Every year, Center Valley Elementary hosts “Career Day” where students in all grade levels learn about local career opportunities. The day begins with a parade where all the students dress up in their future career attire! From astronauts to aspiring educators, these students are sure to have bright futures and great impact on the world!
Students learned about the wide variety of careers available locally from classroom speakers and an outside rotation where students could look inside vehicles, see equipment, and get an in-depth look into jobs in fields such as construction, postal service,and emergency services.
Thank you to all of the community businesses and leaders who helped provide these wonderful learning experiences for CVE students!
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A list of speakers is found below:
Classroom Speakers Job Title/Career
Megan Selman- Russellville Chamber CEO
Janae’ Ward - Dental Hygienist at Parkway Dental
Heather Strasner ATU with Jerry the Bulldog
Holli Hall- City Corp
Mark Downey - ATU Men’s Basketball
Brad Palmer-ATU Women’s Basketball
Mayor Fred Teague- Mayor of Russellville
Kyle Burris & Smokey the Bear Forestry Service
Heather Jones -Nurse
Laura Johnson- Audiologist
Jordan Hardgrave -Life Coach/You Tube
Major Todd Gray -Army
Tim Tanner-St. Mary’s/Stroke
Stephanie Gray-Cancer Center
Kyle Jones-St. Mary’s Occupational Therapist
Kaiman Zeng, Ph.D.- Associate Professor/Department of Engineering and Computing
Seth Boone-Lake Dardanelle Superintendent
Andrew Reeves -Pope County/K-9 Officer
Brittany Burris - Nurse
Outside Rotations
Jonathan Dickey-River Valley Satellite
Devin Deaton-Corps of Engineers
Pope County Ambulance Service-Tina Mediano
Tracey Reinhart-United Parcel Service
Pope County Sheriff's Dept.
Crow Mountain Fire Department
Search & Rescue Team-Billy Teeter
Paul Meeks and Steven Payton-Arkansas State Troopers
McLendon’s from Peachwave Yogurt
Dustin Floyd-Elmo’s Crane Service
Monty Lloyd and Lakyn Whitbey-Blackstone Construction