CAPS offers work-based education for students


Weekly Roundup:
December 10, 2024

Beyond the classroom. In the community.
Connecting with your promising young talent.

"I really like how the CAPS program encourages you to go talk to other people — that has really been beneficial to me, to talk to people in a career that I am looking toward… I just really like how CAPS gets you to go out and discover more.”

~ Dennie Boogerd, Boyden-Hull High School Senior

CAPS offers work-based education for students

(Hull, IA/Aleisa Schat, Iowa Information)

COMMUNITY BUILDING

→ Job Shadow Week help students explore careers (Greenville, OH/Daily Advocate)

→ The562 Internship Programs Brings on Bigger Class for 2024-25 (Long Beach, CA /Nina Fife, The562) + The562 Student Internship Program

→ Helix Charter High students getting a positive checkup with medical internships (La Mesa, CA/Dave Thomas, La Mesa Courier)

→ TSTC Harlingen hosts Discovery Day for high school seniors (Harlingen, TX/Jesse Mendez, Valley Central 4)

→ North Olmsted High School seniors host ‘Empty Bowls’ fundraiser (North Olmstead, OH/Cleveland Community News)

→ Troy University to reduce cost of high school dual enrollment (Troy, AL/Alex Jobin, AL Reporter)

→ Former Port Orange paramedic now teacher introduces students to medical field (New Smyrna Beach, FL/Tammie Fields, Spectrum News)


CELEBRATING COMPANIES WITH HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES

Covenant HealthCare


EXPLORING YOUR COMMUNITY'S SENIOR CLASS

Less than half of middle schoolers and high schoolers in a recent national survey said school challenges them in a good way or gives them a chance to do what they’re best at every day. Only about half said they feel prepared for the future.

Source: Too Many Students Say School Just Isn’t Relevant. It’s Time to Listen to Them. (Elisa Villanueva Beard is CEO of Teach For America, The74) + The Joy of Learning a Core Principle for Success (Jordan Luster, Getting Smart)

How is your community giving its high school seniors “a voice and choice” in what they are learning?


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