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District highlights career‑exploration events, robotics team and KMS Cambridge trip
Summary
Administrators and community partners reported expanded career exploration events across Kingman USD, presented robotics team achievements and described an eighth‑grade Cambridge trip to Southern California that emphasized applied STEM and history learning.
Administrators and community partners told the Kingman Unified School District Governing Board on May 13 that an expanded set of career‑exploration events this year exposed hundreds of students to local industries and career pathways, and that partnerships with businesses, chamber members and higher education have strengthened college‑and‑career awareness.
William Potenberg, who helped organize the career exploration dates, said events addressed fields including information technology, health sciences, skilled trades, culinary tourism, retail and hospitality. He said the programs included hands‑on experiences on and off campus, panels with industry professionals, and visits that led many students to express heightened interest in CTE courses. Potenberg said more than 70% of one high‑school student body surveyed expressed interest in taking CTE classes after a trades panel.
The board also heard from Kingman Robotics coach Jody Sheneman and Team 60 students, who thanked the district for sustained support and described plans for a community STEM building and summer camps. Sheneman said the team recently won awards, including “first place” and a Gracious Professionalism Award.
Wallace Alexander, a KMS teacher, described a nine‑day trip he ran for eighth graders to Southern California, which included Disneyland physics and technology classes, the Museum of Tolerance (including Holocaust education and a survivor video conference), the USS Iowa history tour, aquarium and whale‑watching trips, and hands‑on “technology” workshops at theme parks. Alexander said the trip emphasized real‑world applications of curriculum and career awareness and that students returned with stronger engagement and perspective.
Speakers credited local partners including WeCom Fiber, KMC, the Chamber of Commerce and Northern Arizona University and said the district plans to expand career‑exploration dates, internships and work‑based learning opportunities.
