District 301 seeks coaches, mentors for high school entrepreneurship program
Burlington- based Central Unit District 301 is offering high school students an opportunity to participate in INCubatoredu@chs, a new entrepreneurship program coming to Central High School this fall.
This innovative course blends instruction with hands-on learning, allowing students to learn about what it takes to open a business and work toward creating and fully developing their own product or service.
Students will learn directly from industry professionals to prepare for real-world experiences.
Volunteers are needed to work alongside the classroom teacher to offer firsthand knowledge and insight to students. District 301 is looking for business and industry professionals who can partner with students as coaches and mentors.
Coaches will provide authentic business expertise in a specific area. They partner with the course instructor to present classroom material together for a short period of time - typically one to five days.
Mentors will work with one team and follow them through the entire process offering feedback and encouragement. A mentor typically will touch base with his/her team twice per month.
Interested volunteers can contact Kelly Greene, chairwoman of the Career and Technical Education Department, at kelly.greene@central301.net.
15 District 155 students earn $1.3 million in scholarships:
Fifteen Crystal Lake High School District 155 students earned more than $1.3 million in scholarships from various art schools and the Illinois High School Art Exhibition.
Nine Cary-Grove students were awarded $723,200 and six Crystal Lake Central students received $636,000 in scholarships.
The fifth annual exhibition featured the best 1,000 student artists from more than 125 Illinois high schools.
Crystal Lake Central students Megan Adams, Catherine DelSanto, Mateo Herrera, Kailey Lesser, Iliana Portincaso and Annalise Rauchenberger submitted a portfolio of 12-25 works to be considered for college and exhibition scholarships and had their work displayed.
Cary-Grove students Alyssa Alarcon, Victoria Grudzien, Avery Henegar, Hailey Hochel, Maggie Miller, Sarina Mugino, Fiona Pack, Benjamin Sandquist and Ashley Williams had their artwork displayed at Bridgeport's Zhou B Art Center and Bridgeport Art Center from Feb. 12 through March 9.
"Receiving these scholarships has opened us so many doors for me," said Maggie Miller, a Cary-Grove senior and scholarship recipient.
Miller has a passion for photography is considering attending Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design to study photography with an emphasis in advertising.
The main general exhibition event on Feb. 25 featured ceremonies, early college scholarship announcements, award presentations, and college recruitment. Roughly 4,000 students, teachers, college representatives and school district administrators attended.