About XLR8 Academy

XLR8 Lynchburg Regional Governor’s STEM Academy is the 16th regional Governor’s STEM Academy offering programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (subjects known collectively as “STEM”) for high school juniors and seniors in Virginia’s Region 2000/Lynchburg regional area. Located on the campus of Central Virginia Community College, XLR8 offers academic and technical training related to careers in engineering, mechatronics, biotechnology, health science, and cyber security.

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Testimonials

STEM gives you a lot of opportunities to connect with your classmates and mentors. It is a great program and I would highly recommend it.

Keshav Desai
Class of 2024

The engineering, electronics classes were my favorite part of STEM Academy.  It gave me hands-on experience in the field of engineering that I would never get in high school.

Collin Stinnett
Class of 2020

The most meaningful part of  STEM was getting to work with more engineering-based classes and better technologies not offered at my base school. It made it more clear to me that engineering is what I wanted to pursue and was a better learning style for me overall.

Grace Gada
Class of 2020

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