Students from Durfee High School, Somerset High School and Case High School in Swansea attended the second annual Job and Opportunity Fair at the Luke Urban Field House at B.M.C.Durfee High School on May 1, 2008. Organized by the Bristol Workforce Investment Board (WIB) in partnership with Durfee High Guidance staff  to help students locate summer employment opportunities, the fair brought over thirty local employers together at one location to make it easy for prospective employers to talk with job candidates. For more information about the event, contact the Bristol WIB Youth Systems Coordinator Kate Politano at 508-675-1165.

(Top row, left) Guidance intern Kimberly Hooks and guidance staff Bridgit Martin and Randy Correia guide students into the Luke Urban Fieldhouse at B.M.C. Durfee High School on Elsbree Street. (Top row, center and right) Students from Durfee High School, Somerset High School and Case High School in Swansea, right, check out the many employer booths at the fair. (Middle row, left) Lightolier human resource staff Nancy Costa and Linda Lavoie talk with Durfee guidance staff Tom Pavao about summer job opportunities. (Middle row, right) Fall River Police officers Marybeth Buglio, Debi Jackson and Lynn Foley stand behind their display as Staff Sgt. Everett Sterling stops by to get information for his recruiting job. (Bottom row, left) MotoRing Technical Training Institute admissions representatives Rick Shaw and Kristen Martel talk with Durfee High School seniors Justin Santos, Victoria St. Amour and Angela Almeida. (Bottom row, center) Durfee senior Jessica Doiron, right, talks with Elizabeth Connelly-Sylvia of the Seven Hills Educational Opportunity Center and Talent Search. (Bottom row, right) Durfee seniors Cassandra Camara and Kayla Botelho talk with Tyler McClain representing the Panera Bread stores in Dartmouth, Seekonk and Attleboro.