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The fifth annual Career Day for seventh graders at Newark Middle School was held March 3, with students reporting afterward that they learned a lot. The NMS Career Day is a collaborative effort with the Newark Wayne Community Hospital, the Newark Police Department and local businesses. Various professionals participate and share knowledge of their field and the educational requirements necessary to obtain such a position. Career Day began as a partnership with one of the Community's largest employers, Newark Wayne Community Hospital, and has expanded to include careers beyond the medical field. Yvonne MacTaggart, Board of Education President and Manager of the Radiology Department at Newark Wayne Community Hospital, has been instrumental each year in helping make arrangements with representatives from the hospital and has been a presenter each year. Career Day coordinators were school counselors Tracy Altman and Matt May; Lisa Eakins, seventh grade social studies teacher and Greg Herbst, Assistant Principal. Presenters covered 11 career choices including a wide range from the medical field, law enforcement, architecture and more.

• InformationTechnology _ Sandy Campbell, from the Information Technology Department at NWCH.

In addition to MacTaggart, this year’s presenters and their fields included:

• Nursing _ Melanie Russ, from the Endoscopy Department and Holly Kolstad, from 2 West, representing nurses from NWCH.

Physical and Occupational Therapy _ Thomas Jackson, physical therapist and Karen Buerman, occupational therapist from NWCH.

• H e a t i n g , C o o l i n g a n d A i r Conditioning _ Josh Avery from Issac Heating and Air Conditioning in Canandaigua,

• Animal Science _ Karen Lynch from the Wayne Technical and Career Center in Williamson.

• Criminal Justice _ Newark Police Chief David Christler

• Environmental Conservation _ Officer Kevin Thomas and Office Todd Smith from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police in Avon.

• Athlet ic Careers _ Stephanie Carminati, an athletic trainer from Brownstone Physical Therapy in Newark.

• Architecture _ Mike Noga, an architect with Gordon W. Jones Associates in Williamsville.

• Emergency Services _ Chuck Witt from the Lyons Fire Department and t h e N e w a r k Vo l u n t e e r F i r e Department, and Todd Blanchard from Newark-Arcadia EMS.

The seventh grade career day is the second in a three-year progression aimed at helping students decide on a career path. In sixth grade, students learn about setting goals and in eighth grade, they visit a college. “All of our presenters were great again this year. We would like to publicly thank them for participating in such a worthwhile activity for our students,” Altman said. “The students got a lot out of it.”