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News Release: Junction City Students Claim Awards at JAG National Career Development Conference
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A three-person team from Junction City High School took first place in a national JAG competition in St. Louis last week. Another team from Junction City finished third in an event at the national competition, while two local students placed in individual events.
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News Release: Kansas Students Place in Numerous Events at JAG National CDC
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The Creative Decision-Making team from Junction City High School, consisting of James Lamar, Jae’Lynn Dennard and Jaden Exantus, placed first in their respective category. The Junction City students gave Kansas its first win at nationals since the state claimed three first place finishes in 2020.
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Kansas High School Students Help Run County Museum
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Students in the Kiowa County JAG-K program are getting a unique opportunity. In late 2023, the Kiowa County Historical Museum director resigned but left the idea of bringing in the JAG program.
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Kansas Chamber & Education Foundation Announce 2024 Leadership Kansas Class
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JAG-K President and CEO Chuck Knapp is participating in the Kansas Chamber 2024 Leadership Class.
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News Release: Minneapolis Student Receives JAG-K Scholarship Memorializing Former Sen. Bud Estes
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Clare McKain, a senior at Minneapolis High School, was announced Wednesday as recipient of the third annual JAG-K Bud Estes Memorial Scholarship honoring the memory of the late Kansas state senator from Dodge City.
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News Release: Russell High School Student Receives Scholarship from JAG-K
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Russell High School senior Hannah Gideon was named recipient of the JAG-K Senior Scholarship at the JAG-K Career Development Conference at Fort Hays State University on Wednesday.
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News Release: JAG-K Middle School Programs Prepare Students for Future
While JAG-K is generally recognized for the work it does in high schools across Kansas – helping students overcome barriers to graduation and career success – it has realized the benefits of starting these supports as early as middle school. JAG-K has 10 programs in middle schools, where students are ...
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Hays High School JAG-K students support the Red Cross lifesaving mission
Hays Post, Jan. 14, 2021 - Read the original article Recently, the American Red Cross and the Hays High School JAG-K (Jobs for America’s Graduates – Kansas) Program hosted the Ellis County Battle of the Badges blood drive. This year the drive ran Dec. 30 through Jan. 3. Results were exceptional ...
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News Release: JAG-K Career Specialists Adapt During Year Unlike Any Other
2020 has been unlike any other year. As it has everyone involved in education, the pandemic has challenged JAG-K Career Specialists to adapt, and to be more resourceful than ever before. Karla Pledger, Career Specialist at F.L. Schlagle High School in Kansas City, has not met with her JAG-K students ...
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JAG-K is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that partners with students facing various barriers to success, helping them graduate high school and then on to a successful career path.