After the fourth annual Career Day for seventh graders at Newark Middle School February 4, students were surveyed about things they liked, disliked, learned something new about or wanted to know more about.
Here’s a sampling of things they gleaned from attending four career presentations.
• You decide what career you want and opening your own business is possible for anyone.
• Some jobs don’t require a college degree.
• That you have to work hard and be dedicated to reach your career goal.
• You shouldn’t let anything stop you from doing what you really want to do.
• A good knowledge of math and science are important in many careers, including being an architect.
• That what you study in school prepares you for the career you want.
• That there are nursing jobs that don’t require you to deal with blood.
• That there are many jobs in the criminal justice field.
NMS Career Day allows students to attend sessions on four different professions. Before the event, students, with the help of their school counselors, choose four professions they would like to learn more about. And then they are given schedules for the day.
The NMS Career Day is a collaborative effort with the Newark Wayne Community Hospital, the Newark Police Department and local businesses. Various professionals participate and share knowledge of their field and the educational requirements necessary to obtain such a position.
Career Day began as a partnership with one of the Community's largest employers, Newark Wayne Community Hospital, and has expanded to include careers beyond the medical field.
Yvonne MacTaggart, Board of Education President and Manager of the Radiology Department at Newark Wayne Community Hospital, has been instrumental each year in helping make arrangements with representatives from the hospital and has been a presenter each year.
Career Day Coordinators this year were school counselors Tracy Altman and Matt May and Lisa Eakins, seventh grade social studies teacher. NMS Principal Mark Miller, and Greg Herbst, Assistant Principal were also instrumental in recruiting presenters and organizing the day.
Presenters covered 11 career choices including a wide range from the medical field, law enforcement, architecture and being an entrepreneur.
This year’s presenters included: MacTaggart, Larry Bean, lab manager at NWCH; Melissa Alvarado, Betsy Rodriguez and Julia Laco from NWCH who spoke about jobs in the surgical field; David Rogers, New Visions Medical Instructor with the WFL/NWCH New Visions Program; David Hunter, Ana Ramos, Ashlie Roberts from NWCH presenting on the Hospital Educators/Nursing field; NWCH speech pathologist Catherine Sligar; Scott Lord owner of Weslor Enterprises (Custom Welding and Fabrication) and DeLoKa, LLC (Powder Coating), both in Lyons; David Christler, Chief of Police from the Newark Police Department; Scott Green, Head Football Coach at the University of Rochester and former NFL player who talked about athletic careers; and Mike Noga, architect from Gordon W. Jones Associates, the firm overseeing work at NCSD.
The seventh grade career day is the second in a three-year progression aimed at helping students decide on a career path.
In sixth grade, students learn about setting goals and in eighth grade, they visit a college.
“All of our presenters were great again this year. We would like to publicly thank them for participating in such a worthwhile activity for our students,” Altman said.
After the fourth annual Career Day for seventh graders at Newark Middle School February 4, students were surveyed about things they liked, disliked, learned something new about or wanted to know more about.
Here’s a sampling of things they gleaned from attending four career presentations.
• You decide what career you want and opening your own business is possible for anyone.
• Some jobs don’t require a college degree.
• That you have to work hard and be dedicated to reach your career goal.
• You shouldn’t let anything stop you from doing what you really want to do.
• A good knowledge of math and science are important in many careers, including being an architect.
• That what you study in school prepares you for the career you want.
• That there are nursing jobs that don’t require you to deal with blood.
• That there are many jobs in the criminal justice field.
NMS Career Day allows students to attend sessions on four different professions. Before the event, students, with the help of their school counselors, choose four professions they would like to learn more about. And then they are given schedules for the day.
The NMS Career Day is a collaborative effort with the Newark Wayne Community Hospital, the Newark Police Department and local businesses. Various professionals participate and share knowledge of their field and the educational requirements necessary to obtain such a position.
Career Day began as a partnership with one of the Community's largest employers, Newark Wayne Community Hospital, and has expanded to include careers beyond the medical field.
Yvonne MacTaggart, Board of Education President and Manager of the Radiology Department at Newark Wayne Community Hospital, has been instrumental each year in helping make arrangements with representatives from the hospital and has been a presenter each year.
Career Day Coordinators this year were school counselors Tracy Altman and Matt May and Lisa Eakins, seventh grade social studies teacher. NMS Principal Mark Miller, and Greg Herbst, Assistant Principal were also instrumental in recruiting presenters and organizing the day.
Presenters covered 11 career choices including a wide range from the medical field, law enforcement, architecture and being an entrepreneur.
This year’s presenters included: MacTaggart, Larry Bean, lab manager at NWCH; Melissa Alvarado, Betsy Rodriguez and Julia Laco from NWCH who spoke about jobs in the surgical field; David Rogers, New Visions Medical Instructor with the WFL/NWCH New Visions Program; David Hunter, Ana Ramos, Ashlie Roberts from NWCH presenting on the Hospital Educators/Nursing field; NWCH speech pathologist Catherine Sligar; Scott Lord owner of Weslor Enterprises (Custom Welding and Fabrication) and DeLoKa, LLC (Powder Coating), both in Lyons; David Christler, Chief of Police from the Newark Police Department; Scott Green, Head Football Coach at the University of Rochester and former NFL player who talked about athletic careers; and Mike Noga, architect from Gordon W. Jones Associates, the firm overseeing work at NCSD.
The seventh grade career day is the second in a three-year progression aimed at helping students decide on a career path.
In sixth grade, students learn about setting goals and in eighth grade, they visit a college.
“All of our presenters were great again this year. We would like to publicly thank them for participating in such a worthwhile activity for our students,” Altman said.
