Early College & Career Awareness Night

On Thursday, March 24 on the campus of Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School in Rochester, MA, the school, Chamber of Commerce and community partners will be hosting an “Early College & Career Awareness Night” outreach event to the parents of high and middle school students as they begin to make their choices as to where they’d like to attend high school and what they would like as a career.

The Old Colony Guidance Department would like to invite students and parents to take part in their “Early College Awareness Night.” This night is geared towards sophomore and junior students and parents but is open to all grades to help navigate the often confusing college process.

Immediately following the “Early College” presentation, this event will continue with the “AMP It Up” night. Old Colony has partnered with the New Bedford initiative campaign to highlight the exciting, technology-driven, high-paying career options in manufacturing.

Old Colony’s career-based curriculum currently offers Machine & Tool Technology, Information Technology and CADD, all areas and career paths which fit right into the “wheelhouse” of advanced manufacturing awareness.

As the Commonwealth’s economic development and finance agency, MassDevelopment is committed to achieving three goals: stimulating business, driving economic growth, and helping communities thrive across Massachusetts. MassDevelopment offers everything from innovative loans for growth initiatives to long-term financing for real estate projects that create and support programs designed to boost Massachusetts companies. Veda Ferlazzo Clark, Vice President of Manufacturing Initiatives, focuses on programs to support manufacturing of all sectors believing that “our whole state benefits when manufacturing companies thrive.”

The evening’s agenda:

6:00 pm: Presentation on “Early College and Career Awareness”

6:30 pm: Introductions by Chamber of Commerce

6:35 pm: Discussion on South Coast regional needs

6:45 pm: Opportunities in Making It in Massachusetts – MassDevelopment and local manufacturing companies

7:20 pm: Informational session about STEM careers and boot-camp academies BCC and other regional partners are running highlighting careers in this booming industry

7:30 pm: Adjourn

We ask you to join us to help your student make decisions. Please RSVP to 508-763-8011 ext. 231. For additional information, please call the Guidance Department at 508-763-8011 ext. 126.

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