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Several groups come together to form Cradle 2 Career
One education committee was created by bringing together several groups: the United Way of Jackson County’s Education Community Solutions Team, the Jackson Community Foundation’s Legacy Scholarship Program Committee, the Jackson County Education Team, the Great Start Collaborative of Jackson County, the Promise Zone and the Jackson Citizens for Economic Growth Education team. This unified committee became what is now the Jackson County Cradle to Career Coordinating Council. -
Common agenda
Community leaders sign a common agenda, agreeing to work together on common goals -
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Energizing Education launches
Energizing Education (a Cradle 2 Career strategy) launches at Frost School -
C2C public kick-off
Cradle 2 Career has its public kickoff with a signing ceremony at the Michigan Theatre. Eighteen community leaders signed the Community Agenda, and dozens more showed their support by signing the C2C banner and joining School Success Action Teams -
C2C action teams begin to meet
Action teams formed as part of C2C begin to meet. C2C relies on six School Success Action Teams to develop and apply strategies to address students’ educational challenges. The teams are Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School, Post-Secondary and Community Engagement. -
C2C gets $60,000 grant
Cradle 2 Career receives $60,000 implementation grant from the Michigan College Access Network, and hires Cradle 2 Career part-time coordinator -
Access center funded by schools
Jackson County Intermediate School District and all county superintendents agree to joint funding of the College and Career Access Center for a 3-year commitment. -
Access Center hires new director
The College Access and Career Center hires a new director. -
Cradle 2 Career coordinator becomes a full-time position
Irene Ellison LeCrone is the C2C coordinator. "In working together, we can and will solve some of our community’s most pressing educational challenges and take advantage of its greatest opportunities," she wrote in a C2C column. -
Energizing Education expands to Arnold Elementary
Energizing Education expands to Michigan Center’s Arnold Elementary -
College and Career Acess Center opens at new location
College and Career Access Center opens at its new location, rebrands itself and expands it focus -
Energizing Education expands to Northwest
Energizing Education launches at Northwest’s Parnall Elementary School -
College Application Week
Every high school in Jackson County participates in College Application Week from Nov. 4-8. -
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Energizing Education launches Grass Lake
The fourth Energizing Education literacy lounge opens at Grass Lake's George Long Elementary School. -
Kids2College
The Kids2College program launches at Springport and Northwest middle schools. -
Career Exploration Lunch
A new pilot program, called Career Exploration Lunch, begins at Vandercook Lake Middle School. Students in sixth-eighth grades have the opportunity to talk with students at the Jackson Area Career Center, as well as professionals working in those careers in Jackson County. -
Summer Melt intervention begins
The College and Career Access Center's college advisors plan to begin offering a Summer Melt intervention.
