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Fri, July 2, 2010 10:25:27 AM[hsmp] Clark County Summer Business Institute
From: Elissa Wahl
To: Elissa
Hello Homeschool Parents,
I don’t know how many of you receive the HSLDA magazine but I wanted to let you know about the Clark County Summer Business Institute, and after our struggle how it has worked out for our son Brandon.
After contacting HSLDA and action was taken by them Brandon was allowed to apply. I was expecting it to end there, but he keep moving forward in the application process and he was accepted into the program. Brandon was assigned to work with the Clark County Water Reclamation District in the IT department. IT was his choice. He has been working for 3 weeks now and just got his first pay check. (He’s stoked) Aside from the original battle, and the extreme rudeness of some of the employees, especially the coordinator Kaveida Williams, it has been a good experience for Brandon. Lucky for Brandon I fielded most of the conversations that involved Kaveida and her unprofessional and rude attitude. At this time we recommend other homeschoolers apply next year. Brandon is learning a lot, and his mentor at the CCWR has been great! If you are interested in your child applying next year you should look at the application ahead of time. We were able to use some of
his church activities in the application, like mission trips to feed the homeless in LA and serving as on the tech team. Unless changes are made for next year the application is due in February. It requires transcripts, letters of recommendations, and the application.
If you have any questions please contact me directly.
Carie Muirhead
702-558-7020
cariemk@aol.com
From HSLDA:
Summer Business Institute Grants Homeschooler Equal Opportunity to Apply
Since 1996, the Clark County Human Resources Department has collaborated with the local school district, University of Las Vegas, and the business community to run the Summer Business Institute for high school juniors, seniors, and college freshmen.
This year, as a Nevada homeschool student was preparing his application to the program, he was told that he could not participate because the review committee had no way of gauging his academic progress. However, he would be eligible to apply if he obtained a local school principal’s signature on his transcript verifying that he met the minimum GPA requirements.
Knowing she could not obtain a principal’s signature and questioning the requirement, the student’s mother contacted HSLDA. President Mike Smith wrote to County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly and the SBI’s program coordinators. He explained Nevada’s home education law, noting that homeschooling is an educational option that has equal legal footing with public and private school instruction. His letter requested that the student’s parent-issued transcripts and grade verification simply be accepted on the same basis that public and private school documents are.
Shortly after receiving Smith’s letter, Commissioner Weekly personally called the family to inform them that their son was eligible to apply for the program.
More information:
From the Clark County website:
http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/Finance/crm/Documents/2008_SBI_Video.wmv
The Summer Business Institute, a paid eight-week career program for current high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, and college freshman. With over 1,500 applicants only about 150 selected Clark County students will be mentored and work on supervised projects in the offices of govermental entities and participating companies from mid-June through mid-August. Partcipants are required to work eight hours daily Mondays-through-Thursdays and are paid $8.25 an hour. On Fridays, they attend unpaid informational workshops where they learn from professional instructors and guest speakers about prospective future career paths, entrepreneurial opportunities, financial management and life skills. Although the Friday seminars are unpaid, students may have an opportunity to earn high school credit for attending them.
Founded in 1996, the Summer Business Institute is a collaboration between the Clark County Human Resources Department, Clark County School District, University of Nevada Las Vegas and the local business community.
The institute’s curriculum was designed by The National Endowment For Financial Education, the Cooperative Extension Systems, America’s Credit Union and UNLV. For more information, contact SBI Assistant Coordinator Kaveida Williams at 702-455-2426 or 702-455-4565.
