Career fair extends to middle school students

The Johnston High School gym was buzzing with energy last Friday for the school’s annual career fair. 

Eighty-nine vendors and more than 190 career professionals mingled with students to answer their questions and explain to them various career paths. This year the fair extended its reach beyond high school students to include seventh graders from Ferri Middle School.

The vendors represented a wide cross section of careers, such as criminal justice, health and wellness, finance and accounting, engineering and architecture, culinary, photography, environmental science, the labor unions among others. Alex Sponseller, the sports editor of the Johnston SunRise was also on hand to speak with students about careers in journalism.

At the end of the career fair many of the vendors expressed that the fair was an enjoyable and rewarding experience, according to Joe Pirraglia, the CTE Career Coordinator for the high school

“Many of them said that they would hope to be invited next year,” he said.