School

A classroom pet doesn't have to be cuddly for children to form a bond with it and learn from it.

Jennifer Arnold, a teacher at Creekside Elementary School in Sonora, has a pet most people would like to stay away from. This is her first year bringing him to her preschool class but she has had Savannah, the tarantula, for four years.

The spider hangs out in the class science center where the children can see her and look at her closely with magnifying glasses. There is a book in the center about spiders they can look through while watching her.

Homeschool student Kerry Skiff snagged what many might consider the ideal summer job: working as a lifeguard at a pool.

Skiff works at White Mills Christian Camp.

“I like the idea of working in a Christian atmosphere,” Skiff said.

But such a job is not just fun in the sun.

“It’s really taught me a lot about responsibility,” Skiff said. “It was really sobering ... to find out how many different things can go wrong.”

When Elizabethtown High School student Kimberly Morris decided to look for a summer job, she began sending out resumes.

One of the places she sent a resume to was Stone Hearth Restaurant. Her mom had heard they were hiring, Morris said.

“I had actually applied to literally 10 other places and none of them called me back,” Morris said.

When Morris called the restaurant to see if someone there would be interested in reviewing her resume, she snagged an interview. It was less an interview, she said, than an orientation.

By ROBERT VILLANUEVA

rvillanueva@thenewsenterprise.com

Though most high school students seek a summer job for sheer financial need, many other considerations come into play when choosing where to apply.

The type of job, the location of the business and the hours involved, not to mention whether or not the business is hiring, are just a few examples.

That was true for Central Hardin High School student Kaitlynne Wilcox, who found herself looking for a job last summer.