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Virginia Deputy Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs Kathleen Jabs and Virginia Department of Military Affairs Chief Operations Officer Walt Mercer visit students taking part in activities at the Winchester STARBASE Academy Sept. 23, 2020, at the Virginia National Guard's Cherry-Beasley Readiness Center in Winchester, Virginia. During the visit, students took part in lessons on computer aided design, density and buoyancy, and creating and building molecular models. Before COVID-19 closed schools in March 2020, the program supported 11 area schools from three public school districts, and over 900 students in 45 classes participated in the 5-day program during the School Year 2019-2020. For the beginning of this current school year, smaller sized classes and fewer classes will attend the full program in order to support social distancing guidelines. Learn more at www.starbasewinchester.com. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)
STARBASE_DepSecJabsVisit_23sep20_0502
Virginia Deputy Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs Kathleen Jabs and Virginia Department of Military Affairs Chief Operations Officer Walt Mercer visit students taking part in activities at the Winchester STARBASE Academy Sept. 23, 2020, at the Virginia National Guard's Cherry-Beasley Readiness Center in Winchester, Virginia. During the visit, students took part in lessons on computer aided design, density and buoyancy, and creating and building molecular models. Before COVID-19 closed schools in March 2020, the program supported 11 area schools from three public school districts, and over 900 students in 45 classes participated in the 5-day program during the School Year 2019-2020. For the beginning of this current school year, smaller sized classes and fewer classes will attend the full program in order to support social distancing guidelines. Learn more at www.starbasewinchester.com. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)