👏 Join us in celebrating our #ivytechgrads ! 🎉

This year we had 20 students earn certificates from Ivy Tech Bloomington through our Health Science and Design Technology programs!

#ivytechbtown #earlycollege

🔵⚪️ Each year the seniors at Shoals High School share their future plans, with family and community, during Senior Decision Day! ⚪️🔵

COSMOS is committed to ensuring that each student graduates high school ready for success. 🎓

#employed #enrolled #enlisted

As Youth Apprenticeship Week draws to a close, we wrap up our showcase of remarkable youth apprentices with a video showcasing former UpSkill apprentices reflecting on their experiences.

We are PROUD of ALL of our youth apprentices! #YAW2024

Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=qngG3D…

🎉 It’s National Youth Apprenticeship Week! 🎊

Youth Apprenticeships are transforming the future of work by providing opportunities for students to gain valuable hands-on experience and develop essential skills in real-world settings.

#FutureOfWork #yaw2024 #YAinAction

Teacher Appreciation Week

Today these seniors at MitchellBlueJackets participated in National Signing Day!

👏Join us in celebrating the next generation of educators! 🎉

#futureteacher #CTE #pathways #growyourown
#signingday

Check out this fun opportunity for our students!

🩺 Students in our shared Healthcare Specialist: CNA course finished up their clinical rotation and completed their state testing requirements!

#FutureofHealthcare #CTE #careerpathways

📖This week every student in kindergarten and first grade at Hatfield Elementary School got the opportunity to engage in a Meet the Author Day hosted by the Education & Training pathway at MitchellBlueJackets!🍎

#FutureOfEducation #pathways #growyourown

🔴 Today was Career Day at Orleans Elementary School! ⚫️

Industry partners shared their expertise with students, in grades 4-6, to build awareness of the career opportunities available in our community.

#careerexploration #careerday

🏅Today the three districts that make up COSMOS hosted their second annual Special Track & Field event, TOGETHER!

💙🤍💙💛♥️🖤

#TogetherWeCan #TheFutureIsInclusive

🏗️ Students in Construction Trades at MitchellBlueJackets visited the IUOE Local 181 training center today!

Students were able to learn about apprenticeship opportunities and experience what it is like to be an operator.

#BuildYourFuture #futureoftrades #CTE

Passion Projects create an environment where students are free to explore diverse interests and hone specific skills.

🎳Last week, students at Orleans Jr/Sr High School engaged in an afternoon full of Passion Projects! 🍃

#VoiceandChoice #passionproject #LearnAnywhere

🩻Students in the Health Science at MitchellBlueJackets visited the University of Southern Indiana College of Nursing and Health Professions today!🩺

Students learned from program faculty and engaged in interactive experiences in four program labs!

#futureofhealthcare

Students in our shared Biology II class were out in the field to gather birth and death dates from various cemeteries in Martin, Orange and Lawrence counties for their Human Population Ecology lab!

#sharedcourse #ruraleducation

The COSMOS leadership team meets monthly to reflect on current practices and plan for the future.

Today, Kenny, a junior at MitchellBlueJackets, facilitated a design challenge for our leaders to engage in and we engaged in a protocol to refine our shared courses!

On Friday, we hosted guests from Barr-Reeve Schools, Crawford County Community School Corporation, and East Washington School Corporation.

The visit showcased the work of our students and teachers in digital fabrication, PBL, and pathways!

#studentled #schoolvisit

2024 Special Track & Field Day is two weeks from today!

Ayla and Kenny, our digital fabrication lab youth apprentices, explored the Dawgs Den and worked together to begin making medals for the upcoming Special Track & Field event.

#together #yainaction #makersgonnamake

Student-run businesses are THRIVING in the #IndianaUplands , a region of makers! ⭐️

This week, over 300 students and educators attended our annual Uplands Made Student-Run Business Conference! Our biggest turnout yet! 👏

Learn more about these businesses: regionalopportunityinc.org/student-run-bu…

Our young entrepreneurs joined others in attending the third annual Uplands Made Student-Run Business Conference!

📣Shout out to students from Bulldog Manufacturing & Design and Cement City Industries for presenting!

#studentrun #networkingevent #youngentrepreneur

Over the last two weeks, every fourth, fifth, and sixth grader at Orleans Community Schools was introduced to a common language of career!

Students engaged in activities focused on developing their occupational identity and refining their strengths, interests, and values.

#RIASEC