Justice High Shines in Jobs for America's Graduates Career Development Conference

Established in 1980, Jobs for America's Graduates is national non-profit organization that helps at-risk youth obtain the skills necessary to transition successfully into quality jobs and, ultimately, promising careers. With affiliate programs in 30 states, JAG has helped more than 500,000 young people find post-graduation success on the job, in postsecondary training and in the military. The Colorado JAG Program was launched in 2006. This is the first full school year that the JAG program has been a part of Justice High, and it is the only school in the Boulder Valley School District that has the program.
Jobs for America's Graduates-Colorado (JAG) hosted its 2nd annual Career Development Conference, featuring a career skills competition for high school students participating in the elective program. At the day-long educational event, students from four Colorado JAG high schools, including West, Fort Lupton, Jefferson, and Justice High in Boulder participated in several competitive events.
The events represented employability skills learned throughout the school year in the JAG classroom. Competitive events included Resumes, Cover Letters, Interviews, Public Speaking, Communications, Decision Making, Career Marketplace, and Best Design for Program Cover.
Although this was the first year that the students from Justice High School competed in the conference, they certainly rose to the occasion. In the early entry competitions, Emily Hempsted won for best program cover, Richelle Freeman won first place for her cover letter, and Clara Jimenez won second place for her resume. Nancy Cano won first place for public speaking, and moved everyone in the crowd as she told her story at the awards banquet. First place in the Decision Making competition went to Garret Anders, Krista Molner, and Clara Jimenez. Nancy Cano and Ali Fernandez shined in their presentation of the JHS Career Association Marketplace and won first place. In the end, the overall highest number of points and winner of greatest number of events was awarded to Justice High School, and their career specialist Dafna Gozani could not have been prouder.