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Junior Achievement students from Mohonasen shadow employees from local businesses
February 2008
A
total of 75 students from Mohonasen will have the opportunity to
shadow employees for a day from General Electric, Time Warner, and
in Assemblyman Tedisco's office during February and March.
The goal is to encourage volunteer mentors across the nation to
welcome a middle school or high school student into their workplace
to show what a job is like and how the skills learned in school may
be put into action.
“Students get to see what happens in the career of their choice,”
said Business Education teacher and Junior Achievement liaison
Latefah Lang. “It is a snapshot of the day, where they can apply
what they learned in the classroom in the real world.”
Junior Achievement (JA) is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit
economic organization in the world. Each year more than four million
elementary, middle and high school students across the U.S.
participate in JA programs.
Mohonasen students have additional opportunities for extended
internship experiences through the district’s Career Exploration
Internship Programs (CEIP).
Juniors and seniors at the high school can participate in one of the
two exploration programs: the General Career Exploration Internship
Program and the Early Childhood Education Career Internship Program.
These two programs help students to establish positive contacts with
local businesses and school communities. Students learn first hand
what kinds of skills and education are necessary to be successful in
their chosen field. The programs give students the chance to test
out career interests before they — or their parents — invest hard
earned money in college or other training.
Students or local businesses that are interested in General CEIP
should contact Susan Braiman at 356-8323 for more information. For
more information about Early Childhood Education CEIP, contact Jean
Vause at 356-8300, ext. 3019.
