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Hartford County school leaders aim to get students workplace ready

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Weekly Roundup:
​September 24, 2024

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

“I think it's very exciting when you're a 17-year-old senior in high school and you come up with a solution in an adult field. I think they take a lot of pride in that.”

~ Steve Phillips, SURVICE Engineering Head of IT

Hartford County school leaders aim to get students workplace ready with apprenticeship program

(Baltimore, MD/Jessica Albert, WJZ News)

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COMMUNITY BUILDING

→ The Morning Bell: Carmel students earn credit with Work-Based Learning Program (Carmel, IN/Hannah Mordoh, WISHTV) + Carmel High School Work-Based Learning​

→ SRS welcomes six high school students to apprenticeship school (Aiken County, SC/The Post and Courier)

→ ‘Mutually beneficial pipeline’: Greeley-Evans School District 6, JBS to offer pilot apprenticeship program (Greeley, CO, Morgan McKenzie, Greeley Tribune)

→ Corpus Christi Water looking to offer job pipeline program to high school seniors (Corpus Christi, TX/Josh Maxwell, 3 News)

→ High school seniors get a ‘bite of reality’ before heading into the real world (Bakersfield, CA/Mikhala Armstrong, KGET)

→ BGHS senior signs commitment to McKenzi Loid Memorial Public Relations Internship (Bowling Green, KY/Lauren McCally, WBKO)

→ ODNR Accepting Applications for November Job Shadow Program (Columbus, OH/Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Hometown Stations) + ODNR Job Shadow Web Page ​

CELEBRATING COMPANIES WITH HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES

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EXPLORING YOUR COMMUNITY'S SENIOR CLASS

An 18-year-old student from Helotes, TX has shown that Gen Z’s interest in the voting process is alive and well. Eliana Arriaga was recently the recipient of the Why Vote? Scholarship from the National Society of High School Scholars.

Arriaga said most of her fellow students didn’t know that they could register to vote when they turned 17 years and 10 months old. She created a voter registration event at Brandeis High School called 17/10 day.

According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, 44.1 million members of Gen Z are eligible to vote in the upcoming election — including more than 8 million who will be able to vote for the first time.

Source: Why a Gen Z student is showing a strong interest in the November election (San Antonio, TX/Jerry Clayton, KERA News) + Cameron County Elections Department registering high school seniors to vote (Harlingen, TX/Stefany Rosales, KRGV) + Youth Do Vote + Vote.gov + Voter Registration Deadlines​

What is your community doing to register its high school seniors to vote?

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