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CFES Brilliant Pathways

CFES Brilliant Pathways is a global leader helping K-12 students from low-income rural and urban communities become college and career ready. CFES has helped 100,000 students since 1991, and today supports 25,000 students through partnerships with schools, businesses and colleges in 30 states and Ireland. (www.brilliantpathways.org)

CFES Brilliant Pathways Partners with Next Gen Personal Finance to Educate Students About the Importance of Financial Literacy

CFES Brilliant Pathways · April 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Students at Beekmantown Middle School got a lesson in personal finance on March 20th from a self-taught financial literacy YouTuber with over 30,000 subscribers and a cautionary tale for how to avoid a lifetime of debt. Yanely Espinal, Director of Educational Outreach … [Read more...] about CFES Brilliant Pathways Partners with Next Gen Personal Finance to Educate Students About the Importance of Financial Literacy

Essex’s Dr. John Fortune Teaches Students About Heathcare Jobs Through CFES Program

CFES Brilliant Pathways · March 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment

One of the first things students want to hear about when Dr. John Fortune walks into their classroom is his most shocking cases as a trauma surgeon. By the end of class, all they want to hear about is the high-quality jobs in healthcare he came to tell them how to … [Read more...] about Essex’s Dr. John Fortune Teaches Students About Heathcare Jobs Through CFES Program

West Point Robotics Workshop Gives North Country Students Hands-on Experience at Potential Careers in STEM

CFES Brilliant Pathways · February 22, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Students from across the Adirondacks worked side-by-side with cadets and professors from the U.S. Military Academy building circuit boards and learning about careers in STEM at the West Point Robotics Workshop on January 24-25 at the CFES Brilliant Pathways Conference Center. “I … [Read more...] about West Point Robotics Workshop Gives North Country Students Hands-on Experience at Potential Careers in STEM

CFES Brilliant Pathways’ Mentoring Madness Impacts 3,000 Students at 13 Schools Across North Country

CFES Brilliant Pathways · January 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Mentoring Madness swept across the North Country on Monday, January 14 as mentors from area colleges, hospitals, businesses and non-profits talked with thousands of students at 13 schools about the importance of civic engagement, college and career readiness, and … [Read more...] about CFES Brilliant Pathways’ Mentoring Madness Impacts 3,000 Students at 13 Schools Across North Country

In My Opinion: All Hands Needed in Support of Rural Schools, Students

CFES Brilliant Pathways · December 14, 2018 · Leave a Comment

My husband, Clint, and I have been coming to the Adirondacks for almost 50 years, continuing a tradition my grandmother started in 1903, when she and her family first summered in Essex. Like so many others, we are drawn to the region by its beauty and unspoiled … [Read more...] about In My Opinion: All Hands Needed in Support of Rural Schools, Students