CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Meteorologist Kristy Steward talked science with Hampton Road 8th graders.
The Tidewater Community College Student Center in Chesapeake transformed into a career expo for thousands of local 8th graders to discover the many opportunities Hampton Roads has to offer.
Worlds of Work saw 3500 students from Chesapeake and Portsmouth over 2 days, giving them the chance to explore several careers in their backyard with the hopes that one of the vendors will spark a new life path for them.
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"We only know a handful of careers in our life. It's the careers that our parents do, what we're exposed to like teachers in school, the doctor that we may go to once a year," said Amanda Jackson, the director of Chesapeake Public Library. "So there's just a handful of careers that we really even think about being optional to us. This exposes them to so many more careers to allow them to see just a variety of options."
Students had the opportunity to discover what they're most interested in and use that passion to apply to the right academy within the Chesapeake Public Schools System to get a jump start in their career path.
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Some professionals brought drones, submarines, and simulated medical equipment with them so the students could get a real feel of what every day on the job looks like.
News 3 brought the green screen with us and the kids had a blast with it.
