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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.

Build your digital skills with free online classes. April offerings include Digital Navigation Skills - Advanced Wix Studio (beginning April 6) and Digital Navigation Skills - Advanced: AI Introduction (beginning April 7). These courses will help provide training and tools for web design, along with exploring the fundamentals of AI.

RSC visited Southern Trinity High School (Southern Trinity JUSD) in Mad River, CA, to learn about how they’ve applied Student Success Systems and participation in the GRAD Partnership to their remote and rural context. Their effort is led by school counselor, Cindy Dixon and supported by Onica Mello from North State Together as their GRAD Partnership lead. 🎉

Fun fact‼️ Principal Andy Felt is a 2022 Grants in Place awardee. 👏

📸 Pictured: Onica Mello (left), Andy Felt (center), and Cindy Dixon (right)

North State Together is proud to share the latest Education Insight podcast episode, featuring Dr. Karen Schreder of Chico State University. In this episode, Dr. Schreder discusses the inspiration behind the North State Student Ambassadors Program and how creating intentional spaces for connection, leadership, and belonging helps rural students thrive in higher education while staying connected to their home communities.

Education Insight: Building Belonging for Rural Students in Higher Education - Growing Inland Achievement About This Episode Season 7. Episode 7. In this episode of Education Insight, we explore the powerful intersection of rural identity, higher education, and belonging with Dr. Karen Schreder, Professor of Education at Chico State University and founder of the North State Student Ambassadors Program.....