On Saturday, October 21st St. Louis CAPS hosted the 2nd Annual CAPS Network Hackathon that brought together students from seven different CAPS programs and four states (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Wisconsin). The competition was held at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) at 4240 Duncan Avenue within the The Cortex Innovation Community. Teams were intentionally comprised of…
On Friday, October 20th the St. Louis CAPS program welcomed over 120 high school seniors from four states (Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Wisconsin) to Downtown T-REX, a technology startup incubator. Even though the students were from different states, and attend different high schools, the common thread that brought them together was that they all participate in…
The 2017-18 St. Louis CAPS student associates kicked off the year on August 9th by participating in a professional skills bootcamp that included guest speakers, dining etiquette, hand shakes, DISC profile, design challenge, and pitch competition. The program includes students from five high schools and four school districts. St. Louis CAPS is the only multi-district…
In May 2017, the Affton School District received an award from FOCUS St. Louis for fostering regional cooperation. The district was recognized at the 20th annual What’s Right with the Region celebration. Affton received the award for expanding their CAPS (Center for Advanced Professional Studies) program to include other school districts and business partners across…
In April each of the St. Louis CAPS courses held an orientation meeting with students and parents participating in the program during the 2017-18 school year. The orientation meetings were held at the business partner locations where the various courses are located which included St. Anthony’s Medical Center for healthcare and STL Venture Works for…
Kaia Johnson, Affton High School student in the St. Louis CAPS global business and entrepreneurship course, qualified to compete in the Angels in the Outfield pitch competition sponsored by the Center for Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University. The competition was held at the Gateway Grizzlies GCS ballpark and participants had 5 minutes to pitch their…
During the 2016-17 school year, students from the Affton School District and Mehlville School District participated in the engineering and advanced manufacturing course. Students had the opportunity to complete job shadows and internships with Essex Industries. The St. Louis CAPS instructor and students have worked closely throughout the year with Russ Jacobsmeyer, Vice President of…
On April 1st, more than 150 legislators, superintendents, board of education members, and educators from St. Louis and surrounding areas attended an annual legislative breakfast hosted by Education Plus, a non-profit educational service agency. St. Louis CAPS was 1 of 3 programs chosen to highlight innovation that is happening in area public schools. Dr. Travis…
In March, STL CAPS held two business partner sessions where students, teachers, counselors, administrators, and prospective business partners could hear directly from current students and business partners in regards to how they work together. There was a session that featured the global business and entrepreneurship course with business partner Brandon Dempsey. In addition, there was…
Global Business & Entrepreneurship Session – March 7th 8:15 to 10:00 a.m. RSVP Link https://stlcapsgbe.eventbrite.com This event is for high school students, counselors, teachers, and administrators interested in finding out what it is like to work directly with business partners on real-world projects through involvement with the STL CAPS global business and entrepreneurship course. You’re…
Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing Session – March 9th from 8:15 to 10:00 a.m. RSVP Link https://stlcapseam.eventbrite.com This event is for high school students, counselors, teachers, and administrators interested in finding out what it is like to work directly with business partners through involvement with the STL CAPS engineering and advanced manufacturing course. You’re invited to an…
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