School to Career

Mount Washington Valley
School to Career
PO Box 1066
Conway, NH 03818

David Rudewick,
Executive Director
603-447-2350

Partnership Schools SAU 9 Conway
Kennett High School Kennett Middle School MWV Career & Technical Conway Elementary North Conway
John Fuller School Center Conway
Pine Tree School Bartlett
Josiah Bartlett School Jackson
Jackson Grammar School

SAU 13 Tamworth
K.A. Brett School Madison
Madison Elementary Freedom
Freedom Elementary

"This job shadow experience has made me more enthusiastic about my choice of a future career"

"Daniel Pink claims that the nature of the workplace is changing yet again, and that power will soon shift to people who have strong right-brain qualities (that is, aesthetics, feeling, and creativity).

According to Pink, the key to success lies in developing and cultivating six senses: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning.

In fact, Pink compares the Conceptual Age to past periods of intense change, such as the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution. Can't get bigger than that."

EARTHFORCE CAMP IN ACTION

On Monday, campers learned about forestry careers and tried out GPS and other tools of the trade, then visited the Homegrown Lumber in Center Conway with Peter Pohl and other UNH Extension staff.

A special surprise was a moose that was swimming at the Tin Mt. Pond that they were also visiting.

Tuesday was a day on the top of Mt. Washington. Campers hiked to Lake of the Clouds Hut and recorded ozone levels, plant species, visibility counts. Georgia Murray, AMC Scientist, taught campers about air quality on the top of Mt. Washington.

Campers were learning about the research lab of the Appalachian Mt. Club when diverted by Betsy Gemmecke’s hair. They quickly learned that when hair stands on end, it is time to take shelter! After a brief lightening storm, they toured the Observatory and met the meteorologists.

Wednesday was a packed day as all learned about global warming from Cameron Wake, of the Climate Change Research Center at UNH and Observatory staff scientist Emily Fischer.

Outreach educators Michelle Cruz and Becky Peterman also fascinated the students with demos on lightening and radio production. The afternoon was spent on Lake Iona with Bob Craycraft of the UNH Extension monitoring the health of the Lake.

Caspar is learning about the way hair responds to lightening at the Mt. Washington Center!

On Thursday Tin Mt. staff Lori Kinsey, Emberly Hudak and Josh Potter kept the campers enthralled with numerous environmental education activities which they then taught to younger students at the end of the morning.

Here campers are putting together moose bones at the new Tin Mt. Barn in Albany.

Thursday afternoon’s activities were at the Forest Service where they learned about prescribed fires and fire safety. Campers were able to get into their fire shelters in 30 seconds and were even faster moving when hit by the fire hoses!

Friday’s activities were led by Fish and Game Conservation Officer Brian Abrams. Campers loved the tour of the Twin Mt. Fish Hatchery and seemed to most enjoy stocking Mt. Pond with brook trout.

Meghan Simone surprised the campers and their parents with an "awesome" video of the week to end a fantastic experience. Campers said they were surprised there were so many careers in the natural sciences and all felt the experience was "super"!

Special thanks for support of Earth Force Camp goes to the Pequawket Foundation Advised Fund of the Northern New Hampshire Foundation for their support, and to the planning team for making our first annual natural science career camp possible:
•  Betsy Gemmecke and counselor Hanna Billington, MWV School to Career Partnership;
•  Georgia Murray, Appalachian Mt. Club;
•  Peter Crane, Mt. Washington Observatory;
•  Brian Abrams, Fish and Game Department,
•  Lori Kinsey, Tin Mountain Conservation Center;
•  Peter Pohl, Carroll County Cooperative Extension;
•  Susan Spruce-Eland, US Forest Service.