Year-end celebration for WEP
By Mike Petrus, WEP coordinator

Ceremonies were held on June 5 at Newark High School, to honor Work Experience Program participants.

The Program is an exiting option for high school students to work with a mentor in a career of their choice. This special program is designed to provide students with a chance to explore their future career goals; to be an extension of the classroom; to reinforce what the student has been taught in the classroom; to relate to the student that there is a direct correlation to what they are learning in school to . . .
what they need to be successful after they leave school; and to help keep students in school so they graduate.

The program gives students the opportunity for many on-the-job learning experiences, and to become familiar with good work attitudes, responsibilities and specific career requirements.

Pictured at last week's Work Experience Progam are just a few of the participants: Newark High Principal Gary Grant with WEP mentor Rea Ann DePauw; Work Experience Coordinator Mike Petrus with Sherry Williams, who administers the employment training program; and Newark School Superintendent Bob Christmann with student Christi Chaapel, who worked more than 600 hours with Dr. Fred Hicks, DMD, in his dental office.

For more information on the NHS Work Experience Program click this link or click on the "School' button.

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