CAREER FOR A DAY LOCAL STUDENTS SPEND A DAY SHADOWING A MENTOR ON THE JOB.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer SAUGUS - No groundhogs were spotted, but a couple of local students who followed a veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. for Groundhog groundhog: see woodchuck. Job Shadowing Day 2001 did observe a feline getting an ultrasound and another being spayed spay tr.v. spayed, spay·ing, spays To remove surgically the ovaries of (an animal). [Middle English spaien, from Anglo-Norman espeier, to cut with a sword , events they said they won't soon forget. More than 100 businesses and high school students were brought together Friday by the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. School and Business Alliance, touring and working in banks, nursery schools and laboratories before gathering for a pizza and lasagna luncheon. ``We did the ultrasound on the cat, which by coincidence happened to be my math teacher's cat,'' said Dustin Miller, a 10th-grader at Saugus High. ``Then Dr. (Sandy) Sanford sedated a cat to clean its ear. It was really cool to see how calm the doctor was.'' Started in 1997 as a way to help young people discover job skills and interests, Groundhog Job Shadowing day last year included more than 75,000 businesses and 1 million students nationwide. Canyon High junior Nadia Estevez spent the morning at St. Stephen's Nursery School in Valencia, helping children color and build with blocks. ``This is really important because if there's something (students) want to do, this lets them get the feel for if they like it or not,'' Estevez said. ``The future is very important, and this helps guide the future.'' Teacher Sharie Telles said she was happy to host Estevez, recalling her own experience with mentors when she finished school. ``I had some good mentors when I started, and that helped me get a feel for the love of the job. And I still remember that first lady who helped me,'' Telles said. Tess Simgen, business coordinator for the School and Business Alliance, said the efforts to place students with interesting local businesses was a great success. ``It shows me that the program is working and the word is getting out,'' Simgen said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Canyon High School Canyon High School can refer to:
(2) Passport Academy student Chip Wood observes preschoolers Friday as they play during recess at St. Stephen's Nursery School. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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