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Jackson County Early College students share job-shadow projects; board recognizes athletes and teachers
Summary
Students from Jackson County Early College presented job-shadowing experiences in accounting, filmmaking and real estate; the board honored student-athletes and two teachers who exceeded growth measures.
Students from Jackson County Early College presented summaries of their senior job-shadowing experiences at the Jackson County Board of Education meeting Tuesday, and the board recognized athletic and teaching achievements across the district.
Amanda Fonseca, a math teacher at Jackson County Early College, introduced the student presentations and said the school drew “close to a 100 students to apply for our 25, 26 incoming class,” a turnout she described as “significantly higher than what we typically have.”
Sarah Morris described a multi-day job shadow in accounting at Southwestern Community College’s business office, where she worked with Carol Martin and Lisa Kim Fisher and practiced Excel and journal-entry tasks. “It was really cool to see, a way that you input accounting stuff into a software because I mostly work with traditional journal entries in my classes,” Morris said.
Sumner Messer detailed a filmmaker/director shadow with Josh Overbey at Western Carolina University, attending directing classes, meetings about student film festivals and thesis projects and film analyses. Messer said the experience pushed him to consider both film and graphic-design career paths.
Ruth(a) Soria (presented as Rutha Soria in the meeting) recounted a job shadow in real estate that included property visits, staging, comps and marketing tasks; she said the experience helped her decide not to pursue real estate as a career.
Following the student presentations, the board issued recognitions. Dr. Harris announced awards for two students: Gabby Grama Bruno, a junior who finished fourth in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state wrestling tournament, and Kaven Wilson, a junior and state tournament runner-up. Harris noted Bruno’s 41–5 season record and Wilson’s 49–4 record and said both students “represent us, and you make us look good.”
The board also recognized two teachers from the district who “exceeded growth” on the state Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS): Amanda Fonseca of Jackson County Early College and another teacher from the school. Harris explained EVAAS designations and said 17 teachers districtwide exceeded growth this year; two are from Jackson County Early College.
The student presentations and recognitions took place during the public portion of the board’s regular meeting and were framed as opportunities for students to explore careers and for the district to celebrate academic and extracurricular achievement.
