After a three-year break due in part of Covid, Moanalua is finally bringing back Career Day this Friday, Feb.10. Career Day is available so that students can explore their career options and have an opportunity to be more informed about what they could potentially expect in their futures.

On Wednesday during homeroom, students will be given a list of the occupations and speakers that will be present on the event of Friday, February 10. The sessions are walk-ins, so no sign ups will be required. Students will have three career speakers to choose from. 

“Our hope is that students that already know what they want to do as their vocation, and will be able to talk to someone already in the field, and get questions answered,” counelor and fair co-chair Andrea Rhodes said.

Students can take advantage of the opportunity to get first-hand information about specific jobs and what classes a student should take in high school or college.

“We’re hoping that [the students] learn more about the profession [they] might be interested in, to help guide [them in their] choices both now and after highschool,” Rhodes said. 

On the morning of Career Day, students will be going to their homeroom and then attend an assembly organzied by the Peer Education Program. Afterwards, students will be going to their three sessions, and then return to homeroom to assess what they learned from their sessions. 

Popular categorized occupations will have more than one speaker, so that students will be accommodated if they are interested in a specific occupation. In the event of there being no room in the classroom, students will be placed in a backup speaker or session. Popular categories will be along the trade or medical field. 

“Most of our speakers are from previous years, but because of Covid, we lost touch with some of them. So the teachers were really helpful in getting some people in to fill out the occupations, so there are a lot of new people,” Rhodes said. 

Students should prepare by making sure they know what and/or whose session they want to attend, and preparing some questions in advance. In the situation of when the room is full, students should prepare alternative categories to go to. Students would get a list of all the categories of speakers who are professionals in their fields. 

The counseling department secured speakers from all of the different career pathways, from an event planner to a pediatric neonatologist, a nuclear engineer to a pilot, an FBI intelligence analyst to an arborist. Some of the speakers are Moanalua graduates. After three years without a fair–they are normally held every two years, and 2021 was the year it was supposed to happen–the counselors are looking forward to providing students with real-time, authentic career information.

Each branch of the United States military will also be represented.

Here is the day’s special schedule:

8:25-8:30 Teachers’ Opening

8:30-8:35 HOMEROOM 1/Bulletin

8:35-8:50 Pass to Gym

8:50-9:50 ASSEMBLY (Sit with HR)

 9:50-10:05 Recess

10:05-10:10 Pass

10:10-10:40 HOMEROOM 2

10:40-10:47 Pass

10:47-11:17 SESSION I

11:17-11:24 Pass

11:24-11:54 SESSION II

11:54-12:01 Pass

12:01-12:31 SESSION III

12:31-12:36  Pass

12:36-12:46 HOMEROOM 3

12:46-1:16 Lunch

1:16-1:21 Pass

1:21-1:50 HOMEROOM 4