Synergy School offers fast-track to careers or college
Culinary arts are just one track that students may follow at the Synergy School of Tomorrow. The Synergy School, an innovative vocational and college preparatory educational institution in Fort Pierce, prides itself on being on the leading edge — of technology, of education, and of ideas. School founder Donnelyn Khourie and her team bought the former Virginia College property at 2810 S. U.S. 1 in Fort Pierce in 2019 after its parent company, the Education Corporation of America, shuttered it, along with 70 other properties. The school had just undergone a $3 million remodel, including a full commercial kitchen, state-of-the-art classrooms, and even a medical operating theater. “We’re th e only high school that I know of in the United States with an operating theater,” Khourie said. “Incredible.” The plan was to do more than just provide vocational training, as Virginia College had done, she said. “We’re watching the trends — what are the future jobs going to look like? Things are evol...