CIHS Career & College Newsletter

2024-25: Trimester 1

Career Center

Career Connections at CIHS!!

Once again CIHS held a Career Connections Day! We had over 75 community members come to the high school to present and volunteer. 41 separate career sessions were attended by 1100 students, 10-12 grades. The goal of Career Connections is to provide an opportunity to students to learn about a career they are considering and to make connections with professionals in the Cambridge-Isanti community. The plan is to offer Career Connections Day twice a year, the next event will be Wednesday, April 30.

It was truly AMAZING to see the commitment of this community to our high school students! Thank you to all who participated. If you are interested in partnering with C-I Schools and student career development, please complete this survey: Partnering with C-I Schools on Career Development

Career, College & Community Collaborative

C4 Group

The Career & College Community Collaborative Group (C4) has been meeting monthly again this school year to create a bridge between school, business & industry and college. C4 will continue to look at programming, opportunities and initiatives to push programs forward that benefit students. C4 has been instrumental in planning and executing Career Connections Day, Career Spotlights, field trips, industry tours and job shadow opportunities. Our most recent Career Spotlight highlighted careers in HVAC (see pics).

Program Spotlight

Bluejacket AMP

Bluejacket Advanced Manufacturing Program (Bluejacket AMP) at CIHS will introduce our students to in-demand career opportunities in advanced manufacturing while building marketable skills and competencies in the workplace. The program focuses on partnerships between local employers and CIHS to increase awareness of high growth, high demand career opportunities in manufacturing. The project will expose students to manufacturing careers through industry tours and career spotlight events. Interested students will enroll in the Bluejacket AMP internship class where they attend weekly seminar classes, complete OSHA 10 Certification and work at a paid internship.

Building strong business partnerships is vital to ensure students are receiving a true learning experience and supportive supervision on the job. Through Bluejacket AMP, manufacturing employers will be a part of a collaborative group and receive training and mentoring from The Repurposed Educators (RE).

Business Spotlight

The Repurposed Educator

The Repurposed Educator (RE) is a service line of DW Companies, an excavating company located in Cambridge. DW Companies is an innovative and industry changer in the field of construction much due to the Repurposed Educator intentional focus and work surrounding team culture. RE has been a powerful resource for CIHS career curriculum development, providing relevant and timely workforce and work culture information. Most recently RE is partnering with Bluejacket AMP, providing training and mentoring for our AMP industry partners.

Kayti Bjorklund-Strandlund

Ry Bostrom

Erica Daher

Student Spotlight

Wyatt Cieluch and Thomas Phillips

Wyatt Cieluch and Thomas Phillips are being spotlighted for their incredible skills and work ethic! They assisted Jeremiah Semler, CIHS Trades & Industry Teacher, in leading the construction of the new hockey lockers for our Bluejacket hockey program! Both young men led other students in the work to built the lockers. They were organized, demonstrated good teamwork skills, and continue to show follow through, as they complete the final locker details so the project can be completed.