Balls Creek Elementary School recently hosted a career day for all 700 students
Balls Creek Elementary School recently hosted a career day for all 700 students.
Multiple professions were showcased by different people eager to talk and answer their questions.
Students were encouraged to dress up in the career they wanted to do as adults.
Some careers showcased were dentists, a banker, a dog trainer, a beekeeper, and a historian.
Taren Caldwell represented the farming industry. She brought out 10-week- old piglets for the children to see.
“We raise them, then sell them to other people,” she told the students.
Jim Averett, with Maiden High School, brought some students to show their school’s RatRod.
While letting students climb on it, he explained what it was.
“It’s a piece of junk art that somebody dug out of a field,” he said.“We made it run.”
The high school students were proud of their combination of two vehicles and excited to take it to a competition.
“The automotive club is taking it to compete in a competition this weekend,” Averett said.
Robert Miller, a dog trainer, brought his dog Daisy to greet students.
“You can train any dog,” he said. “You just need to know how to do it.”
“Jammers” Thomas Grace, John Cockman, Carl Walls, and Sharon
Carrigan played folk country music.
“Music is telling a story by putting words into it,” Cockman said. “You can do music all your life.”
Mrs. Johnson, one of Balls Creek’s two school counselors, was thrilled with the turnout and the children’s interest.
“This is positive,” she said. “It helps show the kids that these professionals were also in school once.”