Eighteen sophomores from Southside High School participated in Job Shadow Day on February 23 | Eastern North Carolina Now

For Immediate Release:

Job Shadow Day is sponsored annually by the Washington Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce and provides opportunities for high school students to shadow professionals in various fields and learn more about careers in the area.

   Participating students and the businesses they visited were Shayonti Barua (Tayloe Hospital Pharmacy), Katie Boyd (Pamlico Animal Hospital), Brandy Dobbs (Pamlico Animal Hospital), Morgan Harding (Dr. Angie Rhodes, dentist), Ka’shawna Harvey (Viadent, nursing), Valarie Hodges (Seth Edwards, district attorney’s office), Cheyenne Hudson (Viadent, nursing), Tatiyanna Jordan (Viadent, doctor/physician’s assistant), Kyajia Mourning (Viadent, doctor/physician’s assistant), J’Asia Norfleet (Viadent, nursing), Holly Perry (Viadent, physical therapy), Sarah Poole (Hillside Funeral Home), Brittany Shelton (Viadent, nursing), Rahaeem Shelton (Beaufort County Arts Council, performing arts), Megan Smith (Viadent, nursing), Tameka Smith (Washington Police Department), Jeanette Vargas-Armenta (Beaufort County Community College, cosmetology), and Thomas Wainwright (Beaufort County Community College, welding). Participants shared a variety of positive responses about their experiences. Katie Boyd, who visited Pamlico Animal Hospital, said, “I got to see some surgeries for dogs and cats getting spayed and neutered. I was also able to check on their recovery.” Valarie Hodges, who shadowed at the Beaufort County Courthouse, said that her mentor “showed me around her office and then took me to the courthouse to observe the calendar for the day. I met the judge and saw the 157 files on the calendar.” Thomas Wainwright, who shadowed in the welding department at Beaufort County Community College, commented, “I actually did what I would do in the workforce. I welded a couple of beads across a piece of metal. My mentor said I would be the one he would transfer to a welding job at businesses like Hackney or Flanders Filters.”
Pictured left to right are (seated) Ka’Shawna Harvey, J’Asia Norfleet, Tameka Smith, Tatiyanna Jordan, (standing) Kyajia Mourning, Morgan Harding, Valarie Hodges, Shayonti Barua, and Rahaeem Shelton.
Pictured left to right are (seated) Shayonti Barua, Tatiyanna Jordan, Ka”Shawna Harvey, Tameka Smith, J’Asia Norfleet, (standing) Kyajia Mourning, Valarie Hodges, Brittany Shelton, and Jeanette Vargas.
Pictured left to right are (seated) Katie Boyd, Brandy Dobbs, Sarah Poole, Cheyenne Hudson, (standing) Holly Perry, J’Asia Norfleet, Thomas Wainwright, Valarie Hodges, and Megan Smith.

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