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Eighth grade students enter
world of work as part of Schooled for Success
program
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Date: 05/27/2005
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Kayla Shope, Micah Bolden,
Jeremy Janow, and Emily Bales spent the
day working in the school systems central
office. Here they give a helping hand
in the Public Affairs Office. |
Two
hundred eighty
nine Knox County
eighth grade
students spent
May 25th and
26th in forty-five
area businesses
learning what
it is like in
the world of
work as interns
in the “Schooled
for Success” summer
internship program.
The students
had the opportunity
to explore various
careers, accomplish
appropriate
employee tasks,
be mentored
by employees
and employers,
build a work
record, and
have a real
and meaningful
work experience.
Eighth grade
students from
all 14 Knox
County middle
schools interned
with many of
Knoxville's
employers.
The internship culminates a year long program in which students complete a portfolio focusing on self-assessment, career exploration, career planning,
pre-employment skills development and employment skills development.
The following businesses, organizations and government agencies are participating in the Schooled for Success internship program:
Associated Therapeutics
Baptist Health System
Barnes & Noble
Booksellers
BellSouth
Boys & Girls
Club
Celebration Station
Cemex
Citadel Broadcasting
Chamber Partnership
Covenant Health
East Tennessee Historical Society
East Tennessee
Television & Flint
Commission
Edfinancial/Edsouth
First Tennessee Bank
Fountain City Focus
Gerdau Ameristeel
Joni & Friends
Junior Achievement
KCDC
Knox County Government
Knoxville Parks and Recreation
Knox County Schools
Knox County Sheriffs Department
Knoxville Center
Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville Police Department
Knoxville Tourism & Sports
Corp.
Knoxville Utilities Board
Knoxville Zoo
Kroger
Lexus and Toyota of Knoxville
Rural Metro Corporation
Second Harvest Food Bank
St. Mary’s Health & Fitness
Center
St. Mary’s
Medical Center
SunTrust Bank
The Pepsi Bottling Group
United States Army
United Way of Knoxville
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Tennessee Medical Center
WATE-TV
WBIR-TV
The Women’s
Basketball Hall
of Fame
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