On Tuesday, Oct. 24, Cerro Coso hosted its annual CC Pathways and Career Day for students in its service area, including 135 students from Burroughs. With the end of high school approaching fast, the career day showed students different paths they can take after high school.
“It was really cool meeting different people with different professions and finding out why they enjoyed what they did,” said senior Elliot Martinez. “It really shows what motivates people and even the kinds of personalities they have because of their reasonings behind choosing their professions.”
Students arrived at Cerro Coso at 9 A.M. and left at 1 P.M. and had a great time overall.
“This was my first year doing this event, and I had a great time! I would definitely do this again,” said junior Neveah Hall.
After a quick introduction, students from other visiting schools left to watch demonstrations Cerro Coso had planned, leaving Burroughs students alone to visit different booths. Many of the booths were hosted by local businesses and emergency service departments. Some of the booths included the Ridgecrest Police Department, Job Fest, State Farm, and the U.S. Army.
“I found the child services career most interesting to me. They help children in all ways and even have a program where you can work for them through Cerro Coso,” said Martinez.
“Some of the people at the booths were very welcoming and very helpful at answering my questions and concerns,” said junior Madison Murray.
After interacting with different professions and indulging in the merchandise and candy, students were separated into three groups to visit the three different demonstrations Cerro Coso had in store.
“My favorite part of the day was visiting Prof. Ed,” said Martinez. “He showed us a small portion of ASL and how he communicates.”
The other demonstrations included Welding, where Cerro Coso’s welding instructors demonstrated how students can learn to weld with their new welding simulation, and Speech, where students got to play the same games as Speech 101 students play.
Afterward, students had lunch in the sculpture park and returned to Burroughs.
“I feel more informed about different careers. I definitely feel like new horizons are now open to me,” said Hall.
