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Elementary school students learn about career options
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North Hall High student Ashley Shoemaker talks to Mount Vernon Elementary fifth-graders about career choices. As part of Georgia’s requirement that high school students follow one of the career pathways, younger students also have to be exposed to the different careers open to them. Shoemaker was part of about 20 students from North Hall who visited Mount Vernon and spoke to the youngsters about career choices.
If Kaitlin Smith’s first-grade class at Mount Vernon Exploratory School is any indication, the world will be full of veterinarians and doctors in the future. But by the time those students reach middle school, they will be exposed to a variety of career and job options that may just change some of their minds. “Part of (the College and Career Readiness Performance Index) requirements for elementary school is that the students be taught certain lessons and introduced to career clusters,” explained Deana Harper, a career-related education specialist with North Hall High School.