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May 7, 2001

Take Our Kids to Work... continued

        On Wednesday, May 9, over 800 more Grade 9 students from the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board are off to work. It's Take Our Kids to Work day, part II.
        Take Our Kids to Work is being offered to Grade 9 students in all eight of the Secondary Schools in the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board. The program strives to help students answer one of life's questions: "How can I prepare for my future role as a worker?" First hand observation of the working world is part of the way in which students will seek answers to that question.
        "Students will be placed in a variety of settings and have the opportunity to experience a day of work in place of a day of school," says Carolyn Ketcheson, Careers Curriculum Co-ordinator with the Board. "The purpose of the event is to stimulate discussion and learning about the workplace. It is not necessarily expected that students will be ready to select a particular career, but this Grade 9 activity encourages students to begin thinking about possible workplace options."
        On May 9, Grade 9 students from Centennial Secondary School, Centre Hastings Secondary School, Trenton High School, Moira Secondary School, and North Hastings High School, will be taking part. The remaining Grade 9 students in the District took part in Take Our Kids to Work Day on November 1, 2000. Between the two days, almost 1,600 students from the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board will be experiencing a day in the workplace.
 

For more information contact:
Carolyn Ketcheson, Careers Curriculum Co-ordinator, 966-1170  ext. 2325