Norfolk City PBLC SCHS

Founded in 1968, Tidewater Community College enrolls more than 40,000 students annually. The college maintains campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach regions in Virginia. It is one of the largest community colleges in the United States. Tidewater Community College is administered by the Virginia Community College System. The college offers certificates and degree programs in agricultural, business, engineering, medical, industrial, and other technical and occupational fields. It also provides a variety of courses through teleconference and Web-based online classes. Tidewater Community College offers the Hampton Roads Maritime Training Program, which focuses on the various aspects of seamanship. The college operates the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center. Its executive meeting rooms, auditoriums and conference centers are available on a rental basis. Tidewater Community College manages mathematics and social sciences and public services departments.

The Governor s School for the Arts offers a wide range of programs in visual and performing arts. It provides studies in critical art studies, dance, film, video, music and theater. The school is located in Norfolk, Va. It provides various programs for professional training in fine arts, graphic designing and photography. The dance division offers studies in performance, choreography, production, and interactive and digital technologies. The dance coursework includes classes in dance history, functional anatomy, physiology of exercise, body conditioning, yoga, music, video and theatrical presentation and design. It also provides arts and music instruction, which includes private music instruction on voice and musical instruments. The center organizes a variety of programs for its students, including fall and spring classes, vacation camps, violin, cello and guitar learning and summer art programs.