By Alex T. Smith
It’s time for spotlight on another amazing and remarkable student that we have here at the Dayton Regional STEM School. Caven Stanley, an eighth grader, has attended STEM for three years. Starting this year Caven has chosen to serve the school community by volunteering his time as a Student Ambassador.
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| Caven is an 8th grader at DRSS and serves as a Student Ambassador for the school. |
Caven started out doing in
school tours for adult visitors to the school. Working alongside one other
student, Caven took groups of between five and ten DRSS Training Center guests around the school and talked
to them about the recycling program, project-based learning, and the amazing
qualities of our teachers. Since then Caven has continued to assist in giving
over five additional school tours, and has even moved on to host students on the
designated STEM shadowing days.
Caven said that he has had a
lot of fun helping new students get a feel for the culture at our school. His
favorite part was being able to tell them about the teaching style of the school
itself, and he finds it rewarding to teach others about his experiences at DRSS to help
draw them in. When asked about the students
that he had hosted Caven said, "Most were awesome! Some were a little
demanding, but I just talked with them to figure out what their interests were,
to see if I could relate at all."
Right now, Caven is busy
finding possible job shadowing sites as part of an eighth grade graduation requirement. Caven is interested in a career in
agriculture or landscaping, so he has been busy looking up places to get
experience in that area, and making phone calls to check on their availability. Caven
said from a young age he has always had a love and appreciation for farm machinery
and landscaping. If Caven can find his dream job shadowing site he said it
would involve industrial or mechanized landscaping. He’d like to be able to
work around machinery but so far has not been able to secure a place like that
on account of his age.
Caven told me that he thinks
job shadowing is a really useful activity, because it will allow him get a
taste of the fields that he is interested in. He also looks forward to
getting inside information from professionals in his field about what colleges
to look into, and hints for success in their career.
We look forward to having Caven’s help
as a tour guide and shadow day host many more times in the rest of his STEM
school career and wish him luck as he continues his search for a job shadow
site. With his passion for volunteering and interest in agricultural science, Caven
Stanley is another great example of the many bright and curious young minds at
the Dayton Regional STEM school.
