Sep/Oct Newsletter | KRESA in Our Community

Introducing a new way to connect with us! Inside our debut newsletter, you will discover some of the many things KRESA staff and students have been learning and doing since the spring.

Meet Ngozi Jackson - CTE Career Coach

Ngozi Jackson, one of the six new Career Coaches hired by Kalamazoo RESA Career & Technical Education, has a resume full of experiences to draw upon as she helps students chart their futures.

Project SEARCH Launches Careers of Young Adults with Disabilities

It seems it’s impossible to get a job without relevant experience, and impossible to get that experience unless you’ve already had a job. This vicious cycle shuts many potentially outstanding employees out of jobs – especially those with disabilities.

A New Start for Head Start

Before the start of the school year, program staff worked tirelessly to prepare classrooms, buses, and buildings, to ensure we were able to receive children safely and maintain the highest health standards.

Consumers Energy Foundation Provides $250,000 to Support Job Readiness in Four Southwest Michigan Counties

The Consumers Energy Foundation awarded a $250,000 grant to YOU, expanding career readiness training and access to education and jobs.

Leveraging Relationships: The Key to Strengthening the Workforce of Tomorrow

Throughout the cradle to career pipeline, the business and educational communities must work hand-in-hand to prepare the next generation for success in the workforce. To promote this synergy, KRESA has hired Sarah Mansberger.

Education for Employment/Career & Technical Education Return-to-Learn Plan 2020-21

Community Rallies to Create 1,000 Clear Masks

In a time where it seems like everyone is drained from day-to-day life during a pandemic, most of the time, even doing the bare minimum can feel exhausting. With this project, the whole community came together and put an incredible amount of effort – and so much love – into these masks.

Education for the Arts Return-to-Learn Plan

COVID-19 Preparedness and Readiness Plan

Joan Hawxhurst - CTE Senior Career Coach

When it comes to changing career trajectories, Joan Hawxhurst, Kalamazoo RESA CTE's new career coach, has some experience. When she began her post-secondary path, she envisioned herself as an architect with dreams of exploring the world.

Building Justice and Growth through Juvenile Home School programs

KRESA's Juvenile Home School programs seek to empower young people who are experiencing incarceration and systemic racism.

Joint Return-to-Learn Statement from the School Districts of the Kalamazoo RESA Service Area

A Statement on Anti-Bias/Anti-Racism (ABAR) by Superintendent Dave Campbell

Meet Up & Eat Up is back!

Free meals are available to kids ages 0-18 this summer to keep them healthy and combat hunger and food insecurity.

How do preschoolers experience grief?

Kids have a difficult time wrapping their heads around loss, and need the support of adults to navigate the complex experience of grief.

Congratulations, Early/Middle College Class of 2020!

After successfully completing the Kalamazoo County Early/Middle College program this May, 81 remarkable students are preparing to either head back to college, or joining the workforce directly.

YOU Director Baton Passed to Paige Farrell

Congratulations, Paige! We are all rooting for you.

Thank you, Karen

After a robust and meaningful career, Kalamazoo RESA Education for Employment/Career & Technical Education Program Administrator Karen Robyn will retire in June.

Kalamazoo RESA Honors Outstanding Seniors

The 2020 Kalamazoo RESA Outstanding Senior Awards celebrated 76 Kalamazoo County students from Kalamazoo RESA’s Education for the Arts and Education for Employment/Career and Technical Education programs, awarding a total of $67,000 in scholarships.