Goal #3: Students Graduate College-and-Career Ready and Prepared for a Lifetime of Learning

  1. Public: Promote the Para Una Buena Vida “PUBV” message linking education to economic prosperity
  2. Make sure every student and family knows:
    Graduate high school and earn up to $1Million in your lifetime -Termine la secundaria y gane un millón de dólares en su vida
    Graduate college and earn an additional $1Million in your lifetime -Gane otro millón de dólares al graduar del colegio.
    Speak two languages and you will have more opportunity and a chance at better jobs - Aprende ingles bien pero no pierdas tu español. Tendrás mas oportunidades y podrás ganar mas dinero


  3. Public: Support local education-based organizations

  4. Public: Talk to every student you know about graduating

  5. Business: Create programs to expose students to careers

  6. Business: Give time off to your employees to volunteer in schools and encourage them to get involved

  7. Business: Have your company “adopt” a neighborhood school

  8. Business: Join a school’s Career and Tech Ed Advisory Council
  9. Many of our area high schools have career and technical education (CTE) programs in IT, healthcare, engineering, culinary arts, and other areas. We need professional business people to serve on Advisory Councils for each of them to lend advice and real world relevance

  10. Business: Teach job skills while reinforcing the value of their education!
  11. Our students need positive adult role models and a better understanding of the potential of what the real world holds. You can help by hiring students over the summer of in short internships or job shadowing, or just by speaking as a role model at a school.

  12. Students: Get ready for what happens after high school. Graduate with dual credit or advanced placement courses

  13. Students: No matter what grade you are in, ask your teacher, principal or counselor about what you should do to prepare for college

  14. Students: Sign up for Early College StartTake college classes for FREE in high school

  15. Teachers: Challenge all kids to graduate

  16. Teachers: Share good news with parents about their kids

  17. Teachers: Work at a high-needs school

  18. Teachers: Open your school to neighborhood volunteers

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