The California Continuation Education Association (CCEA) selected Michele Beutler’s Career and Life Skills program at Citrus High School as one of five programs recognized at their annual state conference in Sacramento on April 24, 2005, as an exemplary program.

The Career and Life Skills program assists students in learning employment and life skills.  Topics addressed include workplace expectations, applications, interview techniques, personal responsibility and good work ethics.  In the six years that the program has been in existence, over 600 students have successfully completed either the career program or the pre-employment workshop and have been placed in jobs or internships.   “We are proud of the fact that close to 100% (of our students) are placed.  Many have landed scholarships upon graduation,” said Mrs. Beutler.

Carlye Marousek Olsen, CCEA Exemplary Program Chair, said “The California Continuation Education Association delights in recognizing students, staff and school programs for exemplary service to their school community.”  The CCEA will include the program in their State Directory so that other continuation schools can contact Citrus and replicate its success at their own school site.