About 100 junior and senior students learned about a variety of jobs from representatives of 27 local businesses during a Job Fair recently at Osawatomie High School. Patty Henness, Individual Plan of Study Coordinator for Osawatomie USD 367, says the goal of the fair was to help all students have a post-secondary plan, whether that includes full time, part time or seasonal work. Osawatomie High School students were joined by a few from Paola High School at the job fair.
One Osawatomie Senior, Aiden Geist, had a long conversation with Clint Maynard of the Miami County Sheriff’s Office during the Job Fair. Geist says he plans to go to college in Florida to study criminal justice, but is considering returning to the area for a career in law enforcement. Many students spoke with Lakemary Center Volunteer and Recruitment Coordinator, Nicole Dickinson and Marketing Coordinator Skylar Stevens, during the Job Fair, looking to pursue careers in education and the Lakemary Center staff wanted to make sure the students knew about the Lakemary School, based in Paola, for students with developmental disabilities. Several other local employers were at the job fair also.
