Jobs for Illinois Graduates (JILG)

Despite the lack of JILG’s annual funding renewal from the Illinois state legislature for this school year, Springfield Southeast and Springfield Lanphier high schools  have continued on with the JILG program anyway because of the tremendous value it brings to the students.  The Springfield school district thought it was a vital program for its disadvantaged and at-risk [...]  [Read More.]

JILG continues to build on its 12 years of success with another outstanding year by graduating over 95% of its students when the national average continues to be below 70%. See 2008 - 2009 results.   [Read More.]

A commentary on the cost of just one Illinois high school dropout. Springfield Journal-Register Article   [Read More.]

Jobs for Illinois Graduates" (JILG) receives a $30,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation.  [Read More.]

JILG students Alicia Harrison, Ian Sullivan, and Jalicia Brown win prestigious "Mighty Maroon" Awards for 2009 after being selected out of over 2300 students at Belleville West HS.  [Read More.]

Lanphier High School JILG student, Ikeem Mattison, has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 "Top Teen" award presented by the State Journal-Register. Ikeem was nominated because of his committment to community service and his leadership skills.   [Read More.]

The Flora JILG program continues its work with teachers and students at several area elementary schools (McEndree, Washington, Xenia) with DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Learning Standards) program.   [Read More.]

Raven Shelton, a 2008 Springfield Southeast JILG graduate, was the recipient of a Bright Star Scholarship announced by Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulius.   [Read More.]