These were the ideas they came up with:

GREEN TECHNOLOGY

Activist - environmentalist

alternative fuels

Poland Spring bottles - recycling

bioengineering - biodiesel - naturalists

green homes/businesses - hydro geologist

natural/organic products

support organic farmers

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Music development - Ipods

Computer Technology - developing new software

Imagineering - what if?  Knowing what I now know, what should I do differently?  

New cell phone technology

New Energy Sources

New ways of transportation

What should we change?


BUSINESS SERVICES

Human Resources

Retailer

Entrepreneur

Lawyer

School Store

School Kiosk

Competition to see who can run a really good mini business


ENGINEERING


A class to build large machinery

Auto shop

More hands on type of work

A class in which you can see other types of engineering

Model building class

Build a kiosk for business

Build a solar panel for Green

Hands on with electrical equipment

Hands on with heavy equipment

HEALTHCARE

Child Care

Shadow a doctor

Intern

Candy Striper

Field trips to hospitals

Medical research

Radiology

Study illnesses

We would like to use these ideas to enhance the career academy programs that are being created.  We are open to your ideas, as our Long Island students experience these new 3 R's--rigor, relevance and relationships.

For more details, contact Lisa M. Strahs-Lorenc at 631-843-4018 or lisa@liworks.org.