Sunday, June 4, 2017

TdS Students Get Hands On with Their Future

A student gets a chance to feel what it's
like to be decked out in SWAT gear
"The speakers that presented inspired me because I was able to see people in these powerful positions that talked about how they accomplished their goals. This allowed me to see a future where I can and will be successful in my career if I focus on making good life choices."-Brenna Boldt


SD Sheriff helicopter made quite an
impression when it landed at TdS

TDS Career Day Leaders (shout out to Ms. Araujo, Mr. Brumbaugh and Ms. Damon) facilitated an amazing day of engaging and empowering professionals. Students were assigned to their advisory and rotated to various speakers throughout the day.  They interviewed the various speakers by asking tough questions about demands (physical and educational) and potential earnings associated with each career. This process helped them to grasp 21st century career demands. 


"What I saw at Career Day was so inspiring, I went home and talked to my family about changing career paths to SWAT."-Cruz Dexheimer

The experience allowed for them to be exposed to careers that
Students heard Slightly Stoopid's
Miles Doughty
 talk about perseverance
pay well, focus on STEM, and safety/public service. For example, an everyday hero such as firefighters, nurses, police officers, SWAT, and CAL Fire is now a dream job that TDS students could one day make a reality. High demand jobs in computer science (can you say flying drones from the CUE's STEAMPUNK LAB) and our Qualcomm speaker gave our students motivation and exposure to pursue careers in STEM. 

"TDS Career Day changed the idea of a normal job for me, and made me want to work harder to accomplish my goals."-Lily Griffing

Thank you to the following for speaking at our event:

Lakeside Fire
LUSD Digital Learning Coach Kay Little
shows students how to program Ozobots
SD Sheriff SWAT
CALFire Helitack Crew
Alpine Fire
Park Rangers
Miles Doughty, Slightly Stoopid
Dr. Asbury, Orthodontist
Miguel Orduno, Qualcomm
Mike Regalado, Sushi Chef
Officer Downing, California Highway Patrol
Tara Downing, Respiratory Therapist
Victor Contreras, actor
LUSD Digital Learning Coaches
Mike Mendoza, IT Systems Analyst
Chappie HUnter, Detective
Miguel Orduno, Qualcomm, impresses
students with future technology being
invented today
Tom Romenesko, MLB Scout
Joe Bauer, Financial Planner
Mike Washer, High Security Programmer
Barbara Thompson, El Cajon PD Detective
Jackie Young, ER Nurse
Eric Knedten, Jail RN/Teacher/US Navy
Katie Turner, Event Planner

And thank you to the following:

CUE STEAMPUNK Lab for loaning us drones
Mary's Donuts for providing donuts for our speakers
Lakeside Starbucks for providing coffee for our speakers



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