Independent Learning Opportunities for Students

1. Naviance to complete the Self-Discovery Tasks Tabs and to start exploring careers and colleges that they are interested in learning more about.

2. Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library Teen Services,- Get personalized info and resources for your next step by completing this short form. Whether you know your path, or you’re still figuring things out, we’re here to help guide you. Library staff will help connect you with the resources you need to succeed. We can email you, or you can meet with us on Zoom – whatever works best for you!

3. GCFLearnFree, Learn and develop the skills needed to advance in work and life.

4. Google Grow. Training, tools, and resources to help you grow your skills, career, or business.

NC Governor Page Program - CTE Cluster: Government & Public Administration, Law:

Governor Roy Cooper encourages young people in North Carolina to get involved in public and community service through the Governor’s Page Program.

https://governor.nc.gov/governors-page-program

Established in 1973, the Governor’s Page Program gives high school students from all over North Carolina the opportunity to come to Raleigh for a week of hands-on participation in their state government. The goal of the Page Program is to represent North Carolina’s diverse communities and help inspire a new generation of leaders.

The program is designed to help students grow in four key areas:

• Civics. Pages will see first-hand the three different branches of government and how they work together to serve the people of North Carolina.

• History. Pages will learn about our shared history so that we can better understand the present.

• Service. Pages will learn more about the importance of community and civil service, and the impact it has on our state.

• Professional Development. Pages will develop skills needed for entering higher education or the workforce.

Criteria

Each applicant must be a North Carolina high school student in good academic standing between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years old. Pages are selected to serve for a term of four days. All Pages must abide by a Code of Conduct throughout their time in the program. Pages also are eligible to receive 25 hours’ community service.

Internships with YEAR UP:

This Free Program Trains Students and Matches Them With Paid IT Internships

GIRLS WHO CODE

This is a free 7 week summer program. Participants will get a stipend and lunch every day.

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Our FREE 7-week Summer Immersion Program teaches 10th–11th grade students (rising juniors or seniors) the computer science skills they need to make an impact in their community while preparing for a career in tech. In the Summer Immersion Program, girls will learn about:

CAREERS

— They’ll meet inspiring female role models in the field and get an inside look at the tech world through guest speakers, workshops, fun field trips and more! Their summer will be spent in classrooms hosted at the world’s top companies, like Twitter, Amazon, AT&T, Warner Brothers, and Microsoft.

SKILLS AND IMPACT — They’ll learn to code through hands on real-world projects in art and storytelling, robotics, video games, websites, apps, and more. By the end of the summer, they’ll also create a final project that solves a real-world problem they care about -- combining their new coding skills with their passions to change the world!

SISTERHOOD — As essential members of our Girls Who Code sisterhood, they’ll learn in a supportive, all-female environment and make lifelong friendships that encourage them to be brave, take risks, and stand up for what matters to them!

Students do not need to be associated with a Girls Who Code Club, and in fact, no prior experience in computer science is necessary to apply. In addition to providing a free program, Girls Who Code provides students with free lunch every day. Summer stipends to cover transportation and living costs.

Applications for summer will open in early January.

The early deadline is February 15 and the application closes on March 15.

The Summer Immersion Program is an opportunity for your students to discover and grow.

Wake Forest University is a vibrant, exploratory and student-centered university - one that encourages students to cultivate curiosities and pursue passions. Guided by this commitment to discovery, Wake Forest University has developed a transformational pre-college program, the Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program, that allows high school students the opportunity to explore the academic interests and career pathways that they find most interesting.

A Sample of the Institute Offerings:

• Biosciences & Engineering

• Business

• Dance

• Debate & Public Advocacy

• Documentary Film

• Entrepreneurship*

• Health & Exercise Science

• Health & Wellbeing

• Law

• Leadership

• Medicine

• Neuroscience

• Policy & Politics

• Psychology

• Sports Business*

• Sports Medicine

• Technology

• Visual Arts

*Offered at the Wake Forest Charlotte Center only.

We would love for you to communicate these summer opportunities to your students and their families. If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail or at (980) 224-9298.

To learn more visit go.wfu.edu/sip.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Sincerely,

Betsy Schneider

Assistant Director of Pre-College Programs

Generation Nation- YOUTH LEAD