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Neighbors | Jessica Harker.Local nurse Kathy Cernica spoke to students who were interested in pursuing a nursing career on May 6 at St. Christine's Career Day event. .
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Neighbors | Jessica Harker.Students at St. Charles School met with alumni from accross the area for their first Career Day event in more than 10 years.
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Neighbors | Jessica Harker.Andrew DiPaolo, a meteorologist with WFMJ and St. Charles alumnus, spoke to students about his job on May 6 at the school's Career Day event.
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Neighbors | Jessica Harker.A variety of careers, including police officer, were represented at St. Charles' Alumni Career Day on May 6.
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Neighbors | Jessica Harker.St. Christine's students in fourth- through eighth-grade met with school alumni in various careers during the schools Career Day on May 6.
By JESSICA HARKER
St. Charles School hosted it’s first Alumni Career Day on May 6.
Linda Handel, the school’s computer technology teacher, organized the event where 40 local alumni came to discuss their careers with current students.
“We had students in fourth through eighth grade come and talk with them, and they got to choose the careers which interested them most,” Handel said.
She said that the idea for the event started after a school project that had children looking into their future careers.
“They did a project and researched a career they may be interested in,” Handel said. “So I thought why not bring in someone from the real world to talk with them about it.”
The event kicked off with a mass, where each alumni spoke to students about their history and their chosen careers.
Students were given a list of profession and marked their top four choices.
Then each alumni was seated at a table where they met with a small group of students at a time.
Handel said that students listened to the alumni talk about their chosen profession and were able to ask them questions.
“They get to hear exactly what it takes to get to that career,” Handel said. “The alumni discuss what they did in school and what classes they took.”
Handel said that the only structure the school provided was a short list of information they suggested the alumni go over.
“We want the students to lead the conversation, and for the alumni to discuss with them the reality of their jobs,” Handel said.
A variety of careers were present at the event, including nurses, lawyers, police officers and meteorologists.
“We are so thankful for all of our local alumni for coming into the school and talking with our students,” Handel said.