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Round Rock ISD hosts CTE Community Partnership Kickoff

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Weekly Roundup:
​September 10, 2024

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

“At first, I felt a bit overwhelmed by all the partners in the room, but after my first conversation, things got easier. I think the people I met genuinely wanted to connect with us and know our experiences and future goals. I’m very grateful for their insight.”

~ Arjun Bhardwaj, Westwood High School senior engineering student

Round Rock ISD hosts CTE Community Partnership Kickoff

(Austin, TX/Round Rock ISD News)

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COMMUNITY BUILDING

→ Georgetown County offers apprenticeship programs to high school seniors (Georgetown, SC/Dalilah James, WCBD)

→ TPS introduces new CDL training program for high school seniors (Toledo, OH/Jake Pietrasz, WTVG)

→ Lewis County High School “ROAR Store”: Empowering Students Through Hands-On Learning (Hohenwald, TN/Lewis County Herald)

→ Daily Press seeks student reporters for 2024 fair (Gila, NM/Silver City Daily Press)

→ Cumberland County interns lead the way (Cumberland County, KY/Luke King, Kentucky Association of Counties)

→ UNC System's new college application process for North Carolina public high school students (Raleigh, NC/Tamonda Griffiths, 13NewsNow)

→ Fulton Students Land Banking Apprenticeships to Gain Career Skills (Atlanta, GA/Rachel Kellogg, Fulton Neighbor)

CELEBRATING COMPANIES WITH HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES

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EXPLORING YOUR COMMUNITY'S SENIOR CLASS

The Higley Unified School District Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program, which started in 2019, helps HUSD seniors gearing up for college or other technical education, to get practical training in various fields of their choosing and provides them with academic guidance for their higher education.

Overall, Higley CTE students earned more than 500 industry certifications in the last year, with 96.3% of students earning at least one certification.

Source: Higley board applauds district CTE program (Phoenix, AZ/Aparna Sekhar, Gilbert Sun News) + Higley High School CTE Programs

How many of your community’s high school seniors are working on industry certifications? Is community data being shared regarding industry certifications earned last school year?

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