THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, October 6, 1994 TAG: 9410040329
SECTION: NORFOLK COMPASS PAGE: 15 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Jon Glass
LENGTH: Short : 50 lines
Norfolk Collegiate School last week launched the final phase of a $3.4 million capital campaign, the largest single fund-raising effort in the independent school's 46-year history, said Headmaster Will King.
To date, the college-preparatory school has raised $2.2 million to expand computer and satellite technology in the classrooms, increase an endowment for teacher salaries and buy property adjacent to its Granby Street campus to build athletic fields.
The school opened in 1948 as a preschool and kindergarten and gradually added grades until it graduated its first class of seniors in 1963. Its name was changed from Carolton Oaks to Norfolk Collegiate in 1973. Emergency services
The public safety class at the Norfolk Technical Vocational Center will sponsor its first Fire Prevention and Emergency Services Exposition Saturday.
The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the voc-tech center at 1330 Military Highway. Featured will be demonstrations of the Williamsburg Fire Brigade, the ``Jaws of Life'' rescue tool, the airport crash truck and a ladder truck and a hose line.
Purpose of the exposition is to promote fire prevention awareness for all age groups and to introduce the Norfolk and Hampton Roads community to the emergency services that answer their calls for help.
Douglas B. Starr, public safety instructor at the voc-tech center, said he thought his class was the only one of its kind in Virginia. High school students interested in careers in law enforcement, fire fighting or emergency medical services gain hands-on experience using a fire engine, ambulance and police car available for class use, Starr said. College-Bound Artists
High school art students from all over Hampton Roads can meet with representatives on Oct. 15 from 16 universities and art institutes to discuss their art portfolios.
Information about the schools' art programs will be available at the free event, sponsored by the Norfolk Public Schools' Office of Art Education.
It will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at Lake Taylor High School at 1384 Kempsville Road. by CNB