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Muhlenberg Achieves spotlight: program and Ignite initiative expand college and career supports for students
Summary
Muhlenberg Achieves and its Ignite middle-grades program outlined expanded college tours, FAFSA support, career-focused events and paid work opportunities for students during the Muhlenberg County Board of Education January 2025 meeting.
Muhlenberg Achieves presenters provided the Muhlenberg County Board of Education with an update on summer–to–career programming and a middle-grades intervention that the organization says is expanding students’ exposure to postsecondary options and work-based learning.
The presentation, delivered by Lisa Green, program manager for Muhlenberg Achieves, and Rachel Evitz, middle-grades program manager for the Ignite program, summarized this year’s college tours, FAFSA and application support, “lunch and learn” career sessions at the high school and an Ignite curriculum that pairs soft-skills instruction with job shadows and paid community service work.
The programs aim to increase postsecondary enrollment, career certification completion and local workforce readiness by connecting students with colleges, technical…
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