COLLEGE, LIFE AND CAREER

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Join the ACE Mentor Program! Participants get mentoring and career advice from practicing professionals, visit multiple professional workplaces and network, plus design a building project from start to finish. The program is for Juniors and Seniors and runs January through May 2025 with students meeting once a week in-person from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Click HERE to learn more and apply by November 12.

Perry Outreach Program is open to students in Grades 10-12 and their goal is to encourage women to pursue careers in medicine and engineering. This is a free, one-day, hands-on experience​ to encourage women to pursue careers in medicine and engineering. The event will be at Oregon Health Science University from 9 am to 3:30 pm on December 14. Students will hear from women leaders in these fields and try it for themselves by performing mock orthopedic surgeries and biomechanics experiments. Click HERE to learn more and apply by November 18.

The annual Carpenter Trades Youth Internship is open to high school juniors (rising seniors) who live in Clackamas, Clark, Columbia, Multnomah and Washington counties. Students selected as interns explore their career options in the construction trades by working for a General Contractor on a commercial building project in the Portland metro area for 8 weeks. Click Here for more information.

The Gresham Fire Cadet program provides opportunity for motivated young men and women to develop leadership, teamwork and responsibility skills while exploring the firefighting profession. Many former cadets are now career firefighters or respond with volunteer fire agencies. Click Here for more information.

The Police Cadet Program is designed to offer students ages 16-20 firsthand experience and training in the field of law enforcement while working individually or as a team to develop confidence and leadership skills that benefit any career choice. The Cadet program looks to achieve these goals through mentorship, classroom instruction, hands-on training and experiences.

Once accepted into the program, Cadets will be assigned to either North, East or Central precinct posts. Recruit Cadets must attend the Portland Police Bureau Cadet academy. Academy graduates will then transition to their individual posts for completion of the probationary process and regularly scheduled meetings. All posts provide training meetings on Sundays.

Greetings from Amazon! As the school year begins, many students are looking for their next step. Amazon can be the next chapter students are looking for. We offer great hourly entry-level jobs as well as invest in many upskilling and career development opportunities for our employees. Click Here for more information.