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December 19, 2013
Adams County Commissioners’ Career Expo Celebrates 10 Years of Professionalism in Adams County 8th Graders
Top students from the county are recognized for their professional engagement with employers from the region “The Adams County Board of Commissioners recognizes that it’s never too early to start young students on the path of success. By supporting countywide youth career development each year through the Adams County Commissioners’ Career Expo, we’re doing our part to help future generations of leaders to make positive choices that will not only provide a lifetime of personal satisfaction and fulfillment, but will also contribute to a stronger, more competitive Adams County.” ~ Eva J. Henry, Chair | Adams County Board of Commissioners
The Adams County Commissioners’ Career Expo celebrated its 10th event this November 19, 2013 at the Denver Mart. Annually, since 2005, the Adams County Commissioners’ sponsor this event in an effort to bolster the career development of the county’s future professionals. This year’s event welcomed over 5,700 students from 35 participating middle schools. The event is the longest running of its kind and has been replicated along the Front Range to include Douglas County and Denver Public Schools. Students spend months preparing for the event through role play activities and other in-class career exploration, all with the goal of being prepared to interact with professionals and learn about career pathways. Over 450 employers and higher education professionals participated, some of which have been participants for all ten events. The business booths are visual and interactive which
help allow the employers to better represent their industry work and speak to students about their respective careers and potential career paths. Additionally, students were encouraged to use this event to practice professionalism and leadership. Along with dressing in professional attire, each student is given a sheet of personalized business cards to help them network throughout the day. Of the 5,700 students, employers were asked to compile lists of the “Top Students” from the day. Proudly, we announce that 430 students were chosen by employers as demonstrating exemplary professionalism and left a remarkable impression with employers.
Those students listed received praise and recognition from the employers for maintaining conversation, generating thoughtful questions, maintaining eye contact, firm handshakes, professional attire, and preparedness. The expectation for students was to speak with three employers and at least one higher education representative throughout the day. Impressively, some of these students stood out with every employer they spoke with. The asterisks next to the student’s name represent the number of times they were mentioned by multiple employers. We would like to recognize all of these students for standing out among their peers and for preparing for their futures. School recognition goes to the highest percent of students
recognized relative to the total number of that school’s students attending. The four schools with the highest percentage of students named are Stargate Charter School, Overland Trail in District 27J, York International and Valley View in Mapleton District 1. Preparation of these students takes months of effort by school, counselors, teachers, and administrators. It takes the collaboration and vision of the community to provide the outreach for students to learn more about themselves and the community they will contribute to. In addition to certificates, the Top Students will receive prizes from our business participants and sponsors. The event itself would not be possible without enduring support from the Adams County Board of Commissioners for our youth, vendor and volunteer participation and our contributing event sponsors (below).
AURORA PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLYDE MILLER P-8: Christian Lopez **, Alyssa Suazo *, Mikayla Guzman *
*, Renee Ziel *, Jordan DeNileon *, Trinity Gallegos *, Sarah Laird * HULSTROM k-8: Lauren Abbink *, Matthew Blackmon *, Luigi Brau *, Stephanie Caulk *, Issac Dennis *, Claudia DiMartini *, Amber Gustason *, Anastacia Ortega *, Triston Schmidt * InT’L SCHOOL @ THORnTOn MIDDLE: Miguel Hurtado *, Javier Mendez *, Mary Rees *, Star Rivera **, Christal Roberts *, Jesus Sanchez Montoya *, Erik Santillan *, Miranda Shoop *, Nicholas Steele **, Alejandro Trujillo *, Eric Trujillo * nORTHGLEnn MIDDLE: Vanessa Baca *, Kathia Banegas Ortiz *, Allen Bartley *, Bethany Brown *, Isela Bustamantes Casas *, Danny Chavez *, Alexa Chavez-Aragon *, Gabrielle Freeman *, Devonte Johnson *, Kennia Martinez *, Cesar Medrano *, Rachelle Nunez Reveles *, Alexandre Pipe On Head *, Jayleene Quintana-Esparza *, Galilea Rodriguez *, Evan Roland *, Kenny Syleevong *, Santiago Vigil *, Donald Zadra * ROCkY TOP MIDDLE: Elijah Amos *, Kaley Barnes *, Jordan Boaz **, Lindsey Burleson *, Savannah Enns *, Savannah Fillerup *, Jacob Hays *, Seth Jensen *, Isabel Lopez *, Mark McNabb *, Kye Michael *, Dylan Primus *, Stephen Robertson *, Alexandra Sutton *, Kira Szulinski **, Jonathan Taggart *, Shane Townsend *, Philip Tran *, Cameron Turnbow *, Vincent Abeyta * SHADOw RIDGE MIDDLE: Skyelar Andolsek *, Lauren Bebernes *, Joshua Betzer **, Aracely Bracamontes *, Clayton Bucher *, Karoline Corcoran *, Kendrick Crowfoot *, Dominic Doud *, Katelyn Gabler *, Malachi Goodridge **, Rachel Hicks **, Leighton Hunt *, Victoria Jackson *, Autumn Lechman *, Megan Madden **, Corbin Matthews *, Branan McCall **, Dylan McChesney *, Frank Medina **, Christian Morado *, Jocelyn Novak Hilderman *, Marco Ordaz *, Marcel Sailas *, Ariana Sapp *, Cole Seiwald *, Maya Shipley *, Sylvia Trujillo *, Sarah Tufford **, Mouache Vang *, Kyle Walden *, Alyssa Wood * SILvER HILLS MIDDLE: Caitlan Adams *, Austin BaileyOrcutt *, Aaron Bochy *, Ajani Chavez *, James Chesmor *, Jacob Cohen *, Isacc Corona *, Wyatt Crider *, Jacob Daniels *, Mary Davis *, Nathan Deems *, Kasey Duffin **, Tyler Ehlers *, Odin Ensign *, Caitlin Ewing *, Travis Foster *, Lissette Gonzalez *, Gabriel Goodbee *, Aubree Hesley *, Samuel Hoswell *, Francisco Lugo *, Alison Maisells *,
Connor McCallum *, Franklin Melgar *, Lovely Mitchell *, Anthony Moller *, Austin Mullins *, Ricky Nava *, Austin Neufeld **, Miguel Olivas Esparza *, Matthew Palizzi **, Robert Phinney *, Robbyn Randall *, Erin Roth *, Danielle Sydor *, Kylee Taylor **, Kolin Toledo *, Ricardo Valadez *, Christian Veloz **, Daniel Weinert *, Travis Wymer * STARGATE CHARTER: Hailey Bickford *, Shaela Burkert *, Adrianna Burney *, Nikki Gwin *, Jamie Henault *, Kobe Joseph *, Gennessa Lopez *, Will Robinson **, Amber Shen **, Nathan Steeves *, Carter Wilson *, Andy Womer * STEM LAUnCH: Ashley Barrera *, Monserrath De Luna *, Sergio Gomez *, Nicole Mata Jimenez *, Odacis Perez Dominguez *, Jaxon Robinson *, Ericka Rodriguez * STEM MAGnET LAB: Chandler Sanchez *, Nathan Alarid *, Donovan Alsosa *, Amber Guzman *, Matthew Larivee *, Elizabeth Xiong * wESTLAkE MIDDLE: Devin Aragon *, Mary Askew **, Kaylee Brock *, Carlos Chacon *, Peter Cox *, Shae DeBoer *, Ryan DeFreece *, Gavin Difulvio *, Preston Dunton *, Nathan Eades *, Robyn Fritzler-Bryson *, Miles Gill *, Nicole Guran *, Al-Ldrisi Haddad *, Alexandra Hansen *, Cole Hardy *, Maile Harris ***, Allie Hayes **, Megan Hernandez-Belew *, Mark Jeffers III *, Kaleigh Lask *, Millenni Lucero *, Liliana Maisano *, Paige Maywest *, Ashley Merrill *, Haley Moore *, Maximus Moua *, Hayley Parnell *, Emily Patrick *, Alexander Pearson *, Rosa Perez *, Curtis Peterson *, Maeve Reilly **, Thomas Rigsby *, Aidan Rogers ***, Nathan Sage **, Destiny Skattum *, Emily Smith *, Kelvin Sweetman ***, Kylea Tallbear *, Ami Tat **, Hayden VanDePol *, Isabella Walters **
OvERLAnD TRAIL MIDDLE: Noah Bolin *, Sydney Bowman *, Brady Carstens *, Tyson Chacon *, Angelica Chavira *, Nicholas Czarnecki *, Christopher Disher **, Tessa Ediger *, Brock Gagna **, Valente Gonzales Ramos *, Sam Gout *, Karen Hernandez **, Robert Kinkaid *, Bryson Krohn *, Madison Lara *, Luis Lopez-Perez *, Miguel Macias Guerrero *, Alissa Marquard **, Rhiennen Martinez *, Edgard Meza *, Gabriel Monreal *, Amora Park *, Gregory Peake *, Katlynn Perez **, Elijah Reback *, Jacqueline Rivera **, Chase Roth ***, Rosa Sandoval Soto *, Lauryn Small ***, Cassandra Thomas **, Eileen Vis *, Brittany Watters *, Jessica Leonardo vIkAn MIDDLE: Karen Montes *, Flor Mosqueda *, Kevin Mullinax *, Enrique Ortiz *, Lepio Ruybal *, Krystell Tarin *
DISTRICT 1 ACHIEvE ACADEMY: Isaiah Montoya ** CLAYTOn PARTnERSHIP: Tyler Astry *, Rigo Camunez *, Austin Garett *, Madison Parks *, Henry Valdez * GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: Jasmine Cano *, Luis Bracamontes * MAPLETOn ExPEDITIOnARY SCHOOL Of THE ARTS: James Hernandez *, Joseph Martinez *, Eugene Rodriguez *, Kobe Shepherd *, Logan Tiraada * MEADOw COMMUnITY: Gustavo Hernandez *, Matthew Khamov *, Alejandro Macias Guerrero * MOnTEREY COMMUnITY: Josephine Medina *, Hazel Quinones-Acosta *, Ramos Rodrigo *, Ashley Simpson ** vALLEY vIEw: Danna Al-Rashidi-Schmiedel *, Inycia Barron *, Paolo Domenico *, Jared Gurrola *, Alan Knutson *, Rene Navarro Soto *, Miguel Ramirez *, Andrew Smith *, Desirae Walker *, Nikki Verdugo *, Ashley Welling * YORk InTERnATIOnAL: Cassidy Berns *, Oliveth Carbajal *, Raymundo Corona Nunez *, Adriana Garcia Ramirez **, Victoria Luna Duarte *, Ryshelle McRae *, Starr Meissner *, Dylan Selph *, Danny Solis Castillo **, Donny Stecklein *, Michael Vigil * ACHIEvE ACADEMY: Andre Cooper *, Fernando Hernandez *, Isaiah Montoya ** DISTRICT 12 ACADEMY Of CHARTER SCHOOLS: Ahmad Nofal *, John Pham *, Triston Austin *, Lora Eads *, Patrick Hansen Bonaguro *, Kamau Kinoti *, Genesee McNeely *, Caitlin Morris *, Maxwell Moseley *, Ahmad Nofal *, Angel Pedigo *, Josiah Vellarreal **, Katelyn Warren * CEnTURY MIDDLE: Madison Adams *, Jacob Begines *, Mason Begines *, Everett Boudrieau *, Anna Brady ***, Megan Cooney *, Layne Dash *, Joy Gavidia-Francia *, Mitchell Guyot *, Daniel Hensel *, Makayla Hermanski *, Micah Hinson ***, Alexander Kokoshinkskiy *, Yusuf Kortobi *, Halley Krueger **, Bryce Levinson *, Jakob Maenpa *, Rylei McCall *, Alexander Miller *, Indio Moss *, Alexander Netwal *, Elijah Ortiz *, Mykael Pineda *, Joshua Plantz *, Erfan Sharafabadi *, Nuhiya Smith *, Marcos Soria *, Chloe Tanner *, Cole Thompson *, Joelle Westcott *, Baylee Wheeling *, Mylee Wiesinger *, Brandon Winter
DISTRICT 14 ADAMS CITY MIDDLE: Ernestina Barraza-Bustos *, Carlos Barrera *, Adrian Barrera-Aguirre *, Aspinrose Billings *, Gustavo Bustos-Dorado *, Jaden Coats *, Jose FernandezTrujillo *, Daniel Garcia *, Lupe Guevara *, Jose Hernandez *, Kassandra Magallanes *, Alan Ruiz-Vasquez *, Heavanly Skaggs *, Sheily Tezen-Morales *, Rivers Watts * kEARnEY MIDDLE: Jazmin Gomez-Gonzales *, Christian Hernandez-Benitez *, Valyntine Lonergan *, Daniela Moran-Ramos *, Yasmin Pulido-Gonzalez *, Destiny TorresHernandez * DISTRICT 27J BELLE CREEk CHARTER: Kayla Mollendor *, Olivia Ramirez Graff *, Jordan Scott *
DISTRICT 29J BEnnETT MIDDLE: Michael Akers *, Tiffany Barrus *, Kylen Blair *, MeKennah Carter *, Shanya Cash *, Elam Laing *, Jacob Osborn * DISTRICT 50 CROwn POInTE ACADEMY: Matthew Bopp *, Emily Gutierrez *, Alexander Haaf *** SCOTT CARPEnTER MIDDLE: Joseph Aguirre **, Luis Carrera *, D’Angelo Garcia *, Nadia Gomez *, Chris Martinez * SHAw HEIGHTS MIDDLE: Brisa Aguilar *, Dominic Alvarez Moreno *, Aspen Baca *, Marlyn Burciaga *, Dakota Burke **, Miriam Caballero *, Shyla Caren *, Kylie Dean **, Shannon Dehler **, Lilibeth Garcia Orellana *, David Geck *, Karla Guevara Flores *, Dustin Hollar *, Brooke Johnson *, Caleb Kirk *, Rhiannon Knief *, Logan Loveall *, Desma Neuffer *, Itzel Orduna *, Emily Ryckman *, Destiney Sena *, Ian Strauss *, Taylor Swaney ** RAnUM MIDDLE: Justin Aguilar *, Ashley A. Arriaza Rosales *, Alonna Dickhaut *, Ivan Mendoza Hinojos *, Vy Nguyen *, Daisy Reyes-Briceno **, Hailey Sharp **, Alejandro Sifuentes * PInnACLE PInnACLE CHARTER: Adriana Avitia Armendariz *, Tristan Burch *, Cindi Burrola Mendoza *, Oscar Carreon *, Luciana Fierro *, Benjamin Gurgel *, April Ledezma *, Jose Jr. Mendez Perez *, Ryon Milroy *, Arturo Olivas-Rascon *, Morgan Reheiser *, Jade Salazar *, Bria Schmidt *, Kyterra Waters **, Lindsey Wolfe *
About Adams County Education Consortium (ACEC) Adams County Education Consortium is a 501 (c)3 non profit organization whose mission is to develop a county-wide partnership that will enhance the academic skill development, career knowledge and exploration, and relevant work-ready skills for all learner groups. Along with coordinating this event, ACEC has partnered with the Better Business Bureau Foundation and College In Colorado to offer a concurrent internship curriculum
and internship experience for 30 high-achieving students in Westminster High School. Additionally, ACEC hosts Backpacks to Briefcases, a networking and etiquette dinner that educates juniors and seniors how to gracefully transition from high school to the world of work or post-secondary education.
ACEC is supported by a board of directors The board includes: Adams County Economic Development (ACED), Adams County Workforce and Business Center, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Adams 14 School District, Adams 50 School District, District 27J, Strasburg District 31J, Mapleton 1 School District, Pinnacle Charter School,
District 29J, G.O.A.L Academy, Front Range Community College, DeVry University, Denver Mart, Wells Fargo, and The Hanson Group. ACEC is a sister-agency to ACED and is located with them at 12200 Pecos Street, Suite 100, Westminster, CO 80234. www. adamscountyedcuation.org. Contact Emma Galvin, Director, egalvin@adamscountyed. com for more information.