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Students take on different professions for a day
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the guests at Career Day at Dobbins and Union Elementary on May 20 showed the students magic tricks after he talked to them about his career with his investment firm.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students at Dobbins Elementary had the opportunity to sit in a cherry picker during Career Day at Dobbins and Union Elementary on May 20.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Kendra Gura's kindergarten class danced and had the chance to be DJs using equiptment from Youngstown State University Rookery Radio's equipment on May 20 during Career Day.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Brian Kiser, an Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, attended Career Day on May 20 at Union and Dobbins Elementary and played the tuba for the students.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students had the chance to sit in the back of an ambulance on May 20 during Career Day at Union and Dobbins Elementary.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Dobbins students practiced different exercises at the Physical Therapy station at Career Day on May 20 at Dobbins and Union Elementary.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Students at Dobbins and Union Elementary participated in Career Day on May 20.
Lauren Mechling, Poland’s Elementary School Counselor, worked with intern Katie Cretella to put the Career Day together. The day was split into two sessions, one in the morning at Dobbins and one in the afternoon at Union.
Mechling and Cretella contacted surrounding business in Mahoning Valley by sending out flyers and waited to see who contacted them back.
“Parent involvement, different connections in the community. It just builds,” said Cretella.
Sweeney Chevrolet attended, as well as Peg Flynn from the Green Team, Diamond Steele, the Poland Fire Department, a paramedic, One Hot Cookie and several others. A few of the businesses contacted other business who they thought might also want to be involved. A few parents volunteered their time to come in and talk to the students about their profession.
“We have Rookery Radio here and they’re doing a pre-recorded show. Our students will be on the one o’clock and three o’clock Rookery Radio show introducing songs and whatnot, they’re excited,” said Cretella.
The students had the opportunity to use the DJ equipment to remix a song for Rookery Radio. As one student was using the mixers, the other students enjoyed dancing to the music and visiting with Pete the Penguin.
Many of the businesses brought souvenirs for the students to take home. The businesses who brought different kinds of vehicles allowed the students to sit in the seat and see what they are like on the inside.
“We wanted both schools to be exposed to it. We didn’t want to ask them to dedicate two days to us, so we asked if we could do the morning at Dobbins and the afternoon at Union. We didn’t want K-2 to miss out on the exposure,” said Cretella.