Great Xplorations Career Fair
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The 6th-annual Great Xplorations Career Fair will be held on November 21, 2008 at the Jane S. McKimmon Center from 9 AM until noon.
We expect over 2,500 eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-grade students to participate this year.
About 150 businesses and organizations set up display tables and talk to our students about careers in their business or organization.
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
- Registration - Tricia McGlynn
- Room Setup - Darlene Frazier
- Printing - Chris Droessler
- Student preparation - all CDCs
Planning meeting minutes
- May 7, 2008 (Word xx KB)
- June 11, 2008 (Word xx KB)
- August 20, 2008 (Word xx KB)
- September 17, 2008 (Word xx KB)
- October 15, 2008 (Word xx KB)
- November 5, 2008 (Word xx KB)
Student documents
Each student receives a document (PDF 1.3 MB) that they will use to navigate the career fair. This document has suggested questions to ask, space to record notes about 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
Bell Schedule
| Time | School | Comment | # Students |
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Other Documents
Document of Understanding (Word 80 KB)
Attendance at planning meetings (Excel 12 KB)
GXCF Powerpoint file (PowerPoint 368 KB)
Floorplans
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.