Conference gives kids firsthand look at career options A visit to Dollar Bank during the annual student Leadership Conference for The Future Is Mine (TFIM) helped Amani, a McKeesport Area High School senior realize she might find her niche in financial services, even though her love is foreign languages. “I could go into international banking,” […]
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Student Leadership Conference kicks off tomorrow
Thanks to site hosts and sponsors, TFIM’s annual two-day Student Leadership Conference kicks off April 20 Our annual two-day Student Leadership Conference for The Future Is Mine (TFIM) kicks off Thursday morning with site visits to 16 different employers and support from dozens of others. Please join us in shout out to the companies […]
Blackhawk students present SPS findings at First Energy
First Energy hosts project presentations Students from Blackhawk High School presented findings this week to engineers at First Energy who visited the informal displays showing how they’d approach challenges related to nuclear energy. The students embarked on the projects as participants in our Student Powered Solutions program. The challenges ranged from aesthetic to scientific, with […]
Meet the winners of our 2017 Champions of Learning Awards
Consortium taps six winners at Champions of Learning Awards celebration and makes special tribute Winners in six categories took center stage Saturday, April 1, 2017 when the Consortium for Public Education presented its annual Champions of Learning Awards. Don Marinelli, Director of Innovation at 535 Media/Inven Global, emceed the event at the Pittsburgh Marriott City […]
CCK kept brisk pace in March
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 […]
Penn Hills and South Fayette students present recommendations at ALCOSAN
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 […]
Career Ready teams explore community partnerships
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 […]
TFIM Student Leadership Conference plans taking shape
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 […]
Penn Hills and South Fayette kick of SPS projects with ALCOSAN
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 […]
Blackhawk students present SPS project for PANTHERx
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 […]