(event) Ground Hog Job Shadow Day - Feb 2, 2001

[Lon Semansky]

As a teacher, I feel it would be more beneficial to these young people to =
have these 'special' days in the summer, so that they would not miss even =
more class time. You may not realize how often students are pulled out of =
class, and these days only add to that number. These days often end up =
being 'wasted' days at the schools because so many students missing from =
school requires teachers to re-teach the lessons, yet not enough students =
take advantage of the days to effectively incorporate the concepts learned =
from the days into curriculum. I beg of you, as a teacher, to reconsider =
the time of year these days are scheduled. I know that I, personally, =
would not take my daughters out of school to spend the day with my wife at =
work, yet I would gladly send them with her in the summer. =20

Thanks for your time and attention.

Sincerely,
Lon Semansky
Whittier Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD

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Groundhog Job Shadow Day - February 2, 2001
<http://www.jobshadow.org/>

This day in February will be the kickoff to a 2001 year-long national =
effort
that provides students with an up-close look at how skills learned in =
school
are put into action in the workplace. By acquainting students with the =
world
of work through on-the-job experiences and a carefully crafted school
curriculum that ties academics to the workplace, job shadowing has =
enriched
the lives of many youth (boys and girls!), and is expected to do so for =
many
years to come. On the last Groundhog Job Shadow Day (February 2, 2000), =
more
than one million of America's youth set off to explore over 75,000
workplaces nationwide. The goal for Groundhog Job Shadow Day 2001 is to
reach even more students.

Participation allows the program to expand to include a wider variety of
careers for kids to explore. The wider the pool of professionals, the
greater the experience becomes for each child participating.

Many middle school and high school kids just don't have the opportunity to
explore various career options. In 1997, the first national Job Shadow Day
was created by America's Promise, Junior Achievement, School-to-Work, and
the American Society of Association Executives to get young people into =
the
workplace to find out what skills and education are needed to make it in
today's job market.

Please spread the word so that students, educators, and multi-industry
business people alike ? will utilize the "Job Shadow" web site and all of
its features as a resource to plan and execute successful job shadowing
experiences, including "Virtual Job Shadowing"!

Associated 2001 Events:

February 21-25, 2001 is National Engineering Week
Women of NASA sponsors: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Feb 22)
<http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/>
With a focus on National Engineers Week this daylong series of events will
feature NASA engineers from a variety of disciplines in an all day forum,
live webchats, and a live webcast.

April 24, 2001 is "Take our Daughters to Work Day"
<http://www.takeourdaughterstowork.org/>

Many organizations sponsor events on "Take our Daughters to Work Day"
Including but not limited to:

Carnegie Mellon University
<http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/todtw/>

GirlGeeks.com - Webcast Event
<http://www.girlgeeks.com/todw/todwmain.html>

Take our Daughters to Work Day in the UK
<http://www.gn.apc.org/daughtersday/>

Women of NASA - "Virtual Take our Daughters to Work Day"
<http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/>

Women's Interchange at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
<http://www-project.slac.stanford.edu/todtw/>

<p>Cheers!
Leah Dawn

mentorgirls at mac.com=20
http://www.mentorgirls.org=20

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