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New Middle School JAG-K Program Taking Off at RJSHS

Piggybacking on the success of the JAG-K program at the high school, Russell County USD 407 Board of Education members and school staff decided to establish a JAG-K middle school program starting this school year.
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News Release: JAG-K Day at the Capitol Connects About 450 JAG-K Students, Staff to Policymakers

Approximately 450 JAG-K students and staff visited the Kansas Statehouse as part of the JAG-K Day at the Capitol celebration on January 30.
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News Release: JAG-K Students at Correctional Facility Find Inspiration, Graduate High School

Six students enrolled in the JAG-K program at KJCC received high school diplomas at a ceremony in December. JAG-K President and CEO Chuck Knapp addressed the gathering.
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Matheson, Thomlinson Recognized as Russell Community Impact Award Recipients

During Tuesday’s Russell City Council meeting, the November and December recipients of the Russell Community Impact Award were honored.
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Larned JAG-K Student Selected for Special Gifts

Larned JAG-K student receives gifts from EnterpriseKC.
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UHS students serve a little pie to teachers as part of competition

The Ulysses High School Jag-K program has become a leader in the school and across Grant County for its community service projects.
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Nov 18 2024

Kansas to Expand Education, Workforce Opportunities for Youth in Detention

The Imprint, Nov. 6, 2024 - click to read original article A new law in Kansas calls for allowing detained youth to leave their locked juvenile facility unsupervised so they can shadow workers, participate in apprenticeships and take college-level classes in person.  State corrections officials said they are in the ...
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Nov 6 2024

JAG-K Student Journalist Reports from LDC

The following is a report by JAG-K student journalist Elizabeth Hernandez-Hulett from Manhattan High School of the recent Leadership Development Conference at Shawnee Heights High School in Topeka. Students were left feeling inspired and motivated after the recent JAG-K Leadership Development Conference (LDC). The event brought together aspiring leaders to ...
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Nov 5 2024

News Release: JAG-K Students Learn About Construction Industry at “Build My Future” Event

Nearly 200 participants in Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas (JAG-K) from the Wichita area attended the recent Build My Future expo sponsored by the Wichita Area Builders Association (WABA). The event introduced students to careers in the building and construction industry. WABA promoted the event as an effort “to motivate and ...
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