Sophomore visitation set for November
Sophomores from Wayne County high schools will soon have an opportunity to hear about career and technical education in this area, and visit the Wayne County Schools Career Center in November.Representatives from the career center, including student ambassadors, will present information about all 29 career and technical programs to sophomores at their high schools in October. During the presentations, students can register to visit the school during sophomore visitations on Nov. 12, 13 or 16, when their school is scheduled for a visit. Parents may want to encourage their sons or daughters to sign up for the presentations with their high school guidance counselors, so the students can take advantage of the visitations in November.
Sophomores and their parents will receive a mailing at home in early October which lists all the training programs available at the career center, to make it easier for parents and students to choose which three programs the students would visit. At sophomore visitations, students visit three programs of their choice during the school day and have lunch in the school cafeteria. Even for those not planning to attend the career center, this is an opportunity to explore many types of careers and find out what career opportunities may be best for them.
Of the career center’s 29 programs, two meet off campus: exercise science and sports medicine, and teaching professions. Exercise science and sports medicine meet at Wooster High School in the afternoons, and teaching professions, a one-year program for college-bound seniors, meets once a week at Wayne College in Orrville, and includes working with teachers in the students’ local school district at a variety of grade levels.
Information about programs offering college credit, job placement, scholarships, internships, certifications and clinicals will be included in the mailing. Some programs offer up to 30 college credits, saving a lot of money for parents and students. Some have a part-time option in which students can attend the career center a half day for their lab, and then take their academics at their regular high school.
The career center has academics at every level, from dual-enrollment classes for college credit to life skills academics. Included in this is enriched, higher level classes such as physics and chemistry, and traditional academics.
Other options for career center students are online classes at no charge to the student, parent or associate school, which can be done during study halls, lunch periods, before or after school, at the student’s own pace. Credit recovery helps students catch up on their credits, and accelerated learning allows students to move ahead in their coursework, or take courses such as calculus, physics or chemistry which may not fit into their schedule. Extra help for academic classes is also available, every day before school, and four days a week after school. The career center schedules a bus each night to take students back to their home high school after the sessions.
“Some students are taking online courses to reinforce what they have already learned,” said intervention coordinator Jill Parker. “Students are increasingly aware that this is a tremendous opportunity for them.”
For more information on sophomore visits, students or parents may contact their high school guidance counselor or the Wayne County Schools Career Center guidance office at 330-669-7020.