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Martinsville-Henry County Students Have Many Top School Options
Martinsville-Henry County is home to four colleges and a pair of public school districts. Here is a sampling of its excellent schools:
Patrick Henry Community CollegePatrick Henry Community College is a two-year college founded in 1962 as a branch of the University of Virginia’s School of General Studies. It became an independent two-year college in 1964. The college moved to its present 137-acre location 3 miles north of Martinsville in 1969, and in 1971 became part of the Virginia... Read More »
Martinsville-Henry County Students Enjoy iPads, Other Technology Improvements
A student taps his iPad, bringing up a short film. NASA-designed experiments immerse 12-year-olds in space technology. Families come to school on Saturdays to explore the world on laptops. Sound like a high-tech dream? Welcome to Henry County and Martinsville public schools.
Thanks to a long-standing commitment to cutting-edge educational technology, local students from third grade through high school are enjoying a technologically enhanced education that is drawing national attention.
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Martinville's Patrick Henry Community College Educates the Area
Patrick Henry Community College keeps Martinsville residents at the top of the class. The two-year college has been educating the area in a range of academics for over 40 years.
The college offers courses in 60 fields of study, and students have multiple four-year colleges to choose from should they later decide to transfer, including Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia and many more.
PHCC boasts an impressive student/faculty ration of 1:16, and has... Read More »
Patrick Henry Community College School of Craft and Design in Martinsville, VA
Patrick Henry Community College gets crafty with its School of Design. With seven career studies to choose from, students at the college stay on top of the city's art scene. The School of Craft and Design comprises one of the four off-campus sites that the college offers.
Among the seven career studies are Stained Glass, Fine Woodworking, Pottery, Decorative Painting, Weaving, Quilting and Metalworking. The college's recent affiliation with CraftNet, an international network of 14... Read More »
