The post high school options fair was held in the hallway outside of the Staples cafeteria on April 27 to inform students of alternative programs after graduation besides traditional four year college. There were various booths with representatives from two year colleges and specialized programs.
Michael Frasier, assistant director of admissions at St. Vincent’s college at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut: “I wanted to come and talk about our nursing program, our radiography programs, about St. Vincent’s, and about Sacred Heart as well," Frasier said.
"We want everyone to understand that traditional four year college, while it's what the majority of what our kids do, it's not the only thing thats possible."
- Victoria Capozzi, Guidance counselor featured above
Alfred Thomas, Norwalk Community College: "I’m here to show Staples students some alternative opportunities available to them besides four year college,” Thomas said. "What a lot of students are doing now is spending their first two years at community college and then transferring on to four year college...It's the least expensive way to get a quality education in the state of Connecticut."
Sono academy is a cosmetology school located in in Norwalk Connecticut. "If you don’t know where you’re going or what you want to do, it's a great option," current full-time student Jenna said.
“I just checked out the volunteer opportunity here [Westport Emergency Medical Services Program]. I’ve been wanting to do it for a while now...I think it's a great opportunity to learn a few things from the EMS and just be part of the group.”
- Anastasija Perri '18, student featured above
Erika Schmid, admissions counselor at Culinary Institute of America: “I chose to come to the involvement fair today because I’m close with Chef Gans who is the culinary instructor here,” Schmid said. “We have two students from Staples who graduated last year who are with us... Hopefully we’ll have another one or two students next year.”
There were also representatives from Housatonic Community College, Cortiva Institute, Lincoln Technical Institute and New England Institute of Technology.