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Features
Appleton, Wisconsin October 2016 Volume XXII
Issue II Page 5
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
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
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
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
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.
Career Expo creates opportunities for students
Girl Up puts women first
By Sarah Lange
Girl Up is a new club at our
school that supports an old
concept, equality for all.
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,
Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi,
Liberia, and Guatemala.
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-
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.
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
Illustration by Olivia Molter
“This Expo is meant
to be that spring board,
to be able to allow kids
to interact with the
career world.”
Ms. Pavelski