7th Graders Going to Work?

Going to work with your parents? Seventh grade students will be doing just this on Friday, April 30th. For the fifteenth year, Deuel has been involved in Take Your Child to Work day. Take Your Child to Work Day is a nationwide event that allows seventh grade students to go to work with a parent or adopted parent (if one parent has a job that is not permissible to have a child go there) for a day.

The goal is for the student to learn about the world of work and to find out more about the parents' jobs and responsibilities. This is a beneficial day for students to learn more about and appreciate different jobs and find the similarities between work and school. "I think students enjoy getting to see what it is that mom and/or dad does everyday. I think it shows another side to their parent that they aren't aware of. I hope it also creates the opportunity for the parent/child to talk more about what they would like to do in the future," Lexi Seeley, Deuel Guidance Counselor, said. Students, along with parents, enjoy the experience and there has always been a positive response toward the day. To keep it school orientated, as a follow up the students are required to write a one page paper about what they learned and experienced, as well as the positive and negatives of the job their parent has, along with the education required to have that job.