How the Program Works

• Some partnerships are simple one-time, one-class/school visits. Others involve periodic or regular visits to classrooms/schools or even semester or academic year-long collaborative ventures.
• Community partners may host individual students at their work place for work based learning/youth internships. Or, they may host a class field trip to demonstrate how classroom subject matter is directly applied in their jobs or hobbies. Click here to learn more about the Internship Pathways program.
• Community Partnerships refers reading and academic volunteers to district schools for year-long weekly one-on-one mentoring with students in grades 1-12.
• Anyone can suggest a partnership and lend a hand in forming them.
   

The Internship Pathways Program is Seeking Partnerships

 There are three ways a partner can help connect high school students to careers:

1. HOST-  a career-based youth internship at your business or organization
               (a 30 hour or a 15 hour experience split with another organization)
2. CHAT- with students during school lunchtime career visits or present to a class
               (a 1-3 hour commitment)
3. LEAD-  a career tour at your workplace 
                (1-3 hour commitment)
   
   

Students are interested in gaining knowledge and experience in many career fields including: Agriculture, Construction, Computer Science, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Science, Engineering, Graphic Arts, Health Sciences, Journalism, Photography, Web Design, Videography, and many more!

We would like to thank the below community partners for connecting high school students to careers.

Expected Summer 2020 Hosting Partners

• Allstate Insurance Agency
• American Family Insurance
• City of Lake Oswego's Luscher Farm
• City of Wilsonville Public Library
• Clackamas Community College's Environmental Learning Center
• Clackamas River Water Providers
• Clackamas Workforce Partnership (rescheduled for 20/21)
• Friends of McLean Park and House
• Friends of Tryon Creek
• Metro Native Plant Center
• Oregon City Farmers Market
• Oregon Institute of Technology
• Sundstrom Clinical Services
• Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce

Summer 2019/2020 School Year Hosting Partners

• City of West Linn Parks & Recreation (Photography)
• Clackamas River Basin Council (Environmental Science and Digital Marketing)
• Clackamas Workforce Partnership (Communications)
• Kids First Pediatric Clinic (Medical aide intern)
• Metro Native Plant Center (Horticulture)
• Oregon City Farmers Market  (Agricultural Education)
• Oregon Institute of Technology (Engineering Research)
• PAWs Animal Shelter (Photography and Digital Marketing)
• Sundstrom Clinical Services (Psychology Office intern)
• Wilsonville Public Library  (Photography)

MENTORS

We would like to thank the below mentors for providing guidance to students during their photography internships. 

• Corrie Coston Photography
• Kim Elliott Photography
• Charlie Hyman Photography
• Nancy Steele Photography

CAREER TOUR PARTNERS

We would like to thank the below partners for hosting a career tour of your business.

• Lam Research
• Portland General Electric

LUNCHTIME CAREER CHAT PARTNERS

We would like to thank the below partners for offering your time to chat with our students during upcoming lunchtime career chats. 

• Advance Sports & Spine
• Advance Dental Arts
• Hi-School Pharmacy 
• FLIR (rescheduled Fall 2020)
• Pioneer Water Proofing (rescheduled Fall 2020)
• Precision Aviation Training (rescheduled Fall 2020)
• Providence Home Health

 CLASSROOM PARTNERS

We would like to thank the below partners for presenting to classes about careers.

• Clackamas County Water Environment Services
• Kaiser Permanente 
• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 

If you are interested in connecting high school students to career-based learning opportunities  please contact Laura Nappi, Internship Coordinator, (503)673-7000 ext 6348, email NappiL@wlwv.k12.or.us

Program Awards & Recognition
The West Linn-Wilsonville School District Community Partnerships Program has received the following awards and recognition:

• 1997 Business Education Compact School District Achievement Award (for best innovative curriculum enrichment volunteer program in the Portland-Northwest Oregon-Southern Washington Region)
• 2002 Business Education Compact School District-Business Award (shared with Mentor Graphics as best school-business collaborative venture program in the Portland-Northwest Oregon-Southern Washington Region)
• US Department of Education Northwest Region "Innovative Practices in Education" recognition
• Hundreds of articles have been published in The Oregonian, West Linn Tidings, and Wilsonville Spokesman newspapers about Community Partnerships events and programs
• Featured in several of Portland's KATU-TV school news broadcasts
• Many Partnerships Programs have been filmed for local access TV to share with the entire community
• Program coordinator has been a featured speaker at several regional educational curriculum enrichment conferences and school-business cooperation seminars