Great Xplorations Career Fair
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The 5th-annual Great Xplorations Career Fair (formerly known as the Triangle Town Center Career Fair) will be held on November 2, 2007 at the Jane S. McKimmon Center from 9 AM until 1:30 PM.
We expect over 2,500 eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-grade students to participate this year.
About a hundred businesses and organizations set up display tables and talk to our students about careers in their business or organization.
For more information contact:
Will Heard
Closure Medical
919/876-7800
Committees
- Business Recruitment - Will Heard
- Character Education - Shelley Haith
- Climate Control - Gary Dixon
- Communications - Megan Kirkpatrick
- Dress For Sucess - Barbara Wiggins
- High School Information - Pina Baker
- Higher Education - Tyrone Green
- Hospitality - Bonnie Hart
- Location - Chris Droessler
- Logistics - Darlene Frazier
- Orientation Session -
- Registration - Tricia McGlynn
- Room Setup - Darlene Frazier
- Signs/Displays - Chris Droessler
- Student preparation - all CDCs
Planning meeting minutes
- May 3, 2007 (Word 60 KB)
- June 12, 2007 (Word 56 KB)
- August 22, 2007 (Word 68 KB)
- September 19, 2007 (Word 56 KB)
- October 17, 2007 (Word 44 KB)
- November 1, 2007
Businesses that want to participate
The event flier, which describes the career fair, is available in two formats.
Student documents
Each student receives a document (PDF 220 KB) that they will use to navigate the career fair. This document has space to record notes about four careers as well as a place to write reflections.
A Fact Sheet (Word 32 KB) that can be modified for your school and handed to each student.
Event Logos
The official Great Xplorations Career Fair logo can be used in marketing materials.
- fair-logo.eps (EPS 340 KB) - best for printing
- fair-logo.tif (TIFF 260 KB) - good for printing
- fair-logo-small.gif (GIF 20 KB) - best for web pages and PowerPoint
- fair-logo.gif (GIF 32 KB) - large GIF file for web pages and PowerPoint
- fair-logo-small.jpg (JPEG 108 KB) - good for web pages and PowerPoint
- fair-logo.jpg (JPEG 260 KB) - large JPEG for web pages and PowerPoint
- fair-logo.pdf (PDF 248 KB) - PDF version
Schools Participating
- Carroll Middle
- Centenniel Middle
- Davis Drive Middle
- Durant Road Middle
- East Millbrook Middle
- East Wake High
- East Wake Middle
- Enloe High
- Heritage Middle
- Holly Ridge Middle
- Martin Middle
- Moore Square Museum Magnet Middle
- Mt. Vernon Middle
- Sanderson High
- Southeast Raleigh High
- Wakefield High
- Wakefield Middle
- Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle
- West Millbrook Middle
Bell Schedule
| Time | School | Comment | # Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 - 1:30 pm | |||
| 9:30 - 11:00 am | Wakefield Middle | No lunch | 50 |
| Martin Middle | No lunch | 50 | |
| Wakefield High | No lunch | 60 | |
| Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle | No lunch | 100 | |
| Moore Square Middle | No lunch | 50 | |
| Sanderson High | No lunch | 50 | |
| Mt. Vernon Middle | No lunch | 25 | |
| 10:00 - 11:30 am | Carroll Middle | No lunch | 100 |
| Durant Road Middle | No lunch | 100 | |
| Moore Square Middle | No lunch | 50 | |
| West Millbrook Middle | No lunch | 50 | |
| Centennial Campus Middle | No lunch | 100 | |
| East Millbrook Middle | No lunch | 100 | |
| Millbrook High | No lunch | 50 | |
| Enloe High | No lunch | 50 | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 am | Southeast Raleigh High | No lunch | 50 |
| East Wake High | No lunch | 50 | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 pm | Holly Ridge Middle | ||
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Clean up | ||
| 1:00 - 1:30 pm | debriefing | ||
Other Documents
Document of Understanding (Word 80 KB)
Attendance at planning meetings (Excel 12 KB)
Floorplans
- Floor Plan (PDF 124 KB)
- Room 1 closeup (PDF 48 KB)
- Room 2 closeup (PDF 24 KB)
- Rooms 3, ,4, 5, 6 closeup (PDF 24 KB)
- Rooms 7, 8 closeup (PDF 20 KB)
- Floor Plan with security marked (PDF 304 KB)
Parking
Use the third driveway into the McKimmon Center off Gorman Street just South of Western Blvd. See the map.Photos from the Event
Pictures from the 2007 Career Fair.
Wake County Public School System programs are staffed and offered without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, political affiliation, or disability.