Reach
The REACH career education program, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Sandusky County, now in its fourteenth year, is designed to introduce area upper-elementary school students to the “world of work” by providing Consultants from Business Partner Chamber members who visit schools on a monthly basis to discuss the types of jobs available at their companies and to present lessons designed to encourage them to develop life skills that will assist in preparing them to join the workforce in the future.
Consultants utilize a curriculum book developed by the education department of The Ohio State University – Marion, to present a series of lessons, reinforced by hands-on activities that include as a highlight a visit to the Business Partner’s place of business.
Some 7,100 fourth and fifth-grade students throughout Sandusky County have benefited from the REACH program since its launch in seven classrooms at Green Springs School in 2003. For the 2016-2017 school year, over 825 students in 35 classrooms in 13 schools are being “reached” by Consultants from 28 Business Partners!