The holiday season is a great time to reflect on the success of the past year while also looking forward to future opportunities in 2018. For St. Louis CAPS this means pausing to celebrate and appreciate the business partners and school personnel that support our student associates. The student associates in each of the St….
St. Louis CAPS student associates in the medicine, healthcare, and bioscience course work closely with medical professionals at St. Anthony’s Mercy Medical Center. St. Anthony’s Mercy is the business partner that hosts the course within their medical center facility. At the beginning of the school year the CAPS instructor requested a list of the top…
In November, Tara Weiskopf-Kuehn, a senior at Affton High School and a student associate in the St. Louis CAPS global business and entrepreneurship course, was selected as the winner of the high school division elevator pitch competition. The competition was sponsored by the Center for Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University and took place on actual…
The St. Louis Centers for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) will hold several open houses for students, parents, school personnel, and business partners who are considering getting involved with the program during the 2018-19 school year. Attendees with have a chance to hear from current students, former students, business partners, and instructors. St. Louis CAPS provides…
On October 17th the St. Louis CAPS Medicine, Healthcare, and Bioscience student associates presented their emergency room redesign projects to a panel of medical professionals at St. Anthony’s Mercy. The program consists of 28 students from four different high schools (Affton, Lafayette, Mehlville, Oakville) and they worked in collaborative teams to complete their emergency room…
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…
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