For the 14th time, Gentry High’s JMG Specialist, Bettye Sims-Hawkins has taken a group of scholars to the nation’s capital to compete with other Jobs for America’s Graduates students from across the country.
The JAG National Student Leadership Academy meets November 15 to November 18 in Washington D.C., and four students from Gentry will attempt to outbest their contemporaries in two of the categories.
Three students, Destiny Malone, Jawaski Gardner and Natoyria Simmons will compete as a team in the project-based learning showcase, which requires them to create a presentation, five to seven minutes long, that highlights a unit of study where PBL teaching methodology was used to teach JAG competencies or career association activities.
Student Darrin Carpenter IV will engage in a 4-part solo competition on employability skills that requires proficiency in resume’ writing and application completion, personal presentation, application letter writing and interviewing skills.
In addition to the competitions, the students will also be treated to an awards luncheon, a social and several bus tours of historical monuments before they return on Sunday.
