NOCTILUCA October 2016

Features Appleton, Wisconsin October 2016 Volume XXII

Issue II Page 5

Career Expo creates opportunities for students

By Trinity Olson Ms. Pavelski, the Willems Student Marketing Team, and the Appleton North staff, have been working tirelessly since August on North’s annual Ca- reer Expo. This event was creat- ed by the Career and Technical Education Department at North. The Career Expo will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9, which will be a late start day. Through- out the day, speakers will be in classrooms informing students about the ins and outs of their jobs. The purpose of the event is to give students a chance to hear from community members about their careers. They will be coming in and spending the day telling the students of Appleton North about their unique lines of work. A few of the many indus- tries that will be represented are small business owners, health care, law enforcement, business and marketing, IT, education, and social workers. Ms. Pavelski shared her fa- vorite event from the Expo. “The very cool thing that we are doing in the auditorium this year. Is that we are having a HR panel, like we did last year. We will have a select group of people who work specifically in the field of human resource management for companies, up on the stage putting together a little forum. The students will have the opportunity to engage with the HR panel, and ask Girl Up is a part of the United Nations Foundation, and all over the world, there are clubs like the one at our school, making a difference. The Girl Up foundation fights to spread the rights of girls in developing countries. One way they have worked towards this goal was with their hair extension fund- raiser. The teen adviser for the club, Maria Aldana, is 1 of the 21 teen advisers in the world. Girl Up is run by the teen advisers, and they work to improve healthcare, and education, as well as stop violence and abuse and decrease the number of girls without birth documentation in countries such as India, Girl Up is a new club at our school that supports an old concept, equality for all.

is very important for students to attend the Career Expo because she acknowledges the difficulty of managing everything in a stu- dent's life. “Because it gets hard when you are busy with all of your academic courses that you have to take, to squeeze in an interest that you might have in a potential career, but with col- lege prices getting as expensive as they are, it’s my opinion that students need to spend more time looking at future careers.” Students that are interested in viewing one of the speak- ers’ presentations can fill out a Google Document that will be sent to everyone, that will allow them to sign up for the hours that they would like to attend to learn more about the career. This event is likely to con- tinue on successfully for many years into the future. If anyone has any questions about the Ca- reer Expo or has suggestions for future Career Expo speakers, Ms. Pavelski would love to re- ceive an email. She says there are a lot of students that have parents that could come in and present for the day. If interested or curious, contact Ms. Pavelski with questions. “This Expo is meant to be that spring board, to be able to allow kids to interact with the career world.” Ms. Pavelski

Illustration by Olivia Molter

questions that have to do with interviewing, resume writing, and how to handle situations in the workplace with other em- ployees. It is a really cool way to be able to connect with what people really have to do in the business world, and what is to be expected of future workers in that career or career field.” As part of the Career Expo, there will be a trade show be- ing held during all lunch hours. During this time, local busi- nesses will have booths set up for students to learn about what they do, and they will be able to interact with those businesses to find out further information about careers that are available with different companies. “I feel that students at Apple- ton North should explore differ- ent areas of interest and passion Maria, a junior at Appleton North, decided to start this club to our school because she believes that “Education is a fundamental human right regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation.” After ap- plying twice, Maria became one of the few teen advisers across the world. The teen advisers speak at events, lob- by for bills, and run clubs. Maria got the chance to lobby on Capitol Hill in Washing- ton D.C. for the Education For All Act, which states that the U.S. will promote educa- tion in developing countries. On Oct. 7, Girl Up held a fundraiser with Salon Aura. Half of the money raised went to benefit breast can- cer research and the other half went towards helping developing countries imple- Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi, Liberia, and Guatemala.

that they have for something that they want to do as a future career. This event gives students the opportunity to be able to net- work with area business owners and people that are in careers that they also might want to en- gage with,” shares Ms. Pavelski when asked about the benefits for students participating in the Expo. Ms. Pavelski is backed up by Appleton’s community on why this Career Expo can have many benefits for the students of Ap- pleton North. “Our community in Appleton, supports Career based learning. They want stu- dents to be able to interact with them, so they can understand what a career in a particular area is all about. This Expo is meant to be that spring board, to be able to allow kids to interact ment the idea of giving girls various rights. Salon Aura donated pink hair extensions and came to North during all lunch hours to put them in. The extensions were sold for $10 each with the option to donate more. In the fu- ture, the club hopes to have more fundraisers. They are looking at a partnership with Culver’s, as well as having a, “He Named Me Malala” screening in May. Girl Up has meetings on the third Thursday of every month. At each meeting they discuss how you can help impact women all over the world. There are currently 32 people in Girl Up, but they are always accepting new members. You could come to one meeting or all of them. By coming to the meetings, you are becoming an advo- cate for women’s rights.

with the career world.” This Career Expo has proven to provide students with career changing opportunities. Mrs. Pavelski shares, “Last year there were students that got job shadows as a result of the Ca- reer Expo. There were students that got offered jobs as part of the Career Expo. When they went around and actually talked to the trade booths, they were able to pick up job applications for jobs they were interested in. There were students that were able to do interviews with some of the speakers that they heard that they had taken classes for.” Students that took part in the event were able to build their resumes as well as build social and work connections with oth- ers in the community. Ms. Pavelski believes that it

Girl Up puts women first By Sarah Lange

Maria Aldana hopes to have more fundraisers at North and for the club to make a bigger impact on North’s student body. Photo by Trinity Olson