Emma Nitschke
eSomethin staff
“What am I going to do after high school?” is a question that lingers in the back of every high schooler’s mind. It might even make some feel nervous or scared. Whether you’re going to college or not, Career Day at PHS is beneficial for all students.
Career Day has been an event for the last several years. The purpose is to try to help students explore different career options.
There are two components to Career Day: ninth and tenth graders attend presentations from local workers in different fields while eleventh graders can either do job shadowing or college visits. Job shadowing is a new option this year.
“I got to shadow my friend’s mom. She works as a doctor and I got to learn about all the different processes when it comes to people’s health and I got to listen to my heartbeat, which I thought was pretty cool,” said junior Vainavi Vupalla.
For freshmen and sophomores, Career Day begins in the auditorium and then moves to classrooms for breakout sessions.
“During career day, I visited the University of Toledo. We went there by bus and there were 50 kids. There were about seven groups. Each group went with a senior and we basically toured the classrooms and stuff. I remember we talked to a few teachers who taught what some of the students were interested in, so they got to learn a little bit more about what that teaching profession would be like,” said junior Lily Forrester.
“I’m pretty excited for Career Day. I think it will be fun and I’m looking forward to listening to the presenters. I’m not sure what I want to do yet, so hopefully this will help guide me to a possible career that I’d be interested in,” said sophomore Lenai Aguirre-Burgos.
There are six different session times. Students choose which sessions they want to go to.
Presenters are representatives from local businesses, such as the Toledo Zoo, Toledo Nature Conservancy, Churchill’s, and Rudolph Libbey. Parent volunteers and students from local universities such as Bowling Green, Toledo, and Owen’s community college are also possible presenters.
Seniors are welcome to participate in any of these, but it is not mandatory for them.
“I went to Frank Elementary and I shadowed a first grade teacher. I knew one of her students from cheer. The kids were really funny and I had a really good time. I think I can definitely see myself being a teacher or teacher’s assistant in the future,” said junior Delaney May.
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