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State Scholars Initiative Kicks Off in South Dakota

May 24, 2007 /

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Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations.

The South Dakota State Scholars program had its kickoff on January 10 in the state capital, Pierre.

South Dakota Board of Regents Executive Director Tad Perry and Regent James Hansen (both commissioners with the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, which manages SSI) were in attendance, as was South Dakota Secretary of Education Rick Melmer. The South Dakota State Scholars’ four pilot schools are Wagner High School, Sturgis High School, Vermillion High School, and Sisseton High School (all four schools take the names of their towns).

Presenters from Sturgis High and Vermillion High talked about their schools’ career diploma (Sturgis) and career-cluster counseling model (Vermillion) and discussed how these initiatives will fit into the Scholars effort.

Full Story: http://wiche.edu/statescholars/newsletter/07may/events.aspx#begin_content

SSI – http://www.wiche.edu/statescholars/