Students from Lyman and Todd County high schools were among the 230 students that competed in the Jobs for America’s Graduates South Dakota program’s annual Career Development Conference this month in Mitchell (March 11, 2025).
Students competed in contests that were based off the six core skills of the JAG program: career development, job attainment, job survival, basic skills, leadership and self-development and personal skills.
First place winners in each category are:
- Maggie Lingemann, Lyman High School, employability skills;
- Mia Ohayon, Roosevelt High School, Sioux Falls, financial literacy;
- Addy Moran, Lane Olivier, Kori Hanson, Lyman High School, knowledge bowl;
- Memphis Choal, Lyman High School, prepared speaking; and
- Sha’Vell O’Dell, Arriyyon O’Dell, Charlotte Selemani, Jasaya Pinckney, Roosevelt High School, Sioux Falls, project-based learning.
After the competition portion of the conference, students selected the JAG-SD state officers for 2025. Those elected are:
- State President: Hayden Wren, Wagner High School;
- State Secretary: Catelyn Fry, Bennett County High School;
- State Parliamentarian: Marlee Wells, Lyman High School;
- School Representative A: Briley Oldenkamp, Lyman High School; and
- School Representative B: Mariska Parkhurst-Barahona, Todd County High School.
Volunteers from the surrounding communities and the Department of Education were on hand to serve as judges for competitions and to provide feedback for the students. The DOE will continue its commitment to supporting JAG-SD students as they compete at the JAG-National Career Development Conference in Indianapolis on April 24-26, 2025. Students who received medals in each category are eligible to compete at the national level.
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