Career Pathways Newsletter

2020 Mock Interview Project - sign up today!

We need your help! WBL Career Pathways is officially looking for your expertise for the 2020 Mock Interview Project at WBLAHS - North Campus on Wednesday, January 15, 2020! In order to help prepare students to be career and college ready, the 10th Grade Language Arts Team will be hosting the first ever 2020 Mock Interview Project! To sign up, click HERE.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Marissa Metzler, Trevor Motzko, and Maddie Verkerke for their work on the development of the School Grounds Coffee Shop. Thanks to their hard work with support from Kelly Knutson and Lindsay Lamwers, they have received a Brosious Grant from White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation. So far, the team has raised almost $10,000 on their own! But they still need your help. If you have ideas, grant opportunities, or would like to donate equipment, funding, or your expertise, please email Lindsay Lamwers at lindsay.lamwers@isd624.org.

Congrats to Kylie Kokaisel for winning an Echo Dot through the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce’s Health & Human Services Expo. Kokaisel attended the 2nd annual Health & Human Services Expo on 10/24/19 at Century College. We are so grateful for the White Bear Chamber’s Business Education Network! Thank you!

2019 Career Pathways Expo was a HIT!

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2019 WBL Career Pathways Expo a success! This was the first time we did it during the school day and it was an amazing turnout! 54+ employers, 20 non-profit organizations, and 12 breakout sessions were all available for our future workforce. An estimated 700 people participated throughout the day. Your time, investment, and expertise is forever appreciated. Thank you to all the industry partners and our Bear Pride Sponsors! Thank you to CTIC and White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring the Hospitality Lounge for our guests. Thank you to all of our Adult Volunteers from WBLAS and the community for helping out during the event.

Thank you to all the teachers and staff. To Tara, Michelle and all of Community Education for the amazing Volunteer Fair. To Marisa & Ari at District Communications. To all the Building Principals for sharing their sandwich boards. To Tom, Molly, and Tomilee in Finance - thank you for helping out with the prizes and event orders. Thank you to the entire South Campus parking staff. Officer Saumweber, White Bear Police Department, and White Bear Fire Department for helping out with parking during the day. Thank you to the Tech Department for broadening our WiFi access and to Cheri & Juan for helping with tech support. To the Maintenance Crew for always helping us out. A special thanks to Derek Doescher and Joshua Dery for dedicating more than just their classrooms. To Carrie Barth for helping out with logistics and event orders. Thank you to Gritzmacher and Luby for announcing. Thanks to all the teachers who talked with their students and created related assignments. Thank you to Lily Vanderwood for sharing her amazing photography skills. 

Congrats to Kailee Tran, Carter Learned, and Caleb Binkert for winning the student cash prizes. And congrats to Julie Hildestad and Diane Rouleau for winning the teacher prizes for classroom/office supplies. The biggest thanks goes to Michael McGarthwaite and Julie Anderson for being the most amazing teammates. And to Jorja Goudreau and Mitchell Loberg for being the best TAs a team could ask for!

Job Shadows, Internships, and Thank You!

• Calling all employers! Tis’ the season to start offering a variety of job shadows for spring 2020. If you are interested in hosting a student interested in your career field, please email Jenny Moore at jennifer.moore@isd624.org.

• Ever thought of having an intern? WBL Career Pathways can help you! We are currently gearing up for the 2020 Summer Season. If you would like WBL Career Pathways to help you create an internship that works for you, email Jenny Moore at jennifer.moore@isd624.org.

• Thank you to Herold Precision Metals for donating materials to Joshua Dery’s classroom for the Manufacturing Career Pathway. Thank you to Mold Craft for helping update some of our state-of-the-art Manufacturing Machines. It’s because of businesses like you that we are able to continue to work together to shape the future!