SAN MARCOS CISD
Travis Elementary inspires students by hosting career day
Inspiration knows no age limit. Career day is a long-held tradition at schools across the nation, allowing students to meet professionals and learn about a career that they can one day work towards. Whether students better understand the inner workings of jobs like city utilities or what it takes to be in the medical field, many students are just happy to get to skip class.
Hundreds of students from kindergarten to fifth grade filed into the school’s gym to learn about what their future could hold. Each class had 7 minutes at each station to learn about the job from a professional. Students got to rotate outside where towering utility vehicles were on display. Workers walked the kids through the machines and how they make sure the city stays clean.
The Daily Record was invited out to teach students what it takes to publish multiple papers a week. Students learned about the art of journalism and how the paper represents the community that they are a part of. A highlight was looking through the archives of a 1932 paper and seeing how much has changed and what has stayed the same. The kids were surprised by the prices of items in the advertisements, no longer is a pound of candy only 18 cents.
Travis Elementary partnered with the San Marcos High School Career and Technical Education program. Director Clayton Odam brought CTE students to assist with professionals and to show the younger students that careers can start before graduation. The CTE program is open to all SMHS students and offers hands on learning with state of the art facilities.
Students left career day feeling inspired and excited about their future. For more information on SMHS CTE program visit smcisd.net/cte.
SMHS Director of CTE & CCMR Clayton Odam poses with CTE students who volunteered to help with career day. Daily Record photos by Rebekah Porter
Utility vehicles were on display for students to learn about how crews utilize them for their job.
Students learned about jobs through the SMTX Utilities Department.
Students learned about robots that help utility crews.
Ally Medical ER taught kids about careers in medical assistance fields.
