Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce staff partnered with community leaders in February to teach local students at Rogers High School, Rogers Heritage High School, and Rogers New Technology High School about the new LEAD program offered by the Chamber’s Community Development Division.

What is the New LEAD Program?

The LEAD (Leadership, Education, Activation & Development) project is a strategic support program for Hispanic/Latino students in Rogers Public High Schools. LEAD provides new opportunities for academic success. It helps to better prepare our community’s youth with tools, training, and direction in their pursuit of higher education, and it clears a path to career opportunities when the participants are ready to enter the job market, helping local businesses with workforce development.

The project is made possible by a recent grant from the American Electric Power Foundation to the Rogers Development Foundation. It enables both the Chamber and Rogers Public Schools to achieve DEI goals by engaging at risk Hispanic/Latino students to increase graduation rates, set them on career pathways, and help them build personal and professional networks to foster connections.

To learn more about this initiative, contact Geovanny Sarmiento at (479) 619-3186 or [email protected].