Job Shadow Day Helps Baltimore HS Students Prepare For Future Careers!

Baltimore City high school students are got a first-hand look at career opportunities beyond high school, thanks to Junior Achievement of Central Maryland and AT&T’s Aspire Mentoring Academy. AT&T and JA teamed up to help 100 students from Mergenthaler High School in Baltimore City and Woodstock High School students from Baltimore County to make the connection between school and the workplace.

This work-based career exploration program will take place on Wednesday April 22, 2015, at AT&T’s corporate offices in Hanover, where students will have the opportunity to learn about various careers within the company and in the telecommunications industry and practice workplace readiness skills with AT&T employees.

Aspire Mentoring Academy is AT&T’s nationwide mentoring program that aims to address the nation’s dropout crisis and broaden students’ awareness about career opportunities in their own communities. Through its Aspire Mentoring Academy, AT&T is helping to raise high school graduation rates by providing students one million hours of mentoring by AT&T employees through the end of 2016. The program focuses on students at risk of dropping out and helps connect what they’re learning in school with their future career options.