MorGantown, W.VA.- In the coming months, the West Virginia Academy, the first brick-and-mortar charter in the state, will start construction at a new multipurpose facility adjacent to the falling water in the Cheat Lake area.
John trau
WVA President John Tryu said the project would be partially funded with a win of $ 500,000 from the Yas Award. In the third year of operation, WVA won the referenced award for education as the Pulitzer Award.
“We call it a cultural hall because it is not just athletics; it is also for art,” Tropu said. “This will be a feature with a theater, basketball court and some other things that support that mission,” Treu said.
The feature will be located on about 19 acres of land near Cheat Lake Park and Coopers Rock State Forest, already leased by the academy.
“We can already start doing some things on it,” Tropu said. “We are expecting that step in the next few months, when we are breaking the ground and moving forward with gym feature.”
The learning philosophy of the academy focuses on what learners will do in adulthood. Tryu said that his mandatory concert defense with instruments such as piano, guitar and bass instead of marching band-related equipment.
“We really focus on basketball, track and cross country, and we really want to add golf,” said True. “Those are sports that are played in adulthood, and that’s why I chose them.”
The plan to conduct a pilot program from the Preston County Youth Center (PCYC) in Masontown has been scattered due to low demand. But the use of the Massetown feature will continue for sports objectives and Pcyc is considering some educational offerings.
“With a micro-school, you do not require equal level demand to operate,” Tropu said. “It won’t run by us, but it will run by the Preston County Youth Center (PCYC) which is doing great work.”
The West Virginia Academy has an enrollment of around 300 students.