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News from the City of Shakopee | Spring 2018

City partners with Shakopee High students for unique on-the-job CAPS learning experience From classroom to workplace

CITY NEWSLETTER Shakopee CAPS partnership Mayor's Message City Calendar Pond Statue Fundraiser Envision Shakopee West End Development Road & Park Projects Street Sweeping #AsktheCity: Garbage Public Safety Corner Crime Prevention Calendar Spotlight: Adopt-a-Park

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When Isabel Roberts sits down in her cubicle each morning, her office view is a little different than the classroom desks and whiteboard she’s used to. While her classmates are listening to lectures, Roberts is designing marketing materials for the Shakopee Community Center, using her graphic design skills to fill needs for the City of Shakopee. Roberts is one of two Shakopee High School seniors currently interning with the city through the high school’s Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) program. Roberts and Bradley Vilaychack spend eight hours a week at city offices, producing design materials, editing videos, writing new stories and more.

“I think this internship will help me because it will definitely set me apart from others, since I had this opportunity while still in high school,” said Roberts, who interns for the Parks and Recreation

2017 Shakopee CAPS intern Sam Valdez poses next to a banner she designed advertising the annual Huber Park Performance and Event Series. Valdez designed all the marketing materials for the 2017 series.

CAPS Intern Isabel Roberts

Department. “This internship will allow me to grow creatively and professionally, and I plan to use the skills I learn to help in my future.”

Cover Photo: Community members attend the Envision Shakopee Community Workshop in January, providing feedback on how the city can best address issues related to jobs, housing, transportation and parks.

This is the third year the city has partnered with the CAPS digital design program. (CAPS also offers programs in health care and business management.) The purpose of the program is to develop students' professional skills in an authentic environment. "Partnerships with area businesses and organizations, like the City of Shakopee, are absolutely vital to the success of our students," said Shakopee's Teaching and Learning Supervisor Ed Cox. "Through these partnerships our students are able to engage in

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