The CHIEF December 2023

Work Study Review By: Summer Negray

Our work study program offered by the Livingston area Career Center and Pontiac Township High School is honestly such a gift. The program allows a student to take one to three class periods where they leave the building and go to work. Students are able to earn a paycheck while also receiving partial Heartland Community college credits and three Pontiac Township High School credits. To me, that is a huge benefit! I'm not aware of any other program that offers a student to be able to get money, get college credit and high school graduation credit all in one. The work-study also has a portion where you are in a classroom for one period with a teacher going over cover letters, resumes and references. You also learn about how to be professional at work along with covering how to handle difficult situations. By the end of the year-long course you're prepared to enter the workforce with background knowledge in what you want to do and how to handle difficult situations. Don't get me wrong, the work study program is an amazing program but we also hold the students that are in the program to a very high standard. You have to be able to be professional and act like an adult when you're in the classroom/work. You're representing the Livingston area Career Center, PTHS and the work study program. Maintaining a C and above average is a necessity. While this program is offered, academics come before work.

If you're interested in the work study program please talk to your guidance counselors to see about becoming enrolled your senior year.

Creative Writing: Poem By: Lily Fetgatter

Mirror Mirror on the wall, where is the fairest place of them all? Where can I go that has a beautiful view? There are a lot of places, so I leave it up to you. Mirror mirror on the wall, where do you think is the prettiest place of them all? For me it's outside, no matter the day. Whether the leaves are falling or the sky is a dark gray Nature is such a beautiful thing to see When the leaves fall off trees, and the snow falls from the sky, the only thing that comes to mind is the true feeling of being free. Mirror Mirror, on the wall, this is it. This is the most fairest place of them all. This is the place that I love, I am sure In the snow, the leaves, or in the sun by the shore.