Posts Tagged ‘JAG’
Letter: JAG Statistics Celebrated By Organization’s National President
The national office of JAG announced on June 8 some amazing statistics about the success of the program nationally.
Read MoreNews Release: JAG-K Student Leader Appointed to Juvenile Justice Advisory Group by Gov. Kelly
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly recently appointed JAG-K statewide student president Chrishayla Adams to the Kansas Advisory Group for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Read More35 JAG-K Programs Earn Top National Honor
For the sixth consecutive year, the Jobs for America’s Graduates national organization announced that the Kansas affiliate earned the organization’s 5 of 5 Award.
Read MoreJAG-K Students Succeed Regardless of Race, Ethnicity
Grad Rate and Employment Success are Higher for JAG Students of Color
Read MoreKingman High School Student Receives JAG Scholarship
Aubrey Thimesch, a 2020 graduate of Kingman High School, was announced Monday as a recipient of the 2020 T-Mobile Kenneth M. Smith Scholarship.
Read MoreJAG-K Student Featured on KPR, Receives Gift of Free College
A Kansas student named Kira has put a lifetime of abuse, neglect and stunted development behind her, and has a bright future ahead.
Read MoreGBHS staff member selected for JAG National Training Academy
Jennifer Hopkins, a career specialist for Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas (JAG-K) at Great Bend High School, was recently selected to participate in the organization’s National Training Academy (NTA).
Read MoreJAG-K Continues to Meet Students’ Needs Despite School Closures
(TOPEKA) — When schools closed their doors in mid-March due to the COVID-19 virus, they scrambled to continue operations. They would need to teach and support students by every means possible in lieu of holding regular school sessions. Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG-K), a multi-year, in-school program for students in grades 7-12, was positioned to…
Read MoreGreat Bend student competes, participates in leadership workshops in Washington D.C.
t Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas (JAG-K) was represented by 16 students at the JAG National Student Leadership Academy (NSLA) in Washington, D.C., including Great Bend High School student Austin Moore. The students competed in skills competitions, attended leadership workshops and had the opportunity to tour familiar monuments and museums in the nation’s capital. The students who attended NSLA earned the all-expense…
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