School store builds life skills

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School store builds life skills

Special education students at Desert Pines High School in Nevada work in their school store selling snacks to learn job skills they can use in the real world. Through the process, they also gain more independence and confidence.

Produced by Savanna Strott, a student of Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Instruction provided by SRL Connected Educator Laura Denue. Mentor support provided by Vegas PBS.

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Student Reporting Labs connect students with an innovative video journalism curriculum and a network of public broadcasting mentors to develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills while producing original news reports from a youth perspective.

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American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen, public media’s long-term commitment to supporting community-based solutions in education. Supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, more than 128 public radio and television stations have joined forces with more than 1,700 partners and at-risk schools across 48 states and one territory.

Major support is also provided by the National Science Foundation and the
National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award.

CREDITS

Jordan Vesey | Associate Producer

Victor Fernandez | Editor

Leah Clapman | Managing Editor

Elis Estrada | Director

Bill Swift | STEM Coordinating Producer

Adelyn Baxter | Digital Producer

Kristy Choi | Production Assistant

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