As fewer young people choose college, this district wants to ensure they have career options
The district now requires juniors and seniors to choose among five career pathways, and 62 courses offer college credit through State University of New York Niagara.
- Superintendent Mark Laurrie said about one-third of seniors at Niagara Falls High now choose the workforce over college, up from a quarter a decade ago. The school requires every junior and senior to select a specialized career pathway.
- The American side of Niagara Falls has seen its resident population drop from more than 100,000 to fewer than 50,000 over six decades. Manufacturing plant closures and overseas shifts have caused this decline.
- Niagara Falls High now offers 62 courses with dual credit options through a partnership with the State University of New York Niagara. Students can pursue three-week summer internships at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo.
- Senior Ciara Johnson has spent the last year renovating the former cafeteria kitchen in her construction class. Students gain hands-on experience by ripping up tile and building cabinets in a town marked by vacant storefronts.
- Nationally, higher education enrollment has sunk by more than 1.5 million students since 2010. Yet a 2024 Georgetown Center on Education and Workforce report states 72% of jobs will require some level of postsecondary education by 2031.
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As fewer young people choose college, this district wants to ensure they have career options - The Mexico Ledger
For the last year, Niagara Falls High School senior Ciara Johnson has ripped up tile, torn out walls and built custom cabinets in her high school construction class. To get a taste of each of the trades, the students here have been renovating the former cafeteria kitchen in the old high school campus downtown, a once bustling area now marked by vacant storefronts.Ideally, the seniors will graduate and get jobs or, like Johnson, enroll in a trade…
As fewer young people choose college, this district wants to ensure they have career options - Seward Independent
For the last year, Niagara Falls High School senior Ciara Johnson has ripped up tile, torn out walls and built custom cabinets in her high school construction class. To get a taste of each of the trades, the students here have been renovating the former cafeteria kitchen in the old high school campus downtown, a once bustling area now marked by vacant storefronts.Ideally, the seniors will graduate and get jobs or, like Johnson, enroll in a trade…
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As fewer young people choose college, this district wants to ensure they have career options
The Hechinger Report reports that Niagara Falls High School adapts to declining college enrollment by offering career pathways, helping students explore trades and local job options.
As fewer young people choose college, this district wants to ensure they have career options - Stateline Publications
For the last year, Niagara Falls High School senior Ciara Johnson has ripped up tile, torn out walls and built custom cabinets in her high school construction class. To get a taste of each of the trades, the students here have been renovating the former cafeteria kitchen in the old high school campus downtown, a once bustling area now marked by vacant storefronts.Ideally, the seniors will graduate and get jobs or, like Johnson, enroll in a trade…
As fewer young people choose college, this district wants to ensure they have career options - Hillsboro Sentry Enterprise
For the last year, Niagara Falls High School senior Ciara Johnson has ripped up tile, torn out walls and built custom cabinets in her high school construction class. To get a taste of each of the trades, the students here have been renovating the former cafeteria kitchen in the old high school campus downtown, a once bustling area now marked by vacant storefronts.Ideally, the seniors will graduate and get jobs or, like Johnson, enroll in a trade…
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