Staff Writer
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
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A group of students in grades 5 through 8 spent a part of their summer vacation inside of the classroom — and preparing for their future.
The Orleans/Niagara BOCES’ Niagara Career and Technical Education Center hosted a week-long summer camp that showed students different career opportunities first-hand, including Crime Scene Investigation and Engineering Design.
As Career and Tech Coordinator Anedda Trautman pointed out, it is never too early for students to start thinking about what they would like to be when they get out of school.
“Some children know what they want to be when they grow up, others really are not sure, and this is a great way to expose them to several different career paths that might catch their interest or solidify it and possibly help them to determine what they might want to study in high school or college,” Trautman said. “We are offering eight exciting classes, and students get to choose four they would like to attend. We think (the summer camp) offers something for everyone and will hopefully spark their imagination of where they want to be in several years.”
In addition to CSI and Engineering Design (robots), the courses offered this week included Foods of the World, Nanny 911, Runway to Fashion, Fast and Furious (CO2 cars), Spa Specialty and Aspiring Art Directors. A total of 76 students attending schools in Niagara and Orleans counties participated in the program, which ended Friday.
