St. Louis Public School Students Participate in Groundhog Job Shadowing
Fifty-Three Local Companies Welcome Students To Their Businesses

St. Louis – Nearly 400 students in the St. Louis Public School district will receive valuable lessons on career choices during the much anticipated Groundhog Job Shadowing starting on Monday, Feb. 5. Groundhog Job Shadowing is a partnership effort involving the St. Louis Public Schools, Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley, Inc., and a wide variety of community partners. St. Louis Public Schools high school students who are currently in the 11th and 12th grade will participate in the event through this May.

“This will give many of our students first hand information about companies and career choices,” said Superintendent Dr. Diana Bourisaw. “It will also give students a greater appreciation of what it takes to get a job in a particular field.

Job shadowing is a yearlong national effort to enrich the lives of students by acquainting them with the world of work through on-the-job experiences and a carefully crafted school curriculum that ties academics to the workplace. The effort helps young people understand how what they learn in the classroom leads to success in the workplace. National job shadowing is a coordinated effort of Junior Achievement Worldwide, America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor.

For more information, contact Teena Weathersby-Hampton, Program Manager, Division of Career and Technical Education: 314-345-5716 or visit www.JobShadow.org.

Business Participants for Groundhog Job Shadowing 2007

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Transportation Security Administration

Radio One. St. Louis

Colliers, Turley Martin Tucker

Missouri Botanical Garden

St. Louis Carpenter’s Apprenticeship Program

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Edward Jones Corporation

IBM

Brown Shoe Company

Deloitte and Touche Services

St. Louis Public Library

A.G. Edwards

Rabbit, Pitzer & Snodgrass

St. Louis Fire Department

Anheuser Busch Corporation

Operating Engineers Local 513

Suddenlink Communications

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Southwest Bank

Microsoft Corporation

St. Louis City Communications

Clear Channel Broadcasting

Walgreens

Pepsi America

St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment

St. Louis Carpenters Apprenticeship Program

Construction Craft Laborer’s Apprenticeship Program

Barnes Jewish Hospital

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

St. Louis Community Credit Union

Genome Sequencing Center Washington University School of Medicine

National Weather Service

E.T. Photography

Charter Communications

Anheuser Busch Employees Credit Union

Dierdorf and Harts Restaurant

METRO

Studio Six Full Service Salon

Mallinckrodt

Nestle Purina

Westin St. Louis Hotel