Photo Credit: Evelyn Deloatch.[/caption]Thursday, March 13, 20 students from Orange High School went to Alamance Community College to learn about careers in medicine. Students from Orange who went on the field trip possibly want to go into the health profession. Cedar Ridge High School also attended as well as schools from Chapel Hill and Alamance County. Different medical profession representatives were there, like dental assistants and medical office assistants.
CTE, or Career and Technical Education, accrued a grant a few years ago that funds Pathways to Prosperity. One of the pathways it funds is the health science/health pathway, which helps because more people are needed in the health profession.
On the field trip, students went to three different sessions during the day, which included a hands-on session, admissions requirement session, and a business connection session.
“I think that students need to understand that there are other alternatives to going to a four-year college. Community college provides certification to many job fields. You can get your associate’s degree while going to work,” said Evelyn DeLoatch, who works in the Career Center at Orange. “I think that the students need to rethink ways to be successful,” DeLoatch added.
Mangum has already had experience working with children. “I babysit a lot.” She takes care of her six-year-old brother and a five-year-old child. Ideally, she would like to work with elementary school-age children in the future.
She is already taking two classes at OHS, a teen living and a child development class, to prepare her for her career. Mangum is planning to have children of her own, but she wants to wait until after she is through with high school and most of college. She would like to start having children when she is 20 to 24 years old.
During the summer, Mangum spent her time away from OHS playing baseball with her father and shopping with her mother. Her father, George, plays on a local team, the Destroyers, in his spare time. She also went to Myrtle Beach, where she swam in the ocean and walked on the beach shore.
Mangum feels “good” about her second semester of journalism. “I feel good because I’ve taken it one time.” She is taking the class again because “I like finding out information… Everybody would have their different story if the truth didn’t come out.”
National Development Week was November 12 through November 16 at Orange High School..The school hoped that as many students as possible will participate in this.
Wednesday, November 14 was Career Dress Up Day. Students were encouraged to dress up as a figure from their chosen profession. For example, a student could dress up as a police officer, a pilot, or any other job that he/she would like to do as a career. The students who dress up entered a contest during lunch to be in a competition to win a prize.
Thursday, November 15 was Military Day. Representatives from different branches, such as the Air Force and Army, set up stands in the Panther's Den during all three lunches and were available for questions.