J une 15, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age C l
Cellular One Supports Business-
Education Partnerships
C ellular One of Oregon and
Southwest Washington, a leading
proponent of School-To-Work Pro­
grams, has announced that six new
Portland-area businesses have formed
their own Sc hool-To-Work programs
using the Grant High Schoo 1/Cellular
One Academy as a model. Partner­
ship details will be finalized over the
summer in time for the new school
year.
“ C ellu lar One believes its in ­
v o lv e m e n t in th ese e d u c a tio n
p ro je c ts pay d iv id en d s m oney
c a n ’t buy. By incorporating ca-
reer/ed u catio n com ponents into
curriculum and exposing students
to current and future w ireless tech­
n ology, the com pany hopes to
cu ltiv ate a pool o f future job can ­
d id ates from one o f the s ta te ’s
m o st d iv e rs e s tu d e n t p o p u la ­
tio n s ,” said C ellu lar One general
m anager W ill M cA llister. “O v e r­
all, these projects focus on e n ­
ric h in g s tu d e n ts ’ sc ie n c e and
math ed u cations w hile exposing
them to a range o f related career
field s.”
The new partnerships include the
following:
• Arthur AndersenJBridger El­
ementary School - Fourth, fifth, and
sixth-grade students will have the
opportunity to learn about estate plan­
ning, customer service and local area
network technology. Teachers will
develop curriculum based on real-life
business situations including prob­
lem solving, science, math and writ­
ing.
• David J .Newton & Associates,
the City o f Portland's Bureau o f En­
vironmental Services!Roosevelt High
School - Students will be involved in
city-wide water quality testing pro­
grams.
• C H 2M H ill, the C ity o f
Portland’s Bureau o f Environmental
Services/Tubman Middle School -
Through this program, students will
deal with environmental challenges
such as water quality and sewer over­
flow management
• STEP Technology/Wilson High
School - STEPengineers will provide
students with the opportunity to gain
exposure to current technology and
software engineering methods while
integrating many different disciplines.
• Oregon State University, the
A gri-B usiness Council! Madison H igh
School - This three-way partnership
will focus on increasing students’
awareness of a wide variety of agri­
business career opportunities includ­
ing food technology, investment and
banking services, transportation, food
processing, promotion of Oregon
products, retailing, consumer educa­
tion, and research.
• Bank o f America/Lincoln High
School - Program details unavailable
at this time.
The development of the School-
To-Work Programs began with the
Oregon Education Act for the 21st
Century passed by the State Legisla­
ture in June 1991. The actencourages
schools to focus on skill development
and to explore career paths by giving
students the opportunity to interact
with individuals in different fields.
The Cellular One Academy was de­
veloped to work in tandem with the
Institute of Science and Mathematics
(ISM). The Institute of Science and
Mathematics at Grant High School is
part of a cluster-wide program which
encourages students at all grade lev­
els to increase their achievement and
participation levels in math- and sci­
ence-related activities and classes.
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