There will be two chances for fine arts entertainment in our district the next two nights! Tonight will be the coffee house concert beginning at 7:00 pm. This will be a chance for our students to show off their talents in a fun and exciting atmosphere. This is always a fun concert and the kids do a variety of popular type music. Please make plans to attend! Admission will be $1.00 for students and $2.00 for adults. Table seating will be $5.00.
On Friday night we will host the annual Speech Showcase. It will begin at 7:00 pm. This is always a great show and a chance to see the best and brightest from our speech department. Please make plans to attend that night as well. This year there will not be a meal. Admission will be $2.00 for everyone.
We have some very talented students in the fine arts areas please stop in and let them share their special talents with you!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Career Fair
On March 21st all the juniors and some of the seniors attended the Hancock County Career Fair. This is the third time we have attended this bi-annual event. Once again it was a great experience for our students. The day is divided up into two parts. The first portion was a chance for our students to meet with several employers from Hancock County and the surrounding areas. There were all kinds of industries represented. Many from the Britt and Kanawha areas. The students got the chance to learn about the career areas and in some cases talk about potential employment. One of our students picked up a job application! I think this really opened the eyes of these students to all the potential that exists in our county for employment. I spoke with a representative from Kiefer Industries in Kanawha. He encouraged me to send any students who were looking for a job after graduation his way. He explained that they would train the employees and find a position best suited for them. Stellar in Garner also shared that they were continuing to hire.
The second portion was a speaker who focused on success in business and in life. He was an executive for Qwest for many years. He had a great message and talked about change in business and in life. He gave great examples in history of people who had changed and people who were afraid to change and how that effected their lives. He referenced technology a lot and discussed how that had changed. He made an ATARI joke and I was probably one of the only ones who got it. It is really crazy to think of how things have changed in the area of technology in the last twenty years! His main message for students was to be able to ask themselves the following question every day, whether at school or work. "Why am I here?" If they could answer that question and be confident in the answer they were going to be successful people. All of us should hopefully be able to answer that question each day in our own lives. I thought about that and for myself the answer is "to help each one of our students prepare to be as successful as possible when they graduate from our school". For our students hopefully the answer is "to learn" on simple terms or "to do what I need to do, to prepare myself to have a successful future." If they can keep their eye on the ball and keep that question in mind, they will be successful.
The second portion was a speaker who focused on success in business and in life. He was an executive for Qwest for many years. He had a great message and talked about change in business and in life. He gave great examples in history of people who had changed and people who were afraid to change and how that effected their lives. He referenced technology a lot and discussed how that had changed. He made an ATARI joke and I was probably one of the only ones who got it. It is really crazy to think of how things have changed in the area of technology in the last twenty years! His main message for students was to be able to ask themselves the following question every day, whether at school or work. "Why am I here?" If they could answer that question and be confident in the answer they were going to be successful people. All of us should hopefully be able to answer that question each day in our own lives. I thought about that and for myself the answer is "to help each one of our students prepare to be as successful as possible when they graduate from our school". For our students hopefully the answer is "to learn" on simple terms or "to do what I need to do, to prepare myself to have a successful future." If they can keep their eye on the ball and keep that question in mind, they will be successful.
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