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A Day’s Outing – Find Events, Family Activities, Festivals, Gardens, Museums, Travel Destinations
Looking for Outings in the Charlottesville area? A Day’s Outing may have just the information to help you plan a trip./ Virginia travel tale Crabtree Falls is the most beautiful waterfall hike in Virginia, located in Nelson County and in the George Washington National Forest. It is also the tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi.…
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Jackson-Via PTO News Flash – Outdoor Learning Centers
Outdoor Learning Centers at Jackson-Via Elementary School On October 29th, from 12:00 – 1:00 at the Charlottesville Community Design Center (CCDC) on the Downtown Mall, local designers Reed Muehlman, Jessica Primm, Eugene Ryang, and Chris Woods, along with Jackson-Via staff, will present a Master Plan for Jackson-Via Elementary School’s Outdoor Learning Centers during a brown…
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Live in Charlottesville? Learn as you become involved in your community!
Serving on City of Charlottesville Boards and Commissions is an excellent way to learn more about how government works. You might be interested in some of the opportunities listed below. The City of Charlottesville provides a wide variety of Boards and Commissions that encourages its members to participate in discussions that affect and shape the…
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New daily Amtrak service to Washington, DC
This is going to be a great opportunity for us in the Charlottesville area to visit DC and come back the same day. Union Station is just a short distance from the museums and art galleries, so this new Amtrak service should make lifelong-learning field trips to our nation’s capital especially easy. New daily Amtrak…
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Elderhostel has a new program name, but continuing emphasis on lifelong learning and travel
Elderhostel has been known since 1975 for adventures in lifelong learning. Now they have adopted a new name and logo to reflect the idea that you do not have to feel “old” to be included in the ranks of lifelong learners. Lifelong learning begins at birth (and there is mounting evidence that it begins in…
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Lifelong learning – a discovery that doesn’t end!
I agree with Marcus Chan, the tech editor at the San Francisco Chronicle! His view of lifelong learning as a discovery that does not end seems very apt. I was drawn to the position of webmaster in 1995 by the tantalizing prospect of having an ever-expanding menu of new things to learn as time progressed. …