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February 25, 2016

A Grand Drive to End Poverty Everywhere

Lehi (Utah) High School students collected one “grand” to support Let’s End Poverty and to spread awareness worldwide. Within two weeks, these students collected and sorted bags of donations including…

Chapter News

February 25, 2016

Civic duty? Check

“If you don’t do anything, you can’t control the government. It’s your right as a citizen. You might as well use it,” says Colin Clark, a graphic and visual communications…

Chapter News

February 25, 2016

Not Down the Drain

Caitlin Monagle and McKenzie Hartman, environmental technology students at Minuteman High School in Lexington, Mass., have installed decals at catch basins that direct storm water into nearby Morses Pond, a…

Chapter News

February 25, 2016

A Virtual Step Back in Time

In Grand Rapids, Mich., students at Kent Career Technical Center and Kent Innovation High School are collaborating on a virtual tour of Historic Fort Wayne (Ind.), site of a battle…

Chapter News

December 17, 2015

Helping Kids Stay Safe

In Arizona, the law, public safety and security students at Pima County Joint Technical Education District have been working on a child safety program with Tucson police Detective Joseph Wall…

Chapter News

December 17, 2015

Planting Happiness

A pleasant learning environment is conducive to learning. So what happens when students step up to make their surroundings look better? Accolades. Comments like “the project caused the environment…

Chapter News

December 17, 2015

Pampering Services for Patients

Trezevant Career and Technical Center students in Memphis, Tenn., provide free cosmetology services to cancer survivors and patients during the school’s Cancer Pamper Party. Besides giving patients some relief…

Chapter News

September 24, 2015

Dissecting a Career Plan

Health occupations students at Sikeston (Mo.) Career and Technology Center participate in Project Hope (Helping Other People Everywhere). The goals of the program include building leadership skills in high-school students…

Chapter News

September 24, 2015

A Smooth Approach to Baseball

Bucket-toting, fundraising volunteers for a nonprofit, Abigail’s Plan, sport T-shirts printed by Sandy Wheeley’s Lawrence (Tenn.) County High School graphics class. The Abigail’s Plan logo, designed by Wheeley, has become…

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