Kenowa Hills Public School Hosts Business Forum

What does career ready mean to you as a business owner?


How is the Kenowa Hills Public School System preparing students for life after school?

Those were some of the questions posed by Kenowa Hills Superintendent Gerald Hopkins  to community  business leaders at Wednesday's business forum held at Kenowa  Hills Junior High School.  The forum gave school administrators and board members the opportunity to hear directly from those people that interview and hire new employees, and what it is they look for in  prospective employees.  It also gave the guests the opportunity to learn about Kenowa Hills Public Schools, its recent successes, and future objectives and focus.  Kenowa Hills already has a good track record of seeing it's graduates sign up for college, and is committed to make its graduates as college ready or career ready as possible.  More dialogue with the business community is expected in the near future.

Superintendent Gerald Hopkins (left) talks about quality education

School Board Member  Melissa Courtade

Kenowa Hills School Board member Jon DeWys, Middle School Principal Ruth Posthumus and Walker Chief of Police Catherine Garcia Lindstrom

Local Business Officials Encouraged to Provide Imput on Education

Governor Snyder, in his 2012 State of the State Address said that Michigan needs to do a better job of making  our graduating high school students college or career ready.

What does career-ready mean to a business owner?

How is the Kenowa Hills Public School District preparing students for life after high school?

Kenowa Hills School officials are looking for input from local business officials to advise them on how we can better prepare our children to enter the job market.  They are sponsoring a business forum and inviting local business officials to attend.  The event will take place at Kenowa Hills Middle School, 3950 Hendershot NW (North of 4 Mile Rd.) in Alpine Township on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.

Lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP Gayle at 616-784-2511 x208 or e-mail gsims@khps.org by  January 27, 2012.