Students at B.M.C. Durfee High School participated in an annual Career Day on February 25, 2016 in the school gymnasium. Students interviewed professionals that they had pre-selected for five minutes each before getting signed-off. The three hours provided students with a highly interactive opportunity to talk to more than fifty adults in a variety of professions. Students were challenged to speak to at least fifteen of them during each 50-minute period to learn about various careers and the requirements for entering that field. Tina Shorette of the Career Center's Youth Connection helped to put the annual event together. School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard and Rhode Island College Intern Kara Strang spoke to students about careers related to public health. Students who completed all fifteen interviews were eligible to participate in a drawing for prizes. Click here for a four- minute video of the event. Click here for photos of an event two years ago. For more information, contact Ms. Shorette.

(Top row) Guidance Department Director Andrew Woodward announces the start of the event after conferring with Tina Shorette of the Career Center who helped him with planning and before Guidance Counselors Kerry Bulk and Jason Gray invite the students in. (Row two) Substitute Teacher Cindy Boulay directs students to some of the tables, including one where Fall River Police Officer Shane Galus puts a flack jacket on Ben Rabuffetti while Reed Brockandon of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers talks with students. (Row three)  Rhode Island College Intern Kara Strang and Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard speak to students about careers related to public health. (Row four) Students sign off with Rose Ferro of the Bristol Community College Campus Information System and visit exhibits for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement and the Business Innovation Center. (Bottom row) Students talk with Ann Medeiros of the CFC Family Planning Program as Kevin Bulk and Sharon Mulligan of Johnson and Johnson in Raynham talk to students about the work that they do in building medical equipment.