BLOOMINGTON – On Thursday, November 2 from 9:45 a.m. until 2 p.m. the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce’s foundation, The Success School, will present its Inaugural Career Cruise, an informative, interactive, educational, and overall, fun day for area 7th graders surrounding the topic of future career paths.
The Career Cruise is part of an ongoing initiative to introduce students to local businesses, with the idea that the seventh graders get an idea of what kind of jobs are available to them after they graduate high school, or potentially after they graduate college, especially if, they chose to stay local and live here in Monroe County.
Approximately 800 students from three middle schools will attend this event held at the Monroe Convention Center, where they can interact with 50 local organizations and learn about careers. As students embark on the cruise, they’ll rotate through the Monroe Convention Center and visit different “ports of call”, each with exhibitor booths featuring area businesses and organizations.
Students spend approximately two to three minutes at each booth and participate in a hands-on activity designed to introduce students to that career path.
About the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce:
The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit membership organization serving as our community’s leading advocate for business. We offer unique leadership opportunities, meaningful volunteer activities, and exclusive business-building programs focused on critical economic, civic, and social priorities. Chamber members support each other and community initiatives, sharing information and resources to help create economic opportunity and community well-being. At the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, we believe that better business leads to a better community.
About the Chamber’s Success School:
A program of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, the Success School is a unique program designed to promote career awareness and help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in employment or in continuing education. The mission is to facilitate partnerships and programs between the education and business communities that increase student engagement and, therefore, student achievement by providing real-world connections linked with information about future careers.
