North State Together

Congratulations to our partners at Rural Schools Collaborative on receiving this generous $100,000 unrestricted award from the Bezos Family Foundation! We're proud to celebrate this recognition and the continued investment in strengthening rural schools, educators, students, and communities.

Bezos Family Foundation Selects RSC for Unrestricted Gift Rural Schools Collaborative receives additional support from the Bezos Family Foundation

Build your digital skills with free online classes! August offerings include Digital Marketing & Social Media (beginning August 10) and Digital Navigation Skills - Advanced: AI Introduction (beginning August 11). These courses will help you gain confidence using essential digital tools while learning marketing and social media tactics to effectively promote your business.

It's inspiring to see this work in action! Trinity Together's YCC crews are gaining valuable hands-on experience while making a real impact across the region. We're proud to support opportunities like these through Educating Future Environmental Stewards in the North State, a North State Together initiative funded by the CA Jobs First – Catalyst Program.

Build your digital skills with free online classes! July offerings include Money Matters: Digital Finance (beginning July 6) and Digital Health and Wellness (beginning July 7). These classes will help you learn practical skills for managing your personal finances and healthcare-related tasks.

“It's In The Culture of Our School:” Student leadership flourishes at… At Fall River Junior Senior High School (CA), student leaders take responsibility for attendance and engagement

Build your digital skills with free online classes! June offerings include Digital Marketing & Social Media (beginning June 8) and Digital Navigation Skills - Intermediate (beginning June 9). These courses will help you gain confidence using essential digital tools while learning marketing and social media tactics to effectively promote your business.

Shasta College will be hosting an AgSTEP Partner Kick-Off on Wednesday, May 13 to introduce a new workforce training program created specifically for farmworkers.

AgSTEP (Agriculture Systems Training Expansion Program) is designed to support skill-building and workforce development within the agriculture industry through accessible, bilingual training opportunities.

📅 Wednesday, May 13, 2026
⏰ 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
📍 Shasta College Tehama Campus – Room 7206
770 Diamond Avenue, Red Bluff

Community partners, agriculture business owners, and organizations that support farmworkers are encouraged to attend and learn more about the program launching in Spring 2027.

📧 RSVP: [email protected]

Please feel free to share with others connected to the agriculture community.

Build your digital skills with free online classes. May offerings include Money Matters: Digital Finance (beginning May 11) and Digital Tools for Entrepreneurs (beginning May 12). These courses will help you learn essential personal finance skills and explore digital tools that can optimize your business.

It’s great to see Expect More Tehama receiving this well-deserved recognition for their Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS) Program. As part of North State Together’s Educating Future Environmental Stewards in the North State initiative under the North State Jobs First – Catalyst Program, their team is doing incredible work connecting students with meaningful, hands-on environmental stewardship.

Thank you, Onica Mello of North State Together, Shasta College, and NatureBridge for a wonderful week in Yosemite for North State students.

The McConnell Foundation handed over the reins of its long-standing Yosemite Program to NST in 2025. By connecting students to their natural surroundings and offering a real-world environmental education experience, the Program fosters a sense of stewardship and opens doors to future academic and career pathways in environmental sciences. NST has strong relationships in the five counties that the NatureBridge in Yosemite Program serves.

The Yosemite Program has been The McConnell Foundation’s longest-running program for more than 30 years. “The Foundation holds tightly to the belief that the experience in Yosemite makes a lifelong impact on students. My heart is full seeing NST embrace this Program’s wonder and importance,” shared Ana Bachman, retiring Program Coordinator for The McConnell Foundation.

Photos: Shasta College buses transport students to Yosemite; In Curry Village, L to R: Erik Johnson, Ana Bachman, Ashley Fuller, Onica Mello; Foundation representatives, L to R: Kelly Salter, Carol Germano, Dean Germano, Ana Bachman.