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LMMS wins Funding Contest for Educators to Kickstart Middle Grades Career Exploration Programming

Association for Middle Level Education, American Student Assistance Announce Winners of Funding Contest for Educators to Kickstart Middle Grades Career Exploration Programming

February 17, 2022

Columbus, OH — February 15, 2022 — The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) and American Student Assistance (ASA) have announced three winning schools of their inaugural Playbook Challenge, a funding contest aimed at empowering middle grades educators with the resources they need to initiate meaningful career exploration with their students. The recipient schools are:

 
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Graniteville, SC

This grade 6-8 school will create a school-based industry that replicates a real business, linking classroom learning and the “real world.” All students in the school will have the opportunity to engage in a variety of skill-building tasks, including participation in leadership classes that will explore the fields of marketing, sales, purchasing, design, production, management, inventory, banking and finance, and customer service.

 

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