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Health Careers Guest Speaker Series

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ORGANIZATION: Sequoia High School

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Sequoia
Sequoia High School

Sequoia High School's Health Careers Academy offers it's students a monthly guest speaker series. Come to speak to students and share your story!

  • Start with an overview of your career pathway, beginning with what you were interested in high school, college, early jobs, etc. and what you do today
  • What key steps do you think helped make you successful? Was there an opportunity that you took? A risk? An important mentor or job?
  • Then talk about some of the exciting technology that you work with or direct today. Can you give them a challenge to demonstrate this?
  • Finally, wrap up by bringing it down to their level, what 1-2 steps can they do now? join a club or team, meet with a teacher, etc.

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About Sequoia High School

Location:

1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062, US

Mission Statement

About us: Sequoia High School will provide a stimulating and caring community that encourages respect for diversity and promotes academic and vocational excellence through creative and critical thinking as well as an appreciation of the arts. A Sequoia education develops responsibility, communication skills, self-esteem, and self-direction, and promotes educational success and lifelong learning for all students

Description

Established in 1895, Sequoia High School is the oldest high school in the San Francisco Bay Area between San Francisco and San Jose. Founded as a preparatory school for Stanford University, today it serves approximately 2000 students in grades nine through twelve. Sequoia is conveniently located in downtown Redwood City, one block from the Caltrain station, and less than 20 minutes north of the Stanford campus.

"My goal, my dream, is that every student can go to a school like this one... Sequoia is an amazing school... We want to take the lessons learned here and share them. This is a remarkable success story in the making." - Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, September 12, 2012.

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Emergency & Safety
Health & Medicine
Children & Youth, Emergency & Safety, Health & Medicine

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

1201 Brewster AvenueRedwood City, CA 94062

(37.48439,-122.23837)
 

SKILLS

  • Youth Services
  • Family Therapy
  • Elder care
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Safety & Disaster Education
  • Child Development

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
  • Must be at least 24
  • 4 hours, 10am-2 pm
  • Enjoy teenagers!

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