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Renaissance Junior and Senior Career Day
Career Fair
November 17th 8:00AM-10:00AM All 11th and 12th graders are invited to join us for our next career Fair. This event is a partnerships between Renaissance Academy and CMS, with the support of community partners. This event will feature several industry zones; STEM, Fiance, Health Sciences and local Government. There will be colleges there as well. Registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/renaissance-academy-of-information-technology-tickets-27070240819?ref=estw Questions regarding the career fair, please contact Reginald Harris Email: [email protected] Cell: (704) 890-4106 |
FRESHMAN ORIENTATION
The freshman class of the Renaissance School of Arts and Technology listened to Laura Lewin. After the talk the students was grouped into focus groups to brainstorm ideas of clubs and school culture.
Once the brainstorming was complete, students formulated strategies to address the issue of schools in Charlotte. They put their concepts into a presentation to be delivered in front of their peers and Renaissance staff. All of the ideas will be critiqued with help from community partners and the top three ideas will be implemented with the help of organizations like Jr. Achievement, Charlotte Works and CPCC.
This type of activity is vital for our student’s future in college and in the workplace. The students learned and practiced essential “soft skills” that our community partners have told us that are essential for a successful career. The soft skills that the students were exposed to included working in groups collaboratively, creative problem solving, communication and public speaking. All of these skills are being reinforced in their classroom daily.
This experience showed the students that they can be creative and work in groups, even if they do not like or even know their peers. It also proved that our students, when given the chance are creative, able to solve problems, communicate their ideas and express those ideas in an articulate and passionate way.
The community panel discussion and presentation of the winning ideas will be February 10th during the next F.I.R.E. night. Come join us and hear how the freshman solved the hunger issue in Charlotte.
Once the brainstorming was complete, students formulated strategies to address the issue of schools in Charlotte. They put their concepts into a presentation to be delivered in front of their peers and Renaissance staff. All of the ideas will be critiqued with help from community partners and the top three ideas will be implemented with the help of organizations like Jr. Achievement, Charlotte Works and CPCC.
This type of activity is vital for our student’s future in college and in the workplace. The students learned and practiced essential “soft skills” that our community partners have told us that are essential for a successful career. The soft skills that the students were exposed to included working in groups collaboratively, creative problem solving, communication and public speaking. All of these skills are being reinforced in their classroom daily.
This experience showed the students that they can be creative and work in groups, even if they do not like or even know their peers. It also proved that our students, when given the chance are creative, able to solve problems, communicate their ideas and express those ideas in an articulate and passionate way.
The community panel discussion and presentation of the winning ideas will be February 10th during the next F.I.R.E. night. Come join us and hear how the freshman solved the hunger issue in Charlotte.
Discovery Place Offers Renaissance Students Internships
After lots of planning and coordination, 9 students have been chosen to serve as interns with Discovery Place, Inc. According to Gábor Zsuppán, Director of School Experiences at Discovery Place, we are currently working with Olympic High School partnership team representatives Jeanne Smith and Lori Jones; who serve as CTE Academy Coordinators, to prototype a high school internship program where students engage in work-based learning modeled after the National Academy Foundation model. They will help out in the Explore More Labs, in afterschool programs, early childhood programming, and in Discovery Place’s evaluation department. To date, students have completed the rigorous application process which included a visit to Discovery Place, an application with an essay, and a professional interview where they presented their resumes to hiring managers. Interns will start work in the next week or two.
Jeanne Smith and Lori Jones state “they are pleased to announce that 9 students have been chosen to be Discovery Place Interns. These internships were developed especially for Olympic students as a collaborative effort between Discovery Place and Olympic. We had 13 students participate in the interview process. We are very proud of all who reached the interview stage.”
The Renaissance students chosen as interns are:
Reflecting on the process, Smith said “we and the Discovery Place team would like to start the process with 12th grade students in late January/early February. The purpose is to identify students by February for spring 2016 internships. The interns' classes could be scheduled to allow more students to participate.”
Jeanne Smith and Lori Jones state “they are pleased to announce that 9 students have been chosen to be Discovery Place Interns. These internships were developed especially for Olympic students as a collaborative effort between Discovery Place and Olympic. We had 13 students participate in the interview process. We are very proud of all who reached the interview stage.”
The Renaissance students chosen as interns are:
- Ilyasah Thomas– Afterschool Program at Irwin
- Dynasty Parker– Afterschool Program at Irwin and Vocabulary Program
- Deangela Holmes- Afterschool Program at Irwin
- Dominique Dantzler– Market Research
- Jordyn McAtee– Labs
- Rylina Dey- Early Childhood
Reflecting on the process, Smith said “we and the Discovery Place team would like to start the process with 12th grade students in late January/early February. The purpose is to identify students by February for spring 2016 internships. The interns' classes could be scheduled to allow more students to participate.”