The students and staff of the Middlesex High School vocational and transition program who developed a stocking fundraiser include, front, from left, student intern Ella Hodges, Nai’ja Cooke, Sammy Fleet, Shinea Osbourne, teacher Mrs. Perla Williams, and Taralee Mastro; and back, same order, Josh Freeman, Bridey Dubey, teacher C. Clark Laster IV, Patrick Larson and Georgia Crittenden. (Contributed)
The vocational and transition program at Middlesex High School (MHS) is a class that teaches job and life skills to help students be successful when they graduate from high school. This year, the program was reimagined and uses the Practical Assessment Exploration System (PAES) to help students experience different types of jobs. The PAES assessment tool divides over 250 jobs into five areas. These areas are Business/Marketing, Customer Service, Processing and Production, Construction, and Computer technology.
The students in the MHS vocational and transition program developed a stocking fundraiser for the staff at Middlesex High School, St. Clare Walker Middle School, Middlesex Elementary School, Middlesex School Board Office, and Middlesex Social Services, among others. The program tasked the students in the class to design and create hand-made stockings. Each stocking was $10.