SkillsUSA Georgia

The Harris County Community Service team has been working hard all summer to promote their “Welcome to the Real World” project. This program has two aspects; a job fair for the students and the public, and the other is a senior seminar to prepare seniors for life after high school whether it is in the work force, college or military. The goals for this program are very simple: to lower the unemployment rate in our local community and to inform the students of essential information that they need to know to survive in the “Real World”.  

Since winning a silver medal at National competition, the team has been inspired to share their program with community. They spoke at the Rotary Club meeting to encourage the members to participate in the project.  They asked them to volunteer and to speak in their area of expertise.  They also shared their project with the Columbus Chamber of Commerce at the Partners in Education Conference.  They hope to incorporate this program into other schools in our area. They have plans to speak with the Columbus PTA board in hopes of expanding the program.  The team is presently working with Harris County Carver Middle School to revise the program to help 8th graders with taking the next step, moving up to high school. The Community Service Team is optimistic for the program, and is planning to make it bigger and better than ever.