Student take off to United Airlines

Our last session with United Airlines VP Charles Duncan ended with a job shadow style field trip at the various departments in United Airlines.

As we walked out of the school, we were pleasantly welcomed by a United Airlines bus that took us to O'hare Airport. Once we were able to get through security, we headed to the United Airlines terminal and met in a conference room where we we're given a brief outline of our day and where we were able to meet the employees we were going to shadow. For about three hours, all the student mentors split up into groups shadowing pilots, flight attendants, cargo workers, mechanics, etc.and were able to see behind the scenes of the airline business. Once our shadowing was done, we were given a thorough presentation of what the employers look for in potential employees and ways we can improve our resumes and find career opportunities. 

As a final surprise, Mr. Duncan took us across to the airport where we were able to view a flight tower (first picture below), where we got a breath-taking panoramic view of the city skyline and a view of the planes coming in and out of O'hare. Here are some picture of our trip below:

The trip was truly a life changing experience for all of us and we cannot thank Mr. Duncan as well as Mrs. Barry enough, for giving us such an eye-opening, once in a lifetime opportunity. 

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Students channel their inner Martha Stewart

As our sandwich making season came to an end, we decided we wanted to do more to help out the community around us. This year, our freshmen channeled their inner Martha Stewart and made cards -with supplies from the students themselves and the mentors- for Hot Delivered Wheels recipients so they can be given to their family and friends. Below are a few pictures of some of the Freshmen House students working:

"When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sandwich making and delivery

Ridgewood's sandwich making tradition with freshmen and their mentors has been another success this year. Ridgewood High School Freshmen and their mentors worked together in order to make hundreds of lunches which would be delivered to the homeless. Below is a picture of the sandwich making in process:

Once the sandwich making was done, a few students signed up and went to hand deliver the sandwiches to the homeless. Below are some of the students at work and the reactions of the people receiving the sandwiches.