Polaris Career Center joins area school districts for new Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council
Cleveland Plain Dealer
With a goal to prepare all Ohio students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in future learning, careers and life, the state of Ohio last year required all public school districts to form business advisory councils. This led to the creation of the brand-new Southwest Regional Business Advisory Council, which includes representatives from Olmsted Falls City School District, Berea City Schools, Fairview Park City Schools, North Olmsted City Schools, Strongsville City Schools and Polaris Career Center, as well as a broad cross-section of regional business and higher education leaders… Advisory councils are nothing new to Polaris Career Center, as well as the participating school districts, with (Polaris Career Center Director of Community Outreach Doug) Miller noting each of its programs has councils comprised of employers, college partners, parents, former students and community organizations providing input to ensure teachers are using the latest industry techniques and equipment in labs and classrooms.
Students learn career skills
Mount Vernon News
Nine juniors and seniors at the Knox Learning Center spent the day Thursday learning all of the skills they will need to turn their dreams into careers during a piloted career intelligence workshop through the Knox Technical Center. The students, joined by community partners, learned about the importance of strong communication skills, tips and tricks for interviews, resume building and job searching, and financial information that will set them up for a successful future. The workshop was funded with a grant through a United Way program called Women United, Elizabeth Doolittle, United Way program director told the News. She explained that although the grant was awarded to KTC once, it will go to fund several iterations of the career intelligence workshop.
How an Indian Hill High School student helps kids in China
Cincinnati ABC-9
What started as a high school project is now a nonprofit that reaches to China and Cambodia. Diana Yue, a Indian Hill High School junior, wants to bring BEST, Better Education for Stronger Teeth, to Africa by the end of the year. Yue created BEST in 2017 in an effort to promote oral health in rural parts of the world. She launched the program in China because her parents grew up in a rural village there.
How to Give Military Kids a Fighting Chance at a Good Education
RealClearEducation
Students who come from military families experience unique challenges throughout their educational career. These children will transfer an average of six to nine times from the time they start kindergarten until they graduate high school. The frequent moves and the added stress of having a parent deployed to a war zone can be very disruptive to academic progress, especially when students transfer across state lines and find they are either ahead of or behind their new classmates. A new report released last month from the Lexington Institute looks at how schools and districts serving large military populations are using some form of a Military Student Identifier (MSI) to ensure a high-quality education for military-connected children.