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Students Compete for a Trip to Washington D.C.
During JAG State Student Leadership Academy
eventy-three JAG program The students that placed in the top Public Speaking Skills
students competed during three of each category are:
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Sthe State Student Leadership 3 Place- Trevor Hayes of Robinson
Academy for the opportunity to Math Skills High School
represent Arkansas at the National 3 Place- Alyssa Miller of Robinson 2 Place- Pashur'ar Grissom of Pine
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Student Leadership Academy in High School Bluff High School
Washington D.C.
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The State Student Leadership 2 Place- Tristen Grogan of Parkview 1 Place- Tiana Huff of Benton High
Academy was held at the UA-Little High School School (Arch Ford HUB)
Rock campus. The students in 1 Place- Drew Langford of Bald Knob Project Based Learning
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attendance represented 23 Jobs for High School
Arkansas Graduates (JAG) programs 3 Place- Kaitlyn Nicholson of Star
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and 15 school districts. Employability Skills City High School
Each student competed in four
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career-development categories: Public 3 Place (Tie)- Riyah Harris of 2 Place- Breana Hicks, Victoria
Speaking, Math Skills, Employability Parkview High School Clendening, Kenya Smith of Robinson
Skills, and Project-Based Learning 3 Place (Tie)- Talyn Day of High School
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Showcase. A total of 17 students Springdale High School 1 Place- Kameryn Baker, Aumri
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placed in the top three for each Duncan, Jose Santos of Parkview
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category, which qualified them 2 Place- Sydney Moore of High School
to represent Arkansas during the Springdale High School
National Student Leadership Academy 1 Place- Rodolfo Garcia of Star City
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in Washington D.C. High School
JAG Recognizes Staff Member with National Network Leadership Award
obs for America's Graduates
(JAG) awarded Associate
JDirector for Career and Technical
Education – Special Projects with
the National Network Leadership
Award for her outstanding leadership
in supporting Jobs for Arkansas
Graduates and Career and Technical
Education.
Sonja Wright-McMurray was
honored for her efforts to network
agencies and programs to increase
the capacity and expand diversity
in the Jobs for Arkansas Graduates
program. Charisse Childers, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Career Education; Sonja
Wright-McMurray was awarded Wright-McMurray, Associate Director for Career and Technical Education – Special
at the National Leadership Awards Projects; and Shannon Buckner, JAG Program Coordinator celebrate Wright-McMurray's
achievement as she was recognized nationally for her leadership in Career and Technical
Reception in Washington D.C. Education.
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