Reflecting on Our 2016 RMMS 8th Grade Career Expo

 RMMS 2016 Career Expo

On January 22, 2016, Rancho Minerva hosted a Career Expo for our 8th grade students. Our Career Expo was created to help our 8th grade students, who will so soon be working their way through high school and beyond, learn about career options, and more, learn that a pathway for achieving their goals is within reach with careful planning and hard work. It started with Mrs.

Santangelo’s ABC Printing Bulls designing a flyer for

distribution.

Several planning meetings followed, and what culminated was the event itself, which took place for over two instructional periods, in several key locations on campus, including the quad, the gym, our innovation spaces, and most of the Ewing buildings.

Although we strive to provide the best instructional experiences we can for our students, having these presenters on campus, and interacting with our students provided a real-life experience as they engaged with these amazing professionals in real-time, having intimate dialogues about what they do for a living, but more, how choices along the way contributed to the success of our presenters.

RMMS 8th graders will surely remember these passionate presentations as a source of inspiration and motivation as they pursue their educational and occupational interests. Through a series of rotations, students were able to choose who they wanted to see by reading a profile ahead of time. We prepared a powerpoint presentation for you to view, if you want to see all of the

wonderful volunteers who attended [click here].

As a traditional middle school in Vista, CA, we are passionate about 21st Century learning and creating an environment where students thrive through collaboration, relationships, effort, academics & technology EVERYDAY. We know that Rancho Minerva’s goal of preparing all students to be successful in life is only possible with the support of our families, staff, and generous community partners.  Rancho Minerva Middle School is a “family” community united around its students. We look forward to continuing to nurture experiences such as these toward this vision.