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Career Fair Fridays: Career Exploration + Math for Life
Explore Careers. Design Your Future.
What do you want to be when you grow up? More importantly, what kind of life do you want your future career to support?
Career Fair Fridays is a seven-week enrichment program designed for students ages 13 and older to explore career opportunities, connect with working professionals, and develop practical financial literacy skills.
Through interactive activities, real-world career discussions, and our Math for Life curriculum, students will examine the relationship between their interests, career choices, earning potential, and lifestyle goals.
What Students Will Explore
Career Discovery & Exploration
Students will investigate a variety of career paths, meet community professionals, and learn about the education, training, skills, and experiences required to pursue different professions.
Math for Life: Budgeting for Your Future
Students will design their ideal lifestyle and calculate the real-world expenses associated with it, including housing, transportation, groceries, utilities, savings, and discretionary spending.
Career Earnings & Financial Reality
Using career salary research and practical budgeting exercises, students will evaluate whether their chosen careers could realistically support their desired lifestyles. They'll explore financial trade-offs, alternative career pathways, and the impact of personal financial decisions.
Real-World Connections
Guest professionals will share insights into their careers, providing opportunities for students to ask questions, discover unexpected possibilities, and gain a better understanding of the working world.
Culminating Student Showcase
The seven-week experience will conclude with a student showcase during the week of February 23, 2027 (exact date to be announced).
Students will have the opportunity to share what they've learned about
Explore Careers. Design Your Future.
What do you want to be when you grow up? More importantly, what kind of life do you want your future career to support?
Career Fair Fridays is a seven-week enrichment program designed for students ages 13 and older to explore career opportunities, connect with working professionals, and develop practical financial literacy skills.
Through interactive activities, real-world career discussions, and our Math for Life curriculum, students will examine the relationship between their interests, career choices, earning potential, and lifestyle goals.
What Students Will Explore
Career Discovery & Exploration
Students will investigate a variety of career paths, meet community professionals, and learn about the education, training, skills, and experiences required to pursue different professions.
Math for Life: Budgeting for Your Future
Students will design their ideal lifestyle and calculate the real-world expenses associated with it, including housing, transportation, groceries, utilities, savings, and discretionary spending.
Career Earnings & Financial Reality
Using career salary research and practical budgeting exercises, students will evaluate whether their chosen careers could realistically support their desired lifestyles. They'll explore financial trade-offs, alternative career pathways, and the impact of personal financial decisions.
Real-World Connections
Guest professionals will share insights into their careers, providing opportunities for students to ask questions, discover unexpected possibilities, and gain a better understanding of the working world.
Culminating Student Showcase
The seven-week experience will conclude with a student showcase during the week of February 23, 2027 (exact date to be announced).
Students will have the opportunity to share what they've learned about