The Virginia Demonstration Project

 

The VDP is conceived as a multi-year, state-wide outreach effort involving high schools, middle schools, and community colleges.  The first phase, currently under way, is limited to the six middle schools of Stafford County, Virginia, a large school district in the Dahlgren area. 

 

This program uses the Science and Engineering staff of the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Dahlgren Division as mentors, with the objective of generating the interest and enthusiasm of Stafford County seventh graders in pursuing careers in science, engineering, and mathematics.