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Office of Justice Assistance Ready Summer Camps
READY (Responding to Emergencies and Disasters with Youth) Camp is a place that middle and high school students will take part in disaster preparedness exercises, learn skills like first aid and CPR, and find out about careers in police, fire, medicine and emergency management. This summer, there are three READY Camps around the state: June 21-25 in Madison at UW-Madison, July 12-16 at UW-La Crosse, and the Wilderness READY Camp July 5-9 at Camp Birchrock in Rhinelander. Students enroll as part of a team, along with an adult adviser from a sponsoring school or community youth organization. For more information about the READY Camps, or to download a registration form, visit the Center for School, Youth and Citizen Preparedness web site. You can also check out a YouTube video of a local news story on the camp.
Moraine Park Tech Knowledge College
Middle School Parents and Students. Moraine Park in Fond du Lac is again hosting its Tech Knowledge College on August 3-5. This is a great opportunity to get a hands-on, interactive look at the skills and careers needed today and in the future. These activities are open to students entering 6th, 7th and 8th grade. You actually can explore two careers during these 3 days. Bussing is available from the Beaver Dam campus as well. You should register early to get the activities that interest year. Activities include animation, architecture, nursing, cooking, marketing, theatre and others. See www.morainepark.edu/tkc for other openings. See Mrs. Schouten if you would like an application.
UW Stevens Point PreCollege Summer Program.
These are summer programs available to middle school or high school students. There are some scholarship programs availabe to cover the cost of these programs as well. Programs available at UWSP are English for College, Exploring Your Talents, TV-Film Production Camp, Camp COFAC (Studio Art and/or Music). For dates and more information pick up a brochure from Mrs. Schouten or call 1-877-354-UWSP or visit www.uwsp.edu/multicultural/precollege.htm.
Calvin Collge Summer Academy:
This is a one month summer immersion program to help students prepare for excelling in college for college credit. The dates for the 2010 program are June 20 - July 16, 2010. For more information visit www.calvin.edu/go/summeracademy.
Trinity Christian College: Criminal Justice
Trinity Christian College is excited to announce beginning August 2009 a new Bachelors of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. There are scholarships available for those interested in pursuing these degrees. For more information contact Dr. Brad Breems at 708.239.4752 or brad.breems@trnty.edu.
Job Shadowing at Beaver Dam Community Hospital
Beaver Dam Community Hospital, Inc provides individuals the opportunity to job shadow and observe various careers within our organization. Some community college and tech school programs really strongly recommend young people to obtain job shadow experience prior to apply for their programs. Here is a great opportunity for those interested in Health fields. Sing up for a Job Shadow experience right online. Personnel from the Hospital will contact you to schedule the day for this opportunity. They ask for 2 weeks to find a date. The website to sign up for this is http://bdch.com/jobs/employment/jobshadow.asp.
Architect Information
For those of you interested in exploring a career in architecture visit www.ARCHcareers.org. This is the official careers website for the architecture profession. This site shows you the three E’s that are needed to be an architect: Education, Experience, and Examination.
Career Information
Parents and Students interested in exploring careers and related skills, knowledge and training for those careers should look at www.CareerVoyages.gov
Health Careers Information
Massage Therapist Career Information
A good site for looking into the career of a massage therapist is http://www.amtamassage.org/becometherapist/starting.html
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