Success StoryLifeskills
Lifeskills
Author: Janey Cline
Planning Unit: KSU Administration
Major Program: Family Development General
Plan of Work: Improve communication skills/financial situations & pratical living skills
Outcome: Initial Outcome
In 2019 77% of the 2018 Caverna High School graduates reported working in Kentucky at a mean yearly wage of $12,380. Only 40% of students graduating from the school continue on to college.. This is low compared to the state average of 58%.
To help 7th and 8th grade students see the need for a mindset that plans for the future, students were asked to search for careers, make an education plan, consider location of future residency and consider the expense associational with the size of their planned/unplanned households. As a result of the sessions taught 85% of students indicated they were more aware of the need to start planning for their future and considering the consequences of their actions as they enter their high school years.
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