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Grinnell High School Career and Technical Education students from last trimester’s class brought projects, presentations, and even food to the Reverse Career Fair in their high school gymnasium. Students presented from an array of classes, from “Ceramics” to “Fashion Design” to “Theatre Marketing and Social Media Implementation.” Community members, high school peers, and Chamber members came out to support these students’ hard work throughout the trimester — and enjoyed some cool sights and food in the process!

Xilohmara Robles, a student in “Animal Science: Injections,” explained how her class has been practicing injecting animals by injecting oranges and bananas with syringes. She described how important it is to provide proper vaccinations and medications via injections — as well as minimizing pain and using proper technique for maximum efficiency.

Photography students Jase Koester and Emma Doty had a white box platform and camera set up to demonstrate how they shoot professional product pictures — something they have been doing for local businesses in town already! They also mentioned how they’ve photographed Grinnell High School and College games and their experiences playing with different light exposures.

There were also culinary artists in the room — students Janae Keenan and Taleah Bailey had impressive displays of chocolate croissants and fruit cutting displays! As visitors resisted eating them all right away, Keenan and Bailey explained how they preserve their food displays in ice water and described food safety processes within catering. Along with Keenan and Bailey, other students were excited to share their food-related stands. Two students brought out their tower garden display, while others were in the middle of growing cucumbers and greens for their cafeteria to use!

One high school student also had her own plant display for her class, “Plant Parts and Functions.” On one side of the table, she had a microscope and two little plant pots set up with different growing seeds. As she explained to someone visiting her stand, the two plant pots represented either a monocot or dicot, two distinct types of plants. She invited guests to peer into her microscope and see for themselves what a monocot cell looks like! She also had a beautiful array of flowers tainted by food coloring — a result of feeding them food coloring water. 

Mark your calendars for next year’s Reverse Career Fair! Each year, students unveil projects showing off what they learned — plus, the fair is a great glimpse of the high school’s diverse interests and creativity!