Our local Dream Big Organization is hosting monthly Zoom meeting for high school students in professions and corporations for them to consider as possible job opportunities. During the panel the kids can ask questions or simply listen to the panel explain what their job entails and what qualifications they are looking for in new hires.
The first ZOOM meeting was with several local Architects, in addition to the above, they explained the process for considering local laws, landscape and clients wishes whenever designing a project, whether it was a building, house, parking lot or play ground.
Next the kids were given a project to build a nature's playscape which they would discuss at the next meeting. MarioFan investigated local nature playscape and decided what he wanted to include in his project. The kids were free to design what ever they wanted.
| MarioFan used things he found in our art cabinets as well as a few items in the yard in order to create his project |
His model included a rock climbing station, and tunnel, bridge, swing, balance stools and wood den
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| view from a different angle |
the next meeting they discussed the builds and continue with more information on the career of Architecture.
Each month the students will be meeting with a different panel of experts in a certain field and exploring what they do. The next three months have the following careers being explored.
February -- Lawyers (doesn't specify what kind)
March -- Zoo opportunities
April -- Fabrick Cat company which is a local company dealing in big machinary and has many different career opportunities at its company
While MarioFan is pretty sure he wishes to go into electronics/computers for his career choice, I still think it is important to see what other opportunities are out there for him to explore. The meetings are informative and fun.
What a cool program. I wish we had something like that here.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Dawn