HOLLAND, MI (WHTC AM/FM) – High school students can gain real-world work experience and scholarship opportunities through the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District’s (OAISD) futurePREP’d IChallengeU program July 11-22.
The two-week-long summer learning program pairs students with mentor teachers and local businesses and organizations for a unique, hands-on learning opportunity.
“IChallengeU helps prepare students for what might be next for them,” Nicole Gitler, Program Developer for futurePREP’d, said. “Students get a glimpse of a variety of different careers and practice problem-solving using design thinking,”
Students will spend their days working with a mentor teacher and other students at one of twelve local businesses and organizations including, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland, Grand Haven Public Safety, Haworth, Holland Board of Public Works, Royal Technologies and Verplank.
IChallengeU runs July 11–21, 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. and Friday, July 22, 8:30–11:30 a.m. The program is open to current 9th–12th-grade students.
Registration is $50 and includes lunch and snacks both weeks. To apply and for more information www.oaisd.org/futurePrepd. For questions, email ngitler@oaisd.org.
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