Student in the Workplace Week
This year, Student in the Workplace Week took place from November 5-9, 2007. Approximately 130 students from Benton
Area Junior High School, Berwick Area Middle School, Bloomsburg Middle School, and Millville Area Junior High School
were placed through the Tri-Chamber Foundation with a local business for the day. Student in the Workplace Week,
which was first coordinated by the organization in 1997, is a program where eighth-grade students spend a day at a
local business to learn about the different career choices available, and also to gain a better overall understanding
of what the workplace is like and what will be expected of them upon entering the workforce.
Several local schools have established their own eighth-grade job shadowing/career exploration program, and most of
the schools that participate in Student in the Workplace Week allow students not placed at a business through the
Foundation to find a placement on their own. This year, the following businesses participated in Student in the
Workplace Week through the Foundation: American Red Cross – Berwick Chapter, Benton Head Start, Berwick Head Start,
Berwick Offray LLC, Bloomsburg Health Services, Bloomsburg Veterinary Hospital, Catawissa Chiropractic Center,
Columbia County Farmers National Bank, Columbia-Sullivan Head Start, Columbia-Sullivan Head Start – Millville,
David J. Thompson Mailing Corp., Decorator Industries, District Court 26-3-01 (in Millville), Dyco, Inc.,
Giant Food Stores (Berwick), Girton Manufacturing, JDK Management Co., Press Enterprise, Inc., Salvation Army (Berwick),
and Vreeland’s Harley-Davidson.
The Foundation would like to extend a HUGE THANKS to all the businesses and school staff that helped our students
become better prepared for the workforce by participating in Student in the Workplace Week 2007!
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Bloomsburg Middle School students visited Columbia County Farmers National Bank in
Lightstreet on November 9. Pictured from left to right are: Jake Soback, Stephanie
DiFilippo, Dan James, Taran Cherrington, and Rebecca Beitz, with Thomas O’Kane in front.
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On November 9, Benton Junior High School students Doug Pennington and Travis Swisher
visited Vreeland’s Harley-Davidson in Bloomsburg and are pictured here learning about
motorcycle mechanics with Vreeland’s Technician Byron Wagner.
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Decorator Industries & students from Berwick Middle School - Skyler DiPasquale,
Zacharey Kishbaugh, Magaly Batres, Charles Hollenbach, Matt Tonkinson, Mikey Kishbaugh,
Haley Perkins, Joanna Moyer, Jerry Niznik, Allan Smith and Tom Kapelewski (General Manager)
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Dr. Stuart Hartman of the Catawissa Chiropractic Center participated in this year's
Student in the Workplace Week program and showed students that there's a lot more to
his craft than just cracking backs!
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Berwick Head Start - Kendra Allen from Berwick Middle School
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Berwick Head Start - Gary Echart from Berwick Middle School
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Berwick Head Start - Courtney Bonser from Berwick Middle School
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Berwick Area Middle School
Left to Right: Mary Coleman, Customer Service Assistant Account Manager,
Stefanie Dawson, Gage Mooney, Michael Superko, Nathan Nash
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