Building careers

Published 11:59 am Thursday, January 20, 2011

Twenty-three Vicksburg and Warren Central high school vocational-technical students take a tour of a construction site at Turning Leaf subdivision off Lee Road Wednesday as part of a field trip organized by the Vicksburg Rotary Club for students to get a close look at what goes on in their chosen careers. “Our main goal is to bring their classwork into the context of the real world …,” said Lucy DeRossette, student service coordinator at Vicksburg High School. Students saw carpenters working with tools and blueprints.

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