Argonaut

Over the past fiscal year, Argonaut has worked to strengthen its' partnerships and expand its' scope of work. The organization created a formal partnership with port of cleveland, taking over the annual seasonal operation of jetsam flotsam, the port's cleaning vessels. Through this partnership, Argonaut staffs and mans the operation of the vessels on the water, 40 hours a week, 6 months a year. Each shift includes both paid and trained staff, along with 2-3 student interns, who receive 5-7 hours of weekly training and paid work experience. Argonaut and youth opportunities unlimited created a partnership in the winter of 2022, to increase the number of students who were provided with both maritime and aerospace internships, providing both funding support and backend hr functions, freeing up Argonaut to focus on the industry partners and supervision of the experience. As a result, the organization was able to increase internships by 238% over the year prior. We also were able to jointly leverage the partnership to increase awareness of career training through summer work experience and are currently in the process of jointly offering an additional 16 students with fall internships, further growing our reach. Through an overhaul of the organization's brand identity, Argonaut was born in june of 2022. The organization has built upon this new brand, strengthening its' alignment with the davis aerospace and maritime high school, establishing shared goals and outcomes, creating instructure and systems for how the two entities work together and committing to elevating the rigor of the school day and the quality of experiential learning. Student recruitment continues to grow with 2023 being the largest freshman class. In addition, 2023 introduces the largest graduating class. Argonaut remains committed to continuing to grow its' industry reach and create pathways for student succession in the fields of maritime and aerospace.