{"id":1267,"date":"2024-10-16T00:24:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T00:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2024-11-13T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T19:00:10","slug":"november-6-2024-take-our-kids-to-work-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/november-6-2024-take-our-kids-to-work-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Our Kids to Work Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>Mark your calendars for November 6, 2024, the official Take Our Kids to Work Day!\u00a0<\/strong>Take Our Kids to Work is an annual national program in which Grade 9 (or equivalent) students are hosted by parents, friends, relatives and volunteers at workplaces across the country every November. The program supports career development by helping students connect school, the world of work, and their own futures.It is an opportunity for students to explore career options, through:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Understanding the importance of staying in school by learning first-hand what skills are required in today\u2019s workplace<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Thinking about what aspects of their \u201cwork day\u201d they liked and what they didn\u2019t<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Exploring career options in a practical way and gain a better understanding of just how many career choices are open to them<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>By spending a day in the life of a working adult, they develop an appreciation of their parents\u2019 work and motivations<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The more students understand about the jobs of their parents and relatives, the more informed the decisions about their own future career.\u00a0 For more information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.studentscommission.ca%2Fresources%2Fprojects%2Ftokw%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMarlee.Bassani%40abbyschools.ca%7Cbce498494f454be12b6908dcd0f97d22%7C8b0fa5c9e72c4885b0a280a0fed9773c%7C0%7C0%7C638615017160223778%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QJN9tx%2BciWpJEJ4C%2FrSkVfrTpJR3BYXh42BcXSCK3wI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>takeourkidstowork.ca<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Staff are aware of this day, and know all grade 9s will be out in the community participating in this, so there will not be missed classes or tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"470\" class=\"wp-image-1268\" style=\"width: 429px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Take-our-kids-to-work-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Take our Kids to Work 2024\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark your calendars for November 6, 2024, the official Take Our Kids to Work Day!\u00a0Take Our Kids to Work is an annual national program in which Grade 9 (or equivalent) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Take-our-kids-to-work-2024.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Take-our-kids-to-work-2024.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Irena Pochop","author_link":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/author\/irena_pochopmrpm-sd42-ca\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/srt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}