel and thrive in the workforce or postsecondary education and training programs.

Academy of Health, Human, and Financial Services

Academy of Health, Human, and Financial Services provides opportunities for students interested in general health care, education, social and government services, personal and customer services, and financial services. The academic and technical courses and hands-on learning experiences prepare students to be productive and informed "Community Champions" who contribute to building a better society by improving the health and well-being of individuals through direct services, advocacy, and connections to vital services. Students study how people live and operate within society and examine how existing health and human services structures and systems impact individuals. Students interested in the world of financial services participate in learning experiences in banking and credit, financial planning, securities, insurance, accounting, taxes, and economics. Counseling, Nutrition and Wellness, and Financial Services pathways prepare students for entry into the workforce and/or postsecondary counseling, wellness and financial education.

Academy of Hospitality and Tourism

The Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is for students interested in hotel administration, restaurant management, culinary arts, event planning, and travel and tourism.

Academy of Law and Public Safety

Academy of Law and Public Safety (ALPS) is for students interested in law, criminal justice, forensic science, law enforcement, and emergency medical and fire services. The academy provides academic and technical courses and access to state-of-the-art technology as it prepares students for professions that ensure the safety, security, and wellness of the community. From hands-on time in the field with the Hampton Police Division’s K-9 officers and their partners, using 9-1-1 dispatch technology, hostage negotiation training, defending a client or prosecuting cases in a courtroom to learning CPR and triaging accidents, students hands on experiences are part of the preparation for high-demand careers in law and public safety. The Law and Legal Studies, Law Enforcement, and Fire Fighter/EMT pathways help students acquire the knowledge, skills and professional ethics that prepare them to meet their career goals right out of high school or successfully transition to postsecondary education and training programs.

Academy of Media Arts and Design

Academy of Media Arts and Design introduces students to the ever-expanding digital workplace and to the many and highly varied career opportunities in the visual arts and multi-media fields while providing the opportunity to develop their creative process skills. This academy is for students interested journalism, digital imaging, graphic design, social media/web design, digital photography, video editing and video production with career preparation. Along with academic and technical courses and access to industry-aligned technology provides, students explore new and emerging technologies including different software programs to make digital videos and create animations. The Journalism and Digital Media pathways equip students with the personal, analytical, digital multi-media skills, technical, and communications skills they need to thrive in careers and successfully transition to postsecondary education and training programs.

Academy of Teaching, Education, and Learning

Academy of Teaching, Education, and Learning provides students who are interested in developing the academic, social, emotional, and physical development of young children and youth with learning opportunities that prepares them for careers in the field of education, primarily in early childhood education and as K-12 teachers. While the Academy focuses on broad, transferable skills, it stresses understanding and demonstration of child growth and development, developmentally appropriate practices, classroom management, child abuse and neglect, and community, health, safety, nutrition and environmental issues. Through real world experiences students get a glimpse into the real life of a teacher, create developmentally appropriate experiences and lesson plans, and work with area preschools and elementary schools. The Child Development and Education and Training pathways prepare students for entry level positions in the workforce and success in postsecondary education and training programs.

Academy of Technology and Engineering

Academy of Technology and Engineering is focused on preparing students for promising careers in engineering, technology, and industry-based professions. The academy combines academic, technical courses, and access to software and technological equipment to help students acquire the skills needed for high demand technology and engineering careers. Experiences including learning and applying the design process, learning essential computer science skills, and using hardware and software in multimedia and systems integration projects. Students in this academy develop their creative and enterprising capacities as they engage in engineering and research projects that inspire their imaginations. The Engineering Design and Development, Information Technology, and Audio Engineering pathways prepare students with the knowledge and skills needed to not only compete, but excel and thrive in the workforce or postsecondary education and training programs.

Academy of the College Experience

Academy of the College Experience (ACE) creates an opportunity for students to complete a sequence of college-credit courses that will also count for high school graduation and earn up to two years of transferable college credit, tuition free, while still in high school. In partnership with Thomas Nelson Community College, ACE offers a three-year, academically rigorous program allows students to progress toward their next academic goal by compressing the timeline to obtain a college degree. In addition to the opportunity to earn a high school diploma and college degree simultaneously, the benefits include saving money on college tuition costs, a seamless transition from high school to college, and increased opportunities to earn higher wages. Students in ACE have the opportunity to earn an Associate of Social Science or Associate of Science degree before they graduate from high school, which increases career opportunities right out of high school and the postsecondary options.

Alternatives Inc.

Alternatives Inc. is a nationally recognized non-profit youth adult agency. Alternatives Inc programs empower middle and high school students to use their voices and skills to advocate for change in their schools, homes and communities. The Student Leadership program trains and teaches young people to facilitate and strategically plan and organize events to bring awareness to community needs and issues from a young persons perspective.

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross, which began in 1881 with the “Original Volunteer” Clara Barton, focuses on providing humanitarian relief for victims of disasters and helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. They mobilize the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors to prevent and alleviate human suffering through a variety of services. Red Cross classes allow people to prepare for a variety of life’s unexpected events: First Aid, CPR, Pet First Aid, Babysitting, HIV/AIDS Training, Disaster Response Team Training, AED (Automatic Electric Defibrillator), Lifeguarding, and CNA Training. The organization collects and maintains around half of the United States blood supply from millions of donors. Red Cross responds to emergencies (fire, hurricane, earthquake, or other tragic events every 8 minutes; they provide water, food, shelter, and medical services. Red Cross provides aid and comfort to members of the armed forces and victims of war. The American Red Cross in the Virginia Region serves 118 independent cities and counties with a population of 5.8 million.

Autobell®

Autobell® provides full service professional auto interior and exterior cleaning services. The company is committed to delivering an exceptional car wash experience to its customers through advanced and more efficient car wash solutions designed to protect the environment and conserve water. Recycling, water management, and using only biodegradable soaps and solutions are among their top priorities. Through its daily business practices, Autobell® strives to make the best use of the community's water resources while also educating customers and the general public on the value of recycling and proper wastewater disposal.

BOSS Inner Child Counseling, LLC

BOSS Inner Child Counseling, LLC offers clinically-based counseling to women and female teenagers who are emotionally injured. Therapeutic services promote health and wellness, improve self-esteem, and reduce suicidal ideation. BOSS GIRL Charities, Inc strives to improve the life outcomes of underserved young adult women, ages 14 to 24 by providing a 3-tier program that includes social emotional learning (SEL) education, individual and group clinical therapy, and mindfulness training that incorporates physical fitness, yoga and meditation.

Busch Gardens® Williamsburg

Busch Gardens® Williamsburg is a 422-acre amusement park located in Williamsburg. The organization's commitment to ensuring a world class guest experience in a setting that exemplifies beauty and quality has resulted in the National Amusement Park Historical Association awarding Busch Gardens® the prestigious title as the “World’s Most Beautiful Park” for the last 30 years. This an impressive streak dates back to 1990. From careers ranging from accounting to zoology, Busch Gardens® Williamsburg employees work together to create experiences where thrills, nature, and passion for fun intersect.

Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc

Centennial Contractors Enterprises, Inc is driven by integrity and a long-standing culture of performance excellence. They don’t just build structures – they transform spaces and create places. As a national leader in renovation, infrastructure improvements, new construction, sustainable initiatives and emergency services for facility owners, Centennial creates unique places for their clients to learn, teach, work, play, and heal. With 30 years of nationwide experience on over $4 billion in diverse projects, Centennial excels at making the impossible possible.

City of Hampton

Our team focuses on growing the skills of our current and future workforce to be part of the region's world-class talent pool. We are working to build career pathways to economic mobility by closing skills gaps in targeted growth industries. With our education and employer partners, we are aligning education and training programs with industry needs to give jobseekers targeted in-demand skills while also helping businesses access the talent they need to grow. Career pathways align education and training programs with industry needs to help individuals develop the skills they need to get in-demand jobs and advance in their careers while helping employers access the skilled workers they need to compete.

City of Hampton - Workforce Development

Our team focuses on growing the skills of our current and future workforce to be part of the region's world-class talent pool. We are working to build career pathways to economic mobility by closing skills gaps in targeted growth industries. With our education and employer partners, we are aligning education and training programs with industry needs to give jobseekers targeted in-demand skills while also helping businesses access the talent they need to grow. Career pathways align education and training programs with industry needs to help individuals develop the skills they need to get in-demand jobs and advance in their careers while helping employers access the skilled workers they need to compete.

Communities In Schools of Hampton Roads

Communities In Schools of Hampton Roads (CIS) helps students achieve success in school, graduate on time, and go on to bright futures. CIS Hampton Roads serves elementary, middle, and high school students in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Hampton City Public Schools. With the goal of surrounding students with a community of support and helping them succeed in the classroom and life, CIS site coordinators partner with local businesses, social service agencies, health care providers and volunteers to bring services students need into the school building. CIS coordinates non-academic, student-centered services that address basic needs, such as school supplies, health care, counseling, and nutrition, as well as academic assistance, family engagement, life skills, behavioral interventions, mentoring, and college and career preparation.

Community Knights

Community Knights, a local nonprofit, committed to investing in underserved populations by identifying the needs of small local non-profit and public school organizations as well as the populations they serve and finding innovative ways to help them meet these needs collaboratively. The COACH Program serves adults with disabilities. In addition to facilitating networking and collaborative opportunities, the GIFT Program provides grant funds to local schools and nonprofits. In all its endeavors, Community Knights aims to uniquely transform the community by identifying needs and filling service gaps for underserved populations, and to meet those needs through collaboration, fundraising, and volunteerism.

Dance Works

Dance Works, a local dance studio, provides dance class instruction in a fun and family oriented way to individuals and families in Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Dance Works is committed to providing instruction for quality dance throughout Hampton Roads in a fun and family oriented way and to share its mission to Live, Love, Dance! With a faculty that has years of world-wide dance experience, Dance Work offers learning opportunities to all ages in many different genres: Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Mommy & Me, and much more!

DeStress Express Massage & Spa

DeStress Express Massage & Spa specializes in client care and wellness. Growing from a one-room shop in 1996 to over 25 spa facilities across Hampton Roads, DeStress offers a variety of massage, skin, and nail services. With the goal of helping customers go from stressed and in pain to serene and well, services focus on alleviating things like pain, discomfort, anxiety, fatigue, muscle tension, and stress while improving movement, flexibility, and energy levels, and restoring skin to a healthy state. Along with natural nail services, DeStress Express Massage & Spa therapists provide facials and skin care, relaxation massage, deep tissue massage, prenatal massage, reflexology, neuromuscular therapy, competitive sports massage, nails, and craniosacral massage designed to help soothe the nervous system.

Family Restoration Services, LLC

Family Restoration Services (FRS) mission is to offer youth and families restorative counseling designed to repair dysfunctional homes, build healthy familial relationships, and to curb negative behaviors and attitudes through fitness and nutritional activities, therapeutic interventions and community partnering. FRS’s holistic, mental health treatment to youth and families addresses the physical, spiritual, nutritional and cognitive health of the individual. Treatment services include outpatient counseling, substance abuse counseling, and intensive in home counseling, parental capacity evaluations and many other individualized, holistic treatment options to referred individuals. FRS’ Children’s Fitness Academy Therapeutic Sports and Recreation Services include holistic supports that include sporting and community services activities, gardening, yoga and nutritional support.

Fika Coffeehouse and Cafe

Fika coffeehouse and café, located in downtown Hampton, strives to bring the community together over good coffee and delicious food. With the goal of creating a place to slow down and appreciate the good things in life, the owners chose the name Fika, a Swedish term which means "Coffee with friends". Fika offers a full espresso bar , drip coffee, nitro, cold brew, and specialty teas. Their chefs offer breakfast sandwiches, panini, creative chef dishes and pastries. Fika chefs are Phoebus High School's Culinary Arts graduates and they are eager to show the freshmen how wonderful a culinary career can be.

Fort Monroe Visitor & Education Center and Casemate Museum

For at least 400 years, the point of land known as Old Point Comfort that now includes Fort Monroe has served as the key defensive site at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Beginning with Native American’s use years before the settling of Jamestown to its most recent mission as the US Army’s Headquarters for Training and Doctrine Command until 2011, Old Point Comfort and Fort Monroe has influenced all aspects of our nation’s history.

Gifted Enterprises LLC

Gifted Enterprises LLC is a leading provider of family support services in to Hampton Roads. Gifted Enterprises offers a structured program of care to meet individuals and their families physical and emotional needs and provide guidance and supervision when needed. With the goal of delivering quality services that families appreciate and deserve, Gifted Enterprises provides personalized, one-on-one support services. To equip individuals with the skills they need and support them while addressing daily life challenges, Gifted Enterprises offers personal care services, support with daily living skills, life coaching skills, family support services, health and wellness services, mental health skill building, and parent support and guidance. With Gifted Enterprises individuals and their families receive the best quality care in family support services.

Governor's Health Sciences Academy

Governor’s Health Sciences Academy combines academic coursework and clinical experiences in a challenging and collaborative learning environments designed to prepare students for careers in the Health Sciences. Each pathway provides a strong foundation of health-related knowledge and skills that allow participants to work in the health industry immediately after high school and/or continue on a health sciences college degree path. Through the Biotechnology Research and Development, Health Informatics and Support Services, Diagnostic Services, and Therapeutic Services, students have access and exposure to 21st century technology resources that prepare them to meet their career goals in high-demand, high-wage, and high-skill health sciences careers.

Governor’s STEM Academy of Architecture, Environment, and Engineering

Governor’s STEM Academy of Architecture, Environment, and Engineering (AAEE) prepares students for the fields related to engineering and architecture that are in high demand. Academy students learn to use the power of science and mathematics to improve the quality of life on earth. Students have ample opportunities to explore the complex worlds of engineering, construction, architecture and green energy through a unique combination of academic and technical education, environmental sciences, and access to industry-aligned technology. Hands-on projects focused on STEM, design, aesthetics, function, and sciences allow students to be creative and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This academy is ideal for students interested in the designing and developing structures within a space or students who are passionate about the Earth’s resources and how to analyze, manage, and protect them. Architectural Engineering, Construction Design and Environmental Studies pathways prepare students for global competitiveness in high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand STEM careers.

Hampton Commonwealth's Attorneys' Office

Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney's Office is responsible for to prosecuting criminal cases involving felonies and serious misdemeanors charged under the Code of Virginia occurring in within the locality. The Hampton Commonwealth's Attorney , a four-year elected position created by the Virginia constitution, is the chief law enforcement officer in Hampton and responsible for the work within the locality's office. The Hampton Commonwealth's Attorneys' Office, with specialized positions in domestic, violence, sexual, and assault cases, works to make Hampton a safer place to live and work. Through the Victim Services Unit, the Hampton Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office serves the community by making sure that all victims and witnesses of crime are treated with dignity, respect, and sensitivity.

Hampton Healthy Families

Hampton Healthy Families (HHF) is the prevention arm of the Hampton Department of Human Services. HHF’s mission is to ensure all children are born healthy, enter kindergarten prepared to succeed, achieve academic success while engaged in the community, and graduate healthy and prepared for a lifetime of success. The organization’s services focus on enhancing parenting skills and parent-child bonding and interaction; Improving family functioning by teaching problem-solving skills, building trusting relationships and improving family support systems; promoting optimal child development and preventive care during early childhood; and reducing undesirable health outcomes such as poor immunization rates, child abuse and neglect, and repeat teenage pregnancies.

Hampton History Museum

The Hampton History Museum works every day to build a better future by exploring and preserving our community’s past. Hampton has been part of critical moments in America’s story. From Native American chiefdoms, English settlement, arrival of the first Africans, Revolution and Civil Wars, to the future and space exploration, Hampton has played a pivotal role in all periods of our nation’s past. The Museum illuminates the American experience through historical collections, exhibitions, lectures, cultural presentations, educational activities, oral histories, and other programs. The Hampton History Museum’s overall strategy includes sharing the full story of Hampton’s past, learn from it to understand the present, and use the lessons learned to tackle the challenges of today.

Hampton Police Division

The Hampton Police Division (HPD) strives to prevent crimes and enforce laws through problem-solving partnerships. Employee commitment, innovative ideas and progressive strategies is to help the Hampton Police Division (HPD) keep residents safe, and apprehend those who break the law. Technological advances and ingenious programs, procedures and techniques within the HPD have given the staff the capability to easily share and exchange information, improving overall effectiveness and job performance at all levels. The HPD is fully accredited and committed to following the model created by President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.

Hampton Roads Credit Union

Hampton Roads Educators' Credit Union (HRECU) is committed successfully meeting the financial needs of members, their families through personalized financial solutions that make a difference in their member’s lives. With the vision of being the financial institution of choice, HRECU offers online line services, debt management programs, insurance products, and additional financial services.

Hampton Sheriff's Office

Hampton Sheriff's Office mission is to safely and securely maintain all city correctional facilities, ensuring care and custody of inmates, providing inmate programs to reduce recidivism, ensuring the safe and secure operation of all courts, and guaranteeing timely and accurate service of civil and criminal warrants. The Sheriff’s Office consists of deputies and civilian personnel in three major divisions: Administration, Court Services, and Corrections. The deputies and civilian personnel are committed to fulfilling all responsibilities entrusted to them as they protect the lives, rights, and property of all citizens.

Huntington Ingalls Industries

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and the nation’s sole designer, builder and refueler of nuclear-powered United States Navy aircraft carriers. NNS is one of only two providers capable of designing and building nuclear- powered U.S. Navy submarines. Located in Newport News, NNS facilities span more than 550 acres, strategically positioned in one of the great harbors of the East Coast. Since 1886, the ships built at Newport News Shipbuilding, like the American Shipbuilders who built them, have served our nation in peace and war, in times of adversity and in times of abundance. Newport News Shipbuilding continues its legacy of "Always Good Ships," as it continues to the design, construction, overhaul and repair of hundreds of ships of the U.S. Navy and commercial customers.

International Baccalaureate®

International Baccalaureate® (IB) provides a rigorous academic environment that builds critical thinking skills, nurtures curiosity, strengthens complex problem-solving abilities, and creates a healthy appetite for learning and excellence. Beyond intellectual rigor and high academic standards, strong emphasis is placed on the ideals of international understanding and responsible citizenship. IB helps students become critical and compassionate thinkers, lifelong learners, and informed participants in local and world affairs who are conscious of the shared responsibility to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Students who successfully complete the requirements of this internationally recognized program, are eligible for the International Baccalaureate Program Diploma and the HCS Advanced Studies diploma.

JBLE-Langley Fire & Emergency Services

JBLE Langley Fire Emergency Services, part of the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron, is a fully accredited Fire Emergency Services Organization. Firefighting capabilities are essential on military bases, aircraft, and ships in order to protect their infrastructures, equipment, and people from fires, and to provide paramedical aid and hazard prevention services. Military firefighters do much more than fight fires. They also perform inspections to minimize fire dangers, provide first aid to accident victims, and respond to hazardous materials spills. The Army and Air Force operate with unusual materials and unique environments all over the world, therefore, JBLE Langley Fire Emergency Services personnel are also responsible for dealing with everything from brush fires to burning rocket fuel and hazardous material fires. Upholding their mission to ensure the safety of others, JBLE Langley Fire Emergency Services doesn’t just serve Langley and Fort Eustis, but also assists civilian fire departments when needed as well.

K & D Jones Client Services, LLC

K & D Jones Client Services, based in Hampton Roads, helps small businesses and busy entrepreneurs grow their business, increase sales, and gain more time to focus on their core business initiatives. In addition to serving as a staffing company the provides placement for contract remote work, the company offers other services that help companies thrive. To provide companies more time to focus on revenue generating tasks, K & D Jones offers virtual assistant services, which includes customer services, inbox management, calendar management, and scheduling appointments. K & D Jones designs and builds unique Squarespace websites for service-based businesses. As a Thinkific Partner, K & D Jones provides course creation/digital products using a self-paced course that provides direction, tips, and systems that help the business to make their course launch a success.

Made to Flourish

Made To Flourish Hampton Roads Network’s mission is to empower a network of pastors and their churches to better engage, equip, and encourage each other as they integrate faith, work and economic wisdom to help their communities flourish. Pastors throughout the community engage with diverse thought leaders from around the country to explore the key themes of creating, investing, protecting, and healing as they take a deeper dive in to transforming ideas and practices that help their communities. The organization connects faith and work theology to the everyday practices of the church and ministries as a means of equipping all to work for the common good of the community.

Maritime Academy

Maritime Academy is a specialized program designed to expose students to a wide range of careers in the maritime industry and to prepare them for 21st century careers in the industry. Through a combination of academic and technical courses and access to state-of-the art state-of-the-art technology and simulation equipment, students are exposed to the industry and they gain the knowledge, skills and competence they need for the workforce. Whether a student chooses the Shipbuilding and Ship Repair, Ship Design, or Construction Technology pathway, they are prepared for successful transition to postsecondary education, careers, and registered apprenticeship opportunities in ship design and shipbuilding/repair.

Mathnasium

Mathnasium, a math learning center, delivers a customized learning plan designed to address each student’s individualized needs, whether they have fallen behind or seek to get ahead. offering. Through customized in-person and live, face-to-face online math instruction and personalized tutorial sessions math instruction for grades K-12, students receive tutoring, homework help, and test prep support. With the belief that “math can change (young people’s) lives, and they change the world,” Mathnasium’s instructional approach goes beyond traditional tutoring to develop an understanding, a mastery, and a love of math.

iHeartMedia, Inc./Music Theory Studios

iHeartMedia, Inc. combines America's favorite radio stations, podcasts and music together in one mobile app, so people can take the universe of audio everywhere…absolutely free. It specializes in radio broadcasting, podcasting, digital and live events.

For over a decade Music Theory Studios has provided professional audio recording, mixing, and mastering in its professional recording studio. What began in 2009 as a studio for music artists of all different genres to record their songs has morphed into a place and space for a community of musicians, multi-disciplinary artists, and music production students. Committed to accessible high quality music instruction, Beat Making School hosts summer camps, after school programs, and various community serving events.

New Horizons Regional Education Centers

New Horizons Regional Education Centers (NHREC), operated by the Virginia Peninsula’s school divisions, are recognized as the Commonwealth’s oldest and largest multi-campus regional education organization. NHREC offers specialized programming designed to empowered individuals and a build a world-class workforce. NHREC offers more than 20 different programs, from cosmetology to manufacturing career clusters, which includes everything from welding to HVAC instruction and automotive programs. NHREC regional programming in career and technical education, special education, gifted education, adult training and apprenticeships, and youth workforce initiatives serve over 1,500 public school students and 1,200 adult learners annually.

Newport News Shipbuilding

Newport News Shipbuilding is the largest industrial employer in the state of Virginia, and the nation’s sole designer, builder, and re-fueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and one of only two shipyards capable of designing and building nuclear- powered submarines. This industry provides fleet services for naval ships. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000 employees.

Newport News Waterworks

Newport News Waterworks is a regional water provider, owned and operated by the City of Newport News, that serves over 400,000 people in Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, York County and part of James City County. For more than a century, Newport News Waterworks has been responsible for delivering clean, safe and high quality water to homes and businesses on the Virginia Peninsula. With the goal of ensuring effective and efficient treatment and distribution of water to all customers throughout the region, Newport News Waterworks embraces Smart City technologies and solutions for data-driven decisions that address the challenges and opportunities of maintaining clean water, protect our rivers, reservoirs and dams, replace aging infrastructure, focus on customer services, and increase operational performance.

MonarchTeach at Old Dominion University

MonarchTeach at Old Dominion University is a program targeted for undergraduate mathematics, science, or technology majors who are interested in expanding their professional skills and exploring a career in secondary teaching. Students have the opportunity to graduate in four years with a degree in his or her content area as well as obtain licensure as a highly qualified teachers. The program emphasizes field-based experiences early and throughout the college career. The MonarchTeach program provides designated resources such as program-specific classrooms, customized advising, dedicated workspaces equipped with technology tools, personal support from master teachers, mentors and other ODU faculty, and a well-supported student organization. In addition, MonarchTeach students are eligible for scholarships and paid internships with educational organizations in the community.

The On Stage Performing Arts Academy

The On Stage: Performing Arts Academy combines academic and applied instruction in the arts to help students discover and develop individual talent and interest while instilling an increased awareness of cultural literacy and the value of the arts in society. The academy is for students interested in being actors in theater, designing and constructing theater and stage sets, and becoming a professional dancer. Academy students participate in multiple opportunities to showcase their talents in the form of theatrical performances, recitals, concerts, rehearsals, and community appearances.

The Theater Performance and Theater Design and Technology pathways provide a professional, disciplined, and supportive atmosphere where students of all levels can succeed in obtaining the skills for entry level positions in the workforce or postsecondary education and training programs.

Peake Childhood Center

Peake Childhood Center is a nonprofit private early childhood education center serving children from 6 weeks old to 5 years. Since 1971 families across the Virginia Peninsula, and now Tidewater, and from all backgrounds, incomes, and abilities choose the Peake Childhood Center for high quality and sliding-scale tuition rate preschool for their young children. In addition to being the first center on the Peninsula to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), placing the Center in the top 7% of preschools in the country, their rating from Virginia Quality is the highest of all preschools in Hampton.

Professional Technical Learning Center, LLC

Professional Technical Learning Center, LLC (PTLC) strives to empower individuals by teaching them skills they can use to advance their careers and improve their lives. PTLC’s primary training area is the medical field, where they teach a balance between traditional medicine and holistic healing. In addition to virtual live training for Pharmacy Technicians with scheduled hands-on learning activities in the field, PTLC offers training and American Heart Association certifications in essential skills for the healthcare field such as CPR, AED, first aid, blood borne pathogens. PTLC also offers self-care mini-courses focusing on the use of essential oils as a holistic healing option and as a complement to traditional medicinal treatments.

ReFuelVA

RefuelVa, a one-stop shop for healthy living alternatives, is dedicated to helping individuals, families, and the community live better through holistic lifestyle changes that help them reach their health goals and gain total body health and wellness. RefuelVa uses Holistic Nutrition and natural herbal products to help people live longer and healthier lives and promotes a healthy lifestyle by using an Holistic approach in creating personalized lifestyle plans and medicine specific to the health goals of each individual. Refuel personal services include meditation sessions, lifestyle and nutrition coaching/counseling, health and wellness classes, sound therapy, Reiki, massage therapy, and health assessments.

Riverside College of Health Careers

The mission of Riverside College of Health Careers (RCHC) is to enhance the well-being and improve the health of communities of southeastern Virginia and beyond by providing high-quality, undergraduate education in nursing and allied health, preparing competent and caring professionals for careers within Riverside Health System and the region. In modern classrooms, skills laboratories, and computer laboratories, RCHC offers programs in Professional Nursing, Practical Nursing, Nurse Aide, Physical Therapist Assistant, Radiologic Technology, Surgical Technology, and, an Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) online program.

Sentara CarePlex Hospital

Sentara CarePlex Hospital provides care through advanced surgical programs, emergency cardiac intervention, fellowship-trained physicians, and Family Maternity Center. It is also home to the Orthopaedic Hospital at Sentara CarePlex Hospital, the area’s first dedicated orthopedic hospital, taking specialized orthopedic care to a new level. This institution consistently attracts the very best students in the region and helps transform them into extremely well trained and knowledgeable healthcare professionals.

Sentara College of Health Science

Sentara College of Health Sciences provides students with maximum hands-on hours in class, skills labs, simulation, and clinicals, which prepares them to become outstanding healthcare professionals. Through their certificate programs, degree-granting programs, and hours of unmatched clinical experience, students have the opportunity to build the professional experience that can support a long and successful career. Professional certifications and degrees include: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Clinical Nurse Leader, MSN Entry to Nursing Practice, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), RN to BSN, Associate of Applied Science degrees in Cardiovascular Technology & Surgical Technology, Certificate programs in Patient Care Technician & Monitor Surveillance.

Spapreneur®

Spapreneur® is the an online-based business incubator for spa and wellness professionals that makes business planning accessible and focuses on the issues and challenges of the personal service industry. From a one-person operation to spa owners with multiple locations, Spapreneur® helps massage therapists, aestheticians, nail techs, wax techs, and other wellness professionals design their personal roadmap to success, whether it’s starting a business or addressing current issues in order to achieve dreams and goals within the desired timeframe. Through one-on-one support, a 6-week jump start program, group coaching sessions, live events and workshops, and online and Podcast programs, Spapreneur® provides business advice, helps with attracting and keeping clients, and shares marketing tips.

The Mariners’ Museum and Park

The Mariners’ Museum and Park mission is to connect people to the world’s waters, because that is how to be to one another. The Museum is committed to preservation and conservation of more than 32,000 objects and several million library and archive materials. Access to the collection is provided through exhibitions, loans, publications, educational programs, and online media. The Education Department provides history and science related programs to schools within the Hampton Roads region and throughout the United States and Canada. Free programming and transportation services makes it possible for the Museum to serve many local students. Outreach and virtual programs make it possible to serve students who can't make it to the Museum.

The Solutions Group

The Solutions Group is a financial education company based in Hampton Roads, VA. Their mission is to spread the word of economic empowerment and financial literacy throughout the community, especially to those who may have limited access to financial management services. Through financial apparel, pro bono and paid speaking events, free social media content, and an array of small business and personal tax clients, The Solutions Group is helping the community.

Thomas Nelson Community College - Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Thomas Nelson Community College - Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Education Department prepares students to save lives through the exciting world of emergency services. TNCC Fire and EMS programs and courses prepare students to prevent emergencies when possible, minimize the effects of emergencies when emergencies do occur, and to provide confident and competent emergency and non-emergency medical care. Through a full suite of fire and emergency medical services education programs, TNCC provide high quality, "real-world” training, education, simulation. and internships. Along with dual enrollment opportunities for high schoolers, the degree and certificate programs, as well as industry specific certification courses, prepare students to graduate with educational credentials and/or take national level industry certification examinations in a variety of fire protection, prevention, suppression and/or emergency medical services specialties, including Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced EMT (AEMT) and Paramedic.

Thomas Nelson Community College - Small Unmanned Aircraft (Drone) Systems Program

Thomas Nelson Community College - Small Unmanned Aircraft (Drone) Systems Program offers classes in unmanned aircraft technology. Knowledge of the safe and legal operation of an unmanned aircraft (drones) and the collection of imagery for customers is on the forefront of employer demand for many new and emerging fields. This program develops these competencies and allows participants to succeed in this challenging and demanding field. Take a single class, earn a Career Studies Certificate (19 credits), or use this program as electives in the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Information Systems Technology or the AAS in Mechanical Engineering Technology and graduate with both an AAS degree and this Career Studies Certificate.

Flying a drone legally requires a FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification; in just one class, students acquire the knowledge needed to pass the required exam to earn the FAA Remote Pilot with small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) rating. In the Career Studies Certificate program students learn about regulations for small UAS (Drones) operations, loading and performance, emergency procedures, and, repair, maintenance and inspection procedures; learn how to fly manually and autonomously; and learn how to collect, process, analyze, manage, and share imagery for customers. Graduates from the program are in demand by a wide range of industries. The potential commercial uses of unmanned systems, or drones, are endless.

Thomas Nelson Community College - Workforce Development

Thomas Nelson Community College - Workforce Development is dedicated to creating customized programs that successfully develop and enhance the Virginia Peninsula’s workforce; through tailored training for the individual and organizations, small and large. Based on their needs, interests, and career goals, students enroll in top-quality courses and training program in hundreds of subjects taught by workforce expert trainers. Academic and technical courses and aligned experiences help students learn new skills, improve their current career skill set, and equip for career growth and advancement by further developing current skills. As a workforce leader, faculty also work with organization’s to design and offer custom programs that meet real-time industry needs.

Transportation, Analytics, Information, and Logistics Academy

Transportation, Analytics, Information, and Logistics Academy (TRAIL) is for students interested in integrating operations management services with analytics and technology within the global supply chain. Students study the fundamental roles and importance of transportation and supply chain management in companies and society as well as the rapidly expanding field of logistics information technology. Students may also pursue studies in geospatial and drone technology to acquire knowledge and skills related analyzing, modeling, simulating and visualizing data that is referenced to the earth. Through Networking, Programming and Data Analysis, Geospatial Technology and Unmanned Systems, and Business Management and Logistics pathways, students in this academy will learn critical knowledge, skills, and credentials that will prepare them for high-demand careers in transportation and logistics.

USAF/633 Security Forces Squadron

USAF/633 Security Forces is part of the 633rd Air Base Wing (Joint Base Langley-Eustis). The 633rd is comprised of three groups that provide installation support to more than 9,000 military and civilian personnel including Headquarters Air Combat Command and three operational wings. The Wing provides mission-ready expeditionary Airmen to combatant commanders in support of joint Air Force and Army units and combined operations worldwide. USAF/633 provides civil engineering, security, communications services, logistics readiness and force support. Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) can be a vital asset for military personnel to gather information as well as create a threat to military personnel and resources, therefore, the USAF/633 Security Forces concerns include anti-drone concepts of operations, tactics, techniques and procedures designed to meet the need to rapidly deploy to areas with a significant drone threat. USAF/633 will display military equipment and counter drone systems at MFMJ.

VersAbility Resources

VersAbility Resources supports people with disabilities in leading productive and fulfilling lives. Since its founding in 1953, VersAbility Resources has envision a world where people with disabilities enjoy dignified, productive lives of their choosing as fully accepted members of society. Today, this comprehensive service provider annually serves over 1,300 people with disabilities and their families in early childhood, student services, day support, residential, and four diverse employment programs. Services range from coordinating developmental therapies for children to building successful business partnerships that provide staffing solutions for employers and provide jobs in Hampton Roads and beyond for people with disabilities. Adults with disabilities participating in VersAbility Resources employment programs earn millions in wages and benefits annually. In addition to serving the entire Hampton Roads region, as well as the 10 counties on the Middle Peninsula, VersAbility Resources provides federal contract staffing through their government contracts, through which people with disabilities work alongside enlisted and civilian personnel at military bases as far away as Hawaii.

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) provides resources and educational outreach to the state’s more than seven million residents in the areas of agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community viability, and 4-H youth development. As an educational outreach program of Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, and a part of the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, VCE offers university-based, scientifically-proven information and programs. Agriculture and Natural Resources programs focus on sustaining agricultural and forestry production, while protecting land and water resources; helping small, limited-resource farmers and ranchers to own, operate and sustain farms and ranches; holistically addressing production, harvesting, marketing and the distribution of vegetables and small fruits through urban farming, container gardening, and backyard gardening. Family and Consumer Sciences programs promote healthy physical, cognitive, social, and emotional well-being; promote healthy lifestyle choices with a focus on nutrition, chronic diseases, sexually-transmitted diseases, and childhood obesity; and provide financial management educational programs, mentoring and coaching for individuals, families and entrepreneurs. In addition to agents who provide one-on-one support and community programs, VCE answers questions and provides online help through two, interconnected websites that provide access to thousands of publications, news items, tips, and videos.

Virginia Ship Repair Association

The Virginia Ship Repair Association is a non-profit organization that represents more than 300 companies engaged in the ship repair and shipbuilding industry in Hampton Roads. The ship repair and shipbuilding industry in Virginia employs more than 50,000 people with an average annual wage of more than $90,000. Our local ship repair industry is always looking for motivated individuals with an interest in becoming a skilled trades worker in exciting fields such as welding, pipefitting, ship fitting, marine electrical, sheet metal, rigging, inside / outside machining, coatings, blasting, insulating and much more.

Virginia Technical Academy

Virginia Technical Academy (VTA) was founded on the principle that every community needs a skilled and well-educated workforce. VTA’s goal is to provide an environment that will exceed the educational requirements and needs of both future tradespeople and their employers. VTA is dedicated to keeping the trades strong through education, validation, and professional networking.

Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center

Do you like to work with your hands? Do you have a knack for fixing things that are broken? You may enjoy a career in the marine trades! Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center (VMASC) is a multidisciplinary applied research and enterprise research facility of Old Dominion University, located in the Tri-Cities Center in Suffolk, Virginia. VMASC integrates digital technologies into everyday practices through digital transformation. By using models, simulations, and visualizations to generate insights, VMASC researchers are able to improve the human condition by challenging conventional wisdom through innovative applications and the development of new digital technologies. Staffed by over two dozen research faculty and project scientists, VMASC provides modeling and simulation, analytic research, and technological support for partners across various industry, government, and community sectors; including, healthcare, cybersecurity, strategic defense, transportation and infrastructure, usability, and instructional design.

YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas

YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas (The Y) is a diverse organization committed to nurturing the potential of children and youth, promoting healthy living, and fostering a sense of social responsibility. The Y’s Youth Development programs, which nurture the potential of every child and teen, include safe and nurturing child care programs focused on helping children learn, grow, and develop social skills; education and leadership opportunities that help youth develop and realize their potential; swim, sports, and play programs that build athletic, social, and interpersonal skills; and camp experiences for young people to explore the outdoors, build self-esteem, and develop interpersonal skills. With the goal of improving health and well-being, The Y’s Healthy Living includes family time experiences, physical activity, health, and wellness programs, sports and recreation, and social activities that bring together people who share common interests. To meet their goal of supporting the community, The Y offers training and resources to help people overcome obstacles, offer support systems that connect diverse populations, collaborate with policymakers and the community to develop youth, prevent chronic disease, build healthier communities, and encourage social responsibility.

Youth Sailing Virginia

Youth Sailing Virginia's mission is to develop a vibrant Youth Sailing Program that serves the greater Hampton Roads area and involves a broad spectrum of the community in both support and participation.

We provide a venue for High School and Collegiate Racing. We also offer Families the opportunity to learn to sail. We are a Community Sailing Center and a REACH (STEM) Education Center for US SAILING. We support the Academies of Hampton by serving on the Maritime Academy Board and we are proud to be part of My Future, My Journey.