Vertus News

In the second of two pieces of coverage, WHAM 13 returns to Vertus to see our students present a custom-made prosthetic hand to a local 7-year-old.  

In this first of two pieces of coverage, WHAM 13 explores Vertus’ summer e-NABLE Project, in which 12 students learned to make prosthetic hands using 3-D printers.

WHAM 13 did a great story today on Vertus’ excellent academic results!  

Perry White, our Director of External Affairs and Co-Founder, recently published an opinion piece in the Democrat & Chronicle on the subject of equal funding for charter schools. Perry writes: “Our students are public school students whose families choose a different option. For this reason alone, their children receive less public funding for their education.…

The Vertus school safety plan is available for review in our office at 2 Austin St.  A public hearing will be held on Aug. 6 at 7:00 p.m.

Watch preceptor Cory Johnson sharing about Vertus. Thank you, Cory! (Also learn about our “sister school” PUC, another great addition to schooling in Rochester.) http://13wham.com/community/features/many-voices/stories/charter-schools-part-1-192.shtml

We are thrilled to announce that Vertus has earned a prestigious national grant for breakthrough school models from Next Generation Learning Challenges! You can read the full details of the grant here. Also, this grant will match what we can raise, so please donate now and turn your $1 into $4 for our boys. Thank…

Tune into WDKX 103.9 FM on Friday May 9th – 8:45am to 9:15 am. to hear Vertus CEO Leigh McGuigan and preceptor Cory Johnson talk about what’s different about Vertus’ innovative, nationally recognized approach.  

Vertus was interviewed on WDKX 103.9 Rochester! Listen to both segments here: