Rural students engage and succeed when they have opportunities to tackle real-world challenges in the classroom. Learn about entrepreneurship education, its impact on students, and how schools can create and strengthen entrepreneurship education programs. We also have resources that highlight success stories and opportunities available in your community.  

Research

Local Opportunities in the Santa Fe Trail BOCES

Ogalala Commons:

  • Summer Entrepreneurship Camp

  • Internship and Apprenticeship Opportunities

Advanced Manufacturers Tours & Lego Robotics Kits

  • The Holler

    The Holler is an online social learning network designed for digital place- based multimedia implementation, being used in rural Kentucky educational settings, ready to be utilized across the country

Peak Readiness Events


Local Success Stories  

  • Innovative Water Technologies in La Junta --  (this needs to be finalized)

    • Photos included in G drive Exposure folder

    • blurb: La Junta Intermediate 6th graders work alongside Innovative Water Technologies in a work-based learning project that helps provide aid to Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria.

  • Real-World Problems Solved by SFT BOCES Students

    • blurb: La Junta 7th and 8th graders work with SECPA to understand and solve a number of problems surrounding limited utilities access in their communities.

    • SECPA Hosts SFT BOCES

    • blurb: Las Animas High School students learn from and collaborate with SECPA staff to prepare electrical services provision for rural housing developments.

    • Collected by students during the exposure process and can be collected through various forms of media

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