News Release

March 2, 2001

Showcase event to highlight business partnerships with schools

Some 700 new members of Santa Barbara Partners in Education–formerly the Industry Education Council–have been invited to see highlights of innovative school/business partnerships at a Showcase Mixer from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on March 16 in the grand hall of the First Presbyterian Church at Constance and State Streets in Santa Barbara.

Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) will be guest host.

The showcase will include a broad range of overviews, featuring such programs as Adopt-A-School, Career Centers, Virtual Enterprise Classrooms, Digital High Schools, Groundhog Job Shadowing, the Multi-Media Art and Design Academy, the Visual Arts and Design Academy, the Engineering and Health Academies, the Regional Occupational Program, and the award-winning Computers for Families program.

Student leaders from all four south county high schools will greet guests and a light breakfast will be included. Tables and representatives around the room will provide information on each of the programs.

Further information about the Showcase Event is available by calling Dr. Art Fisher, director of Partners in Education, at 964-4711, ext. 4400 or by e-mailing partners@sbceo.org.