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CCK kept brisk pace in March

Published March 31, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

CCK hosted college and apprenticeship visits in March Our College & Career Knowledge (CCK) program has had a busy month in March, with visits to Penn State Greater Allegheny and two apprenticeship training centers. Groups of students from Clairton, McKeesport Area and Steel Valley High Schools spent a half at Penn State Greater Allegheny touring […]

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Penn Hills and South Fayette students present recommendations at ALCOSAN

Published March 20, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

Students recommend remedies for stormwater runoff  Teams from Penn Hills and South Fayette school districts presented findings and recommendations last week after ALCOSAN  (Allegheny County Sanitary Authority) tasked them with identifying ways to reduce storm water runoff on the campuses of their respective schools. They took up the challenge as part of our Student Powered […]

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Career Ready teams explore community partnerships

Published March 16, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

Human-centered design principles lay foundation for partnership discussions Districts involved in the Consortium’s Career Ready initiative convened this week with representatives from business and higher education to develop models for partnerships. Using human-centered design principles at a March 15 meeting, they worked in groups to flesh out “personas” of students in several age groups and […]

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TFIM Student Leadership Conference plans taking shape

Published February 16, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

Sixteen employers to host site visits  Some 400 students and team advisors from nearly 30 high schools participating in The Future Is Mine (TFIM) will fan out on the first day of our 2017 Student Leadership Conference to explore careers with 16 different employers. The two-day Conference takes place April 20-21 at the Pittsburgh Marriott […]

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Penn Hills and South Fayette kick of SPS projects with ALCOSAN

Published January 30, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

ALCOSAN project offers hands-on challenge and eligibility for college credit Students from Penn Hills and South Fayette school districts will be collaborating with ALCOSAN in the coming weeks to make recommendations for reducing storm water runoff on their high school campuses.  To kick off the project, the teams met last week with Julia Spicher, a […]

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Blackhawk students present SPS project for PANTHERx

Published January 26, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

Students bring fresh perspective to PANTHERx PANTHERx Specialty Pharmacy General Manager Tim Davis was impressed enough with the work he saw from kids performing a project for his company that he wanted to follow up on their ideas. He was particularly interested recommendations that PANTHERx switch to cellulose packaging for drug deliveries, equip high tech […]

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Regional Chamber Alliance Scholarship Foundation

Published January 19, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

Scholarship qualifications and guidelines Under a program made available from the Regional Chamber Alliance Foundation, the Consortium is pleased to announce scholarship opportunities to seniors graduating from nine area high schools as well as to students attending the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. This program provides up to four $500 scholarships for seniors in the Mon-Yough […]

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Meet the finalists for our 2017 Champions of Learning Awards!

Published January 18, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

  Introducing the finalists for our 2017 Champions of Learning Awards You can and should make reservations now to attend our annual Champions of Learning Awards celebration on Saturday, April 1. Meanwhile, we’ve been introducing the finalists, working our way through one category a week in alphabetical order over the past six weeks.  Now it’s time for the final […]

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Charleroi Area and Albert Gallatin teams present SPS projects

Published January 9, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

  Model Cleaners CEO praises student-consulting work When a team of Albert Gallatin School District students suggested that Model Cleaners hire a social media manager, company President John LaCarte called the idea “spot on.” He also praised a customer video they’d created for having an authentic feel, more like ones he’s seen on Facebook than […]

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Consortium announces finalists for 2017 Champions of Learning Awards

Published January 5, 2017 by Pam Gaynor

Announcing finalists and a special partner for 2017 Champions of Learning Awards celebration Selection Committees for the Consortium for Public Education’s annual Champions of Learning Awards have chosen 18 finalists in six categories for 2017 and named a candidate to receive a Special Tribute. (Names in all categories are available in this  complete roster.) Winners in […]

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