San Marcos, TX – 5/7/2025 – Youth Management San Marcos (YLSM), a program of the San Marcos Space Chamber of Commerce, proudly concludes one other impactful 12 months of growing the following era of civic-minded leaders. Designed for native highschool college students, this system goals to foster mutual understanding, respect, and engagement between youth and their neighborhood whereas additionally constructing consciousness of native profession alternatives proper right here in San Marcos.
YLSM works intently with San Marcos Excessive Faculty and San Marcos Academy, making certain pupil choice and participation are collaborative efforts that serve each the faculties and the neighborhood. This system runs yearly from September by means of April, that includes eight themed classes, culminating in a commencement luncheon.
“The objective of Youth Management San Marcos is to plant the seeds of neighborhood involvement, management, and profession exploration in our college students,” mentioned Web page Michel, president of the San Marcos Space Chamber of Commerce. “We need to expose these younger folks to native companies and management contacts to allow them to foresee a profitable future proper right here in San Marcos.”
Every YLSM session is constructed round a selected theme or profession discipline: Session 1 Staff Constructing; Session 2 Historical past; Session 3 Authorities and Public Service; Session 4 Financial Growth and Tourism; Session 5 Small Enterprise and Manufacturing; Session 6 Well being Care and Human Companies; and Session 7 Media and Expertise.
The eighth session was a commencement luncheon with keynote audio system together with San Marcos Mayor Hughson and Ted Groholske, Director of Workforce Growth with the Hays Caldwell Financial Growth Partnership. It was hosted at Palmer’s Restaurant & Courtyard, thanks togenerous help from Chef Monte Sheffield.
This 12 months, 16 college students graduated from this system, together with: Adrian Romero, Aiden Nolan, Angelina Vazquez, Aryam Nunez, Cuauhtemoc Ramirez, Diego Vacaflores, Emma Scull, Haley Aguilar, Jackson Herman, Khatin Raymond, Rebeka Onofre, Shawn Joey, Shelita Adams, Shyra Kincheon, Victoria King, and William Lunkenheimer
Throughout the YLSM classes, college students visited native companies to study firsthand from house owners andmanagers about their distinctive academic backgrounds, management paths, and the realities of working throughout the San Marcos financial system. These immersive experiences inspired college students to mirror on their very own pursuits, establish profession paths that resonate with them, and discover alternatives they could not in any other case encounter earlier than getting into the workforce.
A key side of YLSM is its deal with native profession growth, aiming to maintain younger expertise invested in San Marcos. By highlighting each small and huge native companies, this system emphasizes the worth of homegrown alternative and community-rooted success.
The success of this 12 months’s program wouldn’t have been potential with out the dedication of facilitators Clayton Odam from San Marcos CISD and Rachael Rodgers from San Marcos Academy, plus the help of volunteer facilitators Brooke Damron and Crystal Dixon, together with the beneficiant participation of San Marcos companies who opened their doorways and gave of their time to assist educate and encourage.
YLSM is at the moment making ready for the following class of pupil leaders that can kick off in September 2025. college students can attain out to Mr. Odam and Ms. Rodgers at their faculties. For extra info on this or different Schooling & Workforce Growth packages, please contact the San Marcos Space Chamber of Commerce at 512-393-5900 or chamber@sanmarcostexas.com.
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Concerning the San Marcos Space Chamber of Commerce
Since 1903, offering ADVOCACY and CONNECTIONS for companies to THRIVE. The Chamber’s mission is to enhance the financial prosperity and high quality of lifetime of its members by means of management, training, and enterprise advocacy. The SMTX Chamber’s imaginative and prescient is to be the main membership group that collaborates with stakeholders to develop an atmosphere the place companies thrive, management is inspired, college students excel, housing is ample and attainable, all members are lively, and high quality of life is a precedence. Extra Chamber info is accessible at SanMarcosTexas.com or name 512-393-5900.