Job Shadow Day a "Huge Success!"

On Thursday, April 9th, approximately 130 students from Colleyville, Cross Timbers and Heritage Middle Schools participated in Job Shadow Day. 43 business in Tarrant County hosted these students and showed them an up-close look at the world of work. Job Shadow invites students to see firsthand how the skills learned in school relate to the workplace.

Cross Timbers Middle School teacher Kate Burkhart said, "The day was a huge success!" Junior Achievement has teamed up with these schools for over 10 years now to provide 7th graders with the Job Shadow opportunity. Thank you to all of the businesses and hosts who dedicated their time to prepare our future workforce!

Pictured above with Judge Phil Sorrells from Tarrant County Criminal Court #10 is Farzan Surani, Conor Shepard and Sam Roberts from Cross Timbers Middle School. Judge Sorrells has participated in the Job Shadow program for the past 4 years.