iJAG Class Newsletter - March

posted March 13, 2025

What We Learned

Financial Literacy

Through real-life scenarios, students had the opportunity to explore financial life events they might encounter after high school. They learned how to build a practical budget, plan for savings, and financial safety to help them navigate the financial responsibilities of adulthood. The students each created a Personal Financial Plan, which they presented to their classes.

Career Development Conference 2025

We had 3 students selected to participate in this year's iJAG Career Development Conference in Ames on March 4th at the Iowa State Campus. These students competed against about 200 other 11th - 12th graders in Iowa. Lily Van Trump competed in the Employability Skills Event.

Brinleigh Sparks participated in the Career Prep event and Drakan Swain participated in the Financial Literacy event. Kenna Ware was chosen to assist at the event as a Student Ambassador. Although they did not win a chance to go to iJAG Nationals, they all represented Cardinal in a positive and professional way.

Upcoming Events

March 10-13 and March 24-28: Ice Cream Fundraiser
March 14th-21st: Spring Break
March 24th: School Resumes
March 27th: Field Trip to Jefferson County Health Center 9a-11a
March 28th: 12:30p-2:30p and 4p-6p Prom Boutique at Ottumwa Career Campus
March 29th: 10a-2p, Prom Boutique at the Ottumwa Career Campus

WE ARE STILL TAKING PROM APPAREL FOR THE PROM BOUTIQUE UNTIL 3/27/25

After Break

Career Pathways

The PBL unit will incorporate a combination of interactive lesson and reflective activities. This unit is designed to empower students to explore, discover and pursue their career aspirations through work based learning. Work Base Learning is project based learning with partnership with an employer, simulated work experiences aligned with industry recognized credentials, high quality preapprenticeships aligned with apprenticeships, student learner programs, internships and apprenticeships. The whole goal of this unit is that every iJAG student completes a Work Based Learning experience. More information to come after Spring Break.

CDC 2025 Pics

Cardinal students pose at the CDC conference in front of a wall and while they're exploring a booth.

Student Spotlight

My Bio:
Name: Macy Grove
Date of Birth: 04/29/07
Height: 5'6''

10 Things About Me:
Some of my interests are to color, hang out with friends, go to church, play sports, help on the farm, going to the lake, going on hikes, and go on jet ski rides.

Career Goals:
My career goal is to become an athletic trainer.

After High School Goals:
My goals after high school are to go to William Penn and get my master's degree in exercise science and play volleyball for William Penn.

What I'm Excited About iJAG This Year:
What I'm excited for is to learn more about different careers.