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Leominster Center for Excellence principal highlights internships and 100% graduation for Empower Ed in 2024'025
Summary
Principal John Vanellet told the committee that the Leominster Center for Excellence combines an Innovation and Career Academy with an Empower Ed credit-recovery program; Empower Ed recorded a 100% graduation outcome for the 2024'025 year and ICA students largely participate in internships tracked by the Emlaze platform.
John Vanellet, principal of the Leominster Center for Excellence, presented an overview of the center's two programs at the March 2 school committee meeting, describing instructional approaches, internship requirements and student outcomes.
Vanellet said LCE operates the Innovation and Career Academy (ICA), which emphasizes project-based and internship-connected learning, and Empower Ed, a credit-recovery program that offers flexible individualized pathways. "Our mission at LCE is to provide a safe and supportive…
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