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Middle Schoolers Learn About Career Opportunities
Plainview-Old Bethpage Students Learn About Career Opportunities
Seventh grade students from both H.B. Mattlin Middle School and Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School explored their options for future professions through round-table discussions with local professionals and a surprise guest speaker. Students heard from more than 50 community members, parents, chamber of commerce members and more representing such careers as lawyers, military officers, police officers and engineers. The seventh graders also had the chance to participate in three round table discussions involving professionals from a specific field.
Students asked the professionals questions and presented what they learned during their entrepreneurship unit. This included showcasing posters and business cards they made and speaking to the company they created. Students had complete control as they decided everything from the name of their company, to how many products they chose to make and how much they will charge. During the past week, the students have been selling cookie mix mason jars to their classmates.
For the second part of the program, students played a game of 20 questions to determine who the “mystery guest speaker” was. The speaker, Gail Warwick of the Mid Island Youth Jewish Community Center, then spoke to students about her role and the importance of community service.
Seventh grade students at Plainview-Old Bethpage School District’s H.B. Mattlin Middle School participate in a round table discussion with a professional visiting the school’s career workshop. Nearly 200 seventh graders had the chance to meet over 50 professionals from the area.
Seventh grade students at Plainview-Old Bethpage School District’s H.B. Mattlin Middle School asked visiting professionals questions and presented what they learned during their entrepreneurship unit during a career workshop. This included showcasing posters and business cards students made and speaking to the company they created. Over 50 community members and parents visited the school to teach the students about their professions, which included law enforcement, military service, engineering and may others.