North Heights’ Career Quest An opportunity to explore
During the 2017-2018 school year, students in grades 3-5 have piloted Career Quest, a program focused on career education, through grant funding from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement.
The goal is to increase student engagement while making meaningful connections to the grade-level standards.
After filling out job applications, students work on projects in four different areas of the communication field: website design, video production, graphic design, and newspaper publication. Students visited CNN and Rome PLC’s RPM studio to prepare for creating their own production studio on campus. Students also visited New Echota to learn how the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper was produced.
Rather than just reading about the levels and branches of the government, students tour the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, sit in a senator’s seat on the Senate floor, and discuss important issues with one of our state senators.
During their energy Career Quest, third-graders met with representatives from Georgia Power and explored various energy sources. Rome News-Tribune Rather than traditional classroom activities, students have had the opportunity to experience their gradelevel standards through the lens of possible future careers! So far this year, third-graders have studied energy, communication, and government. Fifthgraders have focused on biotechnology, construction, and civil rights. WEDNESDAY, April 25, 2018
Students meet with many experts during their construction unit. Local experts such as real estate developer Bob Ledbetter Jr. and architect Virginia Chavez sparked the students’ interest about construction and development projects, especially our new Main Elementary School, which Chavez helped design. Students also worked with maker-mentors from the STE(a)M Truck to construct playground additions.
Fifth-graders stand outside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home in Atlanta.
Fifth-graders study how biotechnology is used in the creation of prosthetics. Students then used 3D printers to design prosthetics for their class turtle who was missing a leg. Throughout the year, students have been printing pieces for prosthetic hands that can be sent to patients who cannot otherwise afford prosthetics.