High School Students Want To Learn For Life

The Buckeye Council, Learning for Life Division, recently conducted a survey with over 12,000 high school students across the Council. The Buckeye Council encompasses Stark, Holmes, Carroll, Wayne, Columbiana and Tuscarawas counties as well as part of West Virginia serving over 15,000 youth.

The Learning for Life Division began in 1992 and includes two components for boys and girls: a school-based Career Awareness Program and a work-based Exploring Program for youth. The Career Awareness Program includes lesson plans, a CD-ROM Life Choices game and business & community leader speaker programs for grades K-12 including Special Needs. Exploring provides programs for young men and women ages 14-20 that have completed the 8^th grade and allows them to explore specific career fields with hands-on opportunities to learn about a specific career.

The conducted Career Interest Survey asked students to list their first and second career choices and their first and second hobby choices. The following list reflects first career choices and the number of students making those choices:

Although the Buckeye Council funds the Career Interest Survey’s, the overall distribution and success of the results are because of the collaboration of school counselors, teachers, principals and superintendents that assist in collecting the data. For more information about the Career Awareness or Exploring Programs, contact the service center at 330-580-4272.

Learning For Life Works!

A study of approximately 2,500 second, fourth, and sixth grade students from 50 urban, suburban, and rural schools has shown that Learning for Life can have a significant impact on the lives of young people.