A group of rising seniors from the Anaheim Union High School District will start the new school year with work experience at the Disneyland Resort, the largest employer in Orange County.
Through a district-led program called AIME, short for Anaheim’s Innovative Mentoring Experience, which connects high school students to a network of more than 90 businesses and community partners, the 12 incoming seniors were exposed to career and work mentorship opportunities during the six-week internship program.
The resort paired cast members with students who supported them in building professional skills within a live working environment and opened their minds to the diverse range of career opportunities within the company.
“This is such a wonderful opportunity for students,” said Khalyah, a Cypress High school student. “One of my favorite things about being here is meeting people who are in the field that I want to work in.”
Since 2015, the district has provided more than 16,250 students with skills and confidence through the AIME program to propel them in their college and career pursuits.
Here are the other stories we’ve been following this week:
- Four former schoolmates of a segregated campus reunited at Mendez Tribute Monument Park on Tuesday to reflect on the landmark civil rights court case, Mendez v. Westminster.
- The Orange County Department of Education’s Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention program plans to expand outreach efforts in the 2023-24 school year. The program logged interactions with more than 1,600 students and over 1,700 parents and caregivers last year.
- With assistance from the department’s Charter Schools Unit, the OCDE Newsroom team compiled a list of frequently asked questions — and answers — about charter campuses.
- Students who spent months raising livestock through local Future Farmers of America and 4-H Club programs showcased their animals at the OC Fairgrounds.
- The Los Alamitos Education Foundation’s Summer Enrichment Institute, which offers educational learning opportunities for students in grades TK-12, welcomed its largest number of enrollees.
- After serving as an assistant principal overseeing guidance and curriculum, Brenna Orr has been named the new principal at Huntington Beach High School.
- Paid school crossing guards will continue to safely guide students across streets in Santa Ana through at least 2026, as the Voice of OC reported.
- Shereen Walter, an Orange County resident and mother of three, has been named the president of the California State PTA for a two-year term.
- The Orange Unified School District Board of Education didn’t take action on two agenda items concerning its search for a new superintendent at a recent meeting, as Spotlight Schools reported.
- The San Diego County Office of Education is reporting a 32 percent decrease in chronic absenteeism after it deployed multiple strategies to improve students’ connections to schools, as the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
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