Classic City High School Family Engagement Specialist Keshay Hull-Taylor (left) and CCHS junior Deasia Bolds (right) stand in the CCHS lobby on Feb. 28. Hull-Taylor recruited a team of student interns, including Bolds, to get involved in organizing the College and Career Day at Classic City High School, instilling social skills like outreach and event-planning. “We make flyers, we research who we want to invite to our events, we write down the numbers, call them, get a guest from them and cross off who’s coming,” Bolds said. Photo by Lydia Rowell
Classic City High School will host its College and Career Day at CCHS in the H.T. Edwards Boys & Girls Club gym on March 18 at 12:05 p.m..
Classic City High School parents, students and faculty have been invited to explore post-high school opportunities at the College and Career Day at CCHS in the H.T. Edwards Boys & Girls Club gym on March 18 at 12:05 p.m..
The fair will Include representatives from colleges, banks, real estate programs, local businesses and services, trade schools, the Athens Community Career Academy and companies with development programs like Goodwill and Caterpillar. The variety of organizations will allow CCHS students and families to be exposed to a variety of career paths to foster interest in their futures.
“I’m hoping (the event) would help (students), if they have not started, thinking of what their skills are. Hopefully, this will help them see, ‘Oh, there are other things that I can do. There are other paths that I can (take). I can go to college, I can take (up) a trade, I can start my own business or I can get a job at this place,’” CCHS Family Engagement Specialist Keshay Hull-Taylor said.
“Not many students know about (their goals), and it’s very important that they have these options, so (they’re not) confused about their next steps after graduation.”
— Deasia Bolds,
Classic City High School junior
Hull-Taylor was inspired to get the broader CCHS community involved with the Title I event so that both students and families would be able to ask questions and have discussions with representatives as well as take action steps toward planning post-graduation vocations.
“At the (CCHS Entrepreneur Fair during the 2024-25 school year), students (were) walking around getting information, but they didn’t quite know where they wanted to be. So I said, ‘Well, maybe this can help parents that (have) already been having conversations at home.’ Now (parents) can ask questions to this college, that college, about this program,” Hull-Taylor said.
CCHS junior Deasia Bolds signed up to intern the event under Hull-Taylor and has been coordinating plans for the event alongside other student interns throughout the year.
“Around graduation time, (students are) like, ‘What (am I going to do?)’ They just get to explore all the different options, because all these things are available to them,” Bolds said. “Not many students know about (their goals), and it’s very important that they have these options, so (they’re not) confused about their next steps after graduation.”
