Career, Technical, and Adult Education

Surry County Public Schools Career and Technical Education Programs

Annual Public Notice 

Career and Technical Education programs in Virginia public schools serve more than 550,000 students in grades 6-12.  These programs are designed to prepare young people for productive futures while meeting the commonwealth's need for well-trained and industry-certified technical workers.

Surry County Public Schools offer a range of pathways beginning in the sixth grade.  Please take a moment to browse our website and see what we offer in career preparations.

Luther Porter Jackson Middle School offers Agriculture, Business, and Career Investigation programs.  During the middle school years, students spend 9 weeks, 18 weeks, or 36 weeks studying different career skills and pathways. 

Surry County High School offers semester and year-long classes in several areas, along with concurrent enrollment programs in HVAC, Welding, Precision Machining, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Industrial Electricity, Industrial Maintenance, Energy Technology, Early Childhood, Criminal Justice (rising seniors only), CAD (rising seniors only), and Web Design (rising seniors only).  Our Career and Technical courses aim to develop a specialization in courses leading to a  Career Pathway.

We offer programs in the following areas:

  • Agricultural Education

  • Business & Information Technology

  • Career & Connections (JROTC)

  • Family & Consumer Sciences

  • STEM

  • Trade & Industrial Education

We offer Career Clusters in the following areas:

  • Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

  • Architecture & Construction

  • Arts/AV Technology & Communication

  • Finance

  • Government & Public Administration

  • Hospitality & Tourism

  • Information & Technology

  • Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

  • Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics

Career Clusters

Career Clusters

For more information on courses Surry County Public Schools offer, please click HERE.

CTE

CTE Graduation Requirements

For more information on CTE Graduation Requirements, please click HERE.

Industry Certifications

Industry Certifications

For more information on Industry Certifications, please click HERE.

Adult Education

Adult Education

For more information on Adult Education, please click HERE.

Contact: Airon Grim

Director of Assessment, Career Readiness and Instructional Technology 

airon_grim@surryschools.net

The Surry County School Board is committed to nondiscrimination with regard to sex, gender, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, ancestry, age, marital status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. This commitment will prevail in all of its policies and practices concerning staff, students, educational programs and services, and individuals and entities with whom the Board does business.