Now called the Carver Center, the
school building now serves as a museum, and it hosts a wide variety of community- based education programs that include a machinist school, gardening area and community kitchen. To teach is to recycle knowledge, add
perspective, encourage research and, most importantly, prevent the clouding of history. Carver’s grads are a testament to this. “I made life-long friends and made
acquaintances from the four-county region that have served me all of my life,” said Hortense Hinton Jackson, who attended the school from 1962 through 1967. “T e exciting marching band, the championship football team and the inspiring scholars who were my teachers made my high school years some of my most memorable.” Jackson recalled being a part of the
Honor Society, being a cheerleader, being elected to the Homecoming court and successfully representing Carver in regional academic and science fairs. “Before enrolling at Carver as a
student, I recall attending events with my
parents. It was exciting to see the crowds from across the counties of parents and relatives. It was Carver in its heyday!” T e school’s alumni are keeping
the institution’s contributions to the community alive by sharing its history. In 2022, three alums — Jane Pollard,
Marlene Ware and Charlotte Carpenter — spoke to the Silver Club, a Culpeper Parks and Recreation group for senior citizens. Later that summer, Pollard and Carpenter hosted a group of middle-school students from Kid Central, a Culpeper aſt erschool program and summer camp. T e pair shared stories of inspirational
teachers, long bus rides, attending sports events and hearing the school's band. T ey off ered a living history lesson to the visiting students — an onsite presentation within the halls of their beloved former school that covered student life, history, segregation and integration. T e ladies also guided the students
through a curated collection of photos and artifacts. Pollard spoke about the school’s notable alumni, which includes clergy, military offi cers, government offi cials, lawyers, doctors and scholars.
Career Partners prepares grads One of Culpeper’s most successful
education programs is Career Partners, with a mission to create educational and career path partnerships between local businesses, government and the community. T e 501(c)(3) nonprofi t was founded in
2000 in the aſt erglow of a 1997 Educational Summit organized by then Culpeper Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Norma Dunwody. Its mission: Address a concern that
local graduates are not prepared for the workplace, according to its original organizers. Career Partners has worked diligently to meet this challenge with innovative and practical programming. Two decades later, Career Partners
has fl ourished into an all-volunteer organization that operates seven innovative educational programs, including mock interviews, mentoring, career exploration, STEM, E-Squared and more. Career Partners has 450 volunteers, and it serves 3,500 students each year. T e program also has provided $365,000 in scholarships since 2007.
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