Red Oak Middle School Hosts Career Days

Career Day partners pictured from left: (front row) Warren Boone (retired agriculture teacher), Vernadette Garland (school counselor), Dr. Bennie Jarvis (ear, nose & throat doctor), Donna Enright (United States Navy), Richard Thorne (coin collector), Honorable Quentin Sumner (judge), Deputy Tim Barnes (Nash County Sheriff Department), (second row) Quentin Hill (pharmaceutical technician), Samuel Davis (Nash Community College), Conley Oates (State Credit Union branch manager), Cynthia Pritchard (school social worker), Jeff Hale (N. C. wildlife officer), John "Doc" Yancho (coin collector), Charles Penny (Rocky Mount Assistant City Manager), Tony Joyner (engineer)

Sixth grade students at Red Oak Middle School had the opportunity to learn first-hand about more than 20 different careers during a two-day long career development activity spearheaded by Red Oak Middle guidance counselor Vernadette Garland.  Twenty-four community volunteers took front and center positions in classrooms to enthusiastically share with students the tasks, challenges and responsibilities they face every day in their jobs.  They also discussed education pathways needed to help them achieve career goals.

Careers ranged from law enforcement to medicine and from engineering to agriculture.  Each classroom of sixth graders heard from parents and community volunteers about life choices and career pathways.  The following careers and businesses were represented in the two day event:  real estate, highway patrol, nursing, cosmetology, computer technician, speech pathologist, pharmaceutical industry, coin collecting, engineering, doctor, city manager, judge, agriculturist, school social worker, United States Navy, United States National Guard, Nash Community College, Allstate Insurance, Merita Bakery, Tarboro Fire Chief, Nash County Sheriff's Department, and State Employees Credit Union.

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