Belle Place

 

 

 

President - Caemon Crockem

Vice President - Amari Pena

Secretary - Camren Broussard

Treasurer - Layla Dugas

Representative - Chloe Jones

Historian - Lexiana Garduno 

 

JAG Louisiana - https://www.louisianabelieves.com/courses/jobs-for-america's-graduates-(jag)

 

JAG National - https://jag.org/

 

 

Jobs for America's Graduates was introduced at Belle Place Middle School in fall of 2021. This course offering opened new opportunities for our 8th graders at our school. Our JAG program has been very successful over the past few years. During our 2022-2023 school year our program housed the first ever middle school state officers in Iberia Parish. For the year 2023-2024, we also had the opportunity to have another state officer represent our parish and he also won on the Knowledge Bowl Team on the national level during JAG's National Career Development Conference in St. Louis, Missouri April 2024. 

 

JAG is currently growing throughout Louisiana and the country. Students who are a part of JAG are not just in a class they are members of an organized organization that advocates for them. The primary mission of the JAG Middle School Program is to help students in grades 6-8 develop leadership skills that will help them transition successfully from middle to high school. Career Specialists (classroom teachers) provide an array of counseling, skill development, Career Association, and experiential learning opportunities that will improve student academic performance, school behavior, attendance, confidence, participation, and self-esteem.