Career Partners, Inc.

The Vision of Career Partners is "To become a recognized educational model in creating synergy between local business and the school community."

E Squared is the signature student leadership development program of Career Partners, Inc. - a partnership of local business, education, and government leaders. The purpose of the E Squared Competition is to expose high school students to real-life business situations both through training by local business people and through the team experience of creating a business venture in a competitive environment. The use of trainers with business experience reinforces and adds relevance to the academic curriculum. The E Squared Competition consists of teams of 3-5 students from Career & Technical classes designing new business ventures and developing Business Plans to support obtaining financing from the fictitious E Squared Venture Capital Group. The E Squared Competition is a significant part of each student’s spring Career & Technology Education curriculum. In addition to the opportunity to win the competition and substantial scholarship funding, all students are graded according to their efforts by their respective classroom teachers.