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Career Day is a half-day job shadow experience for 150 high school seniors from Dana Hills and Aliso Niguel High Schools. The high school counselors from each school fully endorse this program. They enthusiastically support the hands-on career learning experience because it fulfills one of their key goals in assisting and preparing their students in determining their future career endeavors. Plus, the senior high school students value the job shadow 1/2 day.
The entire Monarch Beach Sunrise Rotary active (40) membership is committed and actively participates in Career Day along with an additional 35+ private and public businesses volunteering their time and energy to help educate the senior high school students regarding their career interest.
Career Day planning begins in September with the beginning of the high school academic year. The Vocational Chair and key Vocational Service Committee members of Monarch Beach Sunrise Rotary closely work with the High School Counselors over the next 2 months to select the senior high school students and receive input as to the career choices the students have interest. Simultaneously, our Club members are preparing for Career Day with the recruitment of a key note speaker for the Career Day breakfast kick off, recruiting local private and public businesses to participate, coordinating student transportation services, coordinating background checks for all business participants in order to participate in the job shadow experience, coordinating the breakfast kick off festivities, planning the luncheon at the end of the job shadow period and finally matching the students with the appropriate business and Rotarian/business person for a great job shadow experience. The Career Day is scheduled to take place in November during the Rotary International Vocational Service month.
Career Day consists of a fabulous Kick-Off Breakfast with audio-visual materials, music, decorated room/tables, key note speaker and an overview of Rotary. Following breakfast, the students go with their business leaders for the job shadow experience. The job shadow experience culminates with a luncheon for the students to share their job shadow experience.
The project funds are used to pay for breakfast and meeting room costs of the high school students, the volunteer private and public business representatives, high school counselors and high school administrators, local dignitaries including the Mayors of Dana Point, Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel, media representatives, District Governor and District guests, etc. In addition, the monies are utilized to pay for the lunches of the high school seniors and all job shadow business participants. Plus the hard copy materials as the programs and decorations.
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