Mukwonago High School

Mukwonago High School offers students a variety of work-based learning experiences designed to connect classroom instruction with real-world career exploration. These opportunities help students apply academic knowledge, develop employability skills, and make informed decisions about their futures.

 

Job shadowing allows students to observe a professional in a specific career field to gain first-hand insight into daily responsibilities, workplace expectations, and career pathways. This short-term experience helps students determine if a career aligns with their interests and goals.

 

The Work Experience Program helps students build essential employability and leadership skills in a paid work setting. Students enrolled in this program earn Employability Skills and Leadership certifications and must complete the .5-credit Work Seminar course to participate. Students earn .5 high school credits for every 90 work hours completed (up to 3 credits). This program provides valuable, supervised experience while connecting academic learning to future career success.

 

Wisconsin’s Youth Apprenticeship (YA) program blends academic coursework with hands-on, paid learning in a professional setting. Students earn high school credit, a state certificate, and an orange graduation cord of achievement. One-year YA participants complete 450 work hours, while two-year participants complete 900 work hours. Students must also take one credit of related classroom instruction each year of the program. Mukwonago High School offers Youth Apprenticeships in the following pathways: