Anne Arundel Student Career Excellence

  • The end of the school year in June marked the successful completion of the first year of Anne Arundel County’s new Career Coaching initiative under Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. Each middle school was provided with a dedicated Career Coach focused solely on career exposure and exploration.

  • During the first quarter of the 2024 to 2025 academic year, Career Coaches taught sixth and seventh grade students about life GRIT life skills and explored how students use GRIT in their daily lives

  • During the summer, four teachers from Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) completed externships with Fort Meade Alliance (FMA) member companies in cybersecurity.

  • “Keep going and don’t delete that first draft! You could write someone’s favorite book!” Kezia Kyei-Boahen Student Kezia Kyei-Boahen, an 11th grade student at Chesapeake Science Point, self-published Refined, “an insightful collection of Christian poetry,” on August 26th, 2024. She says career coaching gave her support, resources for marketing, and encouraged her resiliency to complete […]

  • Career Coaches introduced themselves to students and families at Middle School and High School Back to School Nights.

  • Throughout the course of the summer, the AASCE Career Coaches have been planning how to bring career excellence into high schools and expand their impact in middle schools.