Greenville One Stop System Youth Programs Team Participates in DJJ Community Form

Representatives from the Greenville One Stop System youth programs team participated in the DJJ Community Form that was held at Greenville Technical College on Saturday, April 16, 2011. The form was held to provide the community with information about the services provided by DJJ and its community partners. Several youth service organizations were present at the event. Some of the organizations participating were SHARE, The Urban League, Personal Pathways to Success (Greenville Region), Department of Juvenile Justice, Family Court, 13th Solicitors Office, Pretrial Intervention Programs, Greenville County School District, Juvenile Diversion Services, Juvenile Drug Court, Greenville County Office, Department of Juvenile Justice, Greenville County Law Enforcement and the Phoenix Center.

Parents and forum attendees were also provided with an opportunity to:
•receive information on how DJJ can assist children and families
•receive information on agencies providing help to the youth of
Greenville

•participate in a Question and Answer session with forum guests

Organizations Partner for Student Career Night

Kappa Alpha Psi in partnership with Legacy Charter School, Greenville County One Stop and the Greenville Region of Personal Pathways to Success sponsored a Career Development Workshop on April 14, 2011 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P. M. at Legacy Charter School. The target audience of the workshop was African American students in grades 6-12. Keynote speaker for the Event was Jay Blankenship representing the Greenville WIB and Personal Pathways to Success. Mr. Blankenship shared with the students and their parents the importance of education. Jay, also shared with the attendees the services that are available through the Greenville One Stop system and Personal Pathways to Success.

Our schools do a good job of informing students about career choices, however African American youth could benefit from being exposed to successful minority role models. Consider this: A black child could conceivably go from kindergarten through high school in the public school system and never be exposed to black educators or role models on a consistent basis.

Through programs such as this career development workshop; African American youth will be provided with real life applications from African American professionals as to why they should learn Math, English, Science and other school related subjects.

Work Shop participants: Construction(Ladd Byrd), Insurance & Banking(Ann Thompson), Business, Management and Administration (Anthony Tutt), Education and Training (Lillian Brock Fleming), Government and Public Administration, Health Care ( Lorraine Jones), Non Profit Management (Janice Butler), Information Technology (Vernon Trice), Law, Public Safety and Security (Natalie Hill) , Manufacturing (Jay Blankenship)

Inaugural JA Titan Challenge — A Great Day!

Junior Achievement of Upstate SC conducted its first JA Titan Challenge on April 2, 2011 at Clemson at the Falls, Clemson’s downtown hub for business, executive and entrepreneurial education. Twelve teams totaling thirty-two students from Crescent High School in Anderson District 3, and Greenville and Wade Hampton High Schools from the Greenville County School District vied for college scholarships in an online, interactive business simulation tournament. The competition is uniquely designed to unleash student creativity, test leadership skills, and demonstrate the competitive nature of the free enterprise system.

Acting as CEOs, the student teams make decisions on pricing, production, marketing, capital investment, research and development, and charitable giving. The team with the highest performance index at the end of the day was declared the winner. 50% of the performance index was based on retained earnings, and 50% on equal parts demand potential, supply potential, productivity, market share, and growth.