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By THERESA REYNOLDS
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
At Piedmont Technical Education Center this week and next, talented students from three counties are trying their hands at a variety of different skills quite unlike those they study during the academic year.
Eight Rappahannock students are taking drafting, health, foods, computer, and fashion courses in the two-week program that Piedmont officials describe as one of a kind.
“Of the seventeen grants given locally for gifted and talented programs, this is the only one actually being spent on the students,” said Principal John- Bodine. “Naturally, we’re very excited.”
The summer courses were born out of an unusual concept discussed at a Piedmont faculty meeting early this year. Malcolm Davis, Piedmont’s guidance counselor, said that the exposure of academic students to vocational arts was something that Piedmont has tried to encourage for some time.
“We have facilities here unavailable at area high schools,” Davis said. “We also offer a curriculum individually tailored to a student’s needs.” Davis remembered the days when he was in school: “Students get regimented so early,” he said. “I remember that one of the things I most wanted to do as a student was to try some practical subjects. But
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