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Job Awareness Fair<br />
JA INSPIRE MODELS CAREER AWARENESS<br />
TO 9,000 EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS<br />
Approximately 9,000 students from 18 CFISD middle schools connected to potential<br />
careers and opportunities in Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas (JASET)’s fifth<br />
annual job awareness fair, JA Inspire, Feb. 5 th -7 th .<br />
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The three-day event at the Berry Center allowed all eighth-grade students to interact<br />
with more than 50 Houston businesses in a variety of industries.<br />
Each day began with a morning welcome session for all students in the Berry Center<br />
arena. Students were then divided in three groups that rotated between industry<br />
presentations in the conference center, a soft-skills demonstration in the arena and<br />
exhibitors in the second-floor concourse.<br />
Students were divided up by four endorsement tracks (STEM, business and industry,<br />
public services and arts and humanities) that they selected beforehand to receive a<br />
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While exploring career stations on the concourse, students spoke with company employees<br />
and industry representatives to learn more about their businesses.<br />
Speakers in different career fields closed each day. They included KPRC Channel 2<br />
anchor Rachel McNeill, a Cypress Creek High School graduate and Heritage Texas<br />
Properties realtor associate Lily Jang, a Langham Creek High School graduate.<br />
“Our eighth-grade students are fortunate to be able to participate in an interactive<br />
experience that provides them with information on a variety of careers and local<br />
employers from the<br />
greater Houston area,”<br />
said Dr. Linda Macias,<br />
associate superintendent<br />
of curriculum<br />
and instruction and<br />
accountability. “This<br />
will assist them in<br />
making informed decisions<br />
when selecting<br />
an endorsement and<br />
course selections for<br />
high school.”<br />
The <strong>Colonies</strong> Community Newsletter | <strong>March</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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