On Tuesday the subject was Design, Visual, & Media Arts with presenter, SPHS alumni Alex Amezcua and Michael Etchart. On Wednesday Andy Van Shriver, with the Santa Paula Fire Department talked about public safety careers. On Friday the subject was Engineering with Marcus Garcia, from UCSB Hispanic Engineers.
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Irene Ornelas from the Ventura County office of Education talked about biotech manufacturing and the various career opportunities in that field at one of last weeks presentations at Santa Paula High School. |
SPHS students explore
pathways to careers
November 20, 2015
Santa Paula News
Santa Paula High School kicked off their VC Innovates Pathways with “Cardinal Career Pathway Week” last week.
VC Innovates is part of a countywide grant that SPHS is part of, providing a look at career opportunities for 9th and 10th grade students. This school year the 9th grade pathway course is entitled Introduction to Health Careers. Sophomores are offered a course in Medical Terminology. Offerings planned for next year are: Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Arts, Media and Entertainment, Public Services and Engineering and Agriculture.
Assistant Principal Laurie Arnold is coordinating the program. She said that SPHS is part of a regional consortium that received a $13 million grant to develop career pathways at the school.
Speakers addressed students each day last week, both over lunch and in classroom presentations. Monday’s speaker was Irene Ornelas from the Ventura County office of Education. She talked about biotech manufacturing and the various career opportunities in that field.
