Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Friday, November 4, 2011

The School to Work Council Inc., a nonprofit organization that funds programs to help students connect the importance of academic achievement with future careers, has received a $10,000 grant from the Staples Foundation. 

The funding will support job-skills programs for students in Bourbon, Clark, Fayette and Scott counties.

• School to Work opportunities in Fayette County Public Schools

Through School to Work, students participate in career fairs, job shadowing and field trips where they observe business in action and receive mentoring from local business leaders to help discover their talents and interests. 

In addition, youths can develop their own school-based enterprises, which helps them understand the challenges of starting a company and how human resources, accounting, marketing and customer relations impact the success of a business.