Elbert-Palmer Elementary to Host "What in the World?"
Career Awareness Program

Elbert-Palmer Elementary School will host the Business, Industry, Education (BIE) Alliance’s “What in the World?” career awareness program for their Grade 5th grade students on  Wednesday, February 03, 2010.  “What in the World?” is an interactive program designed to introduce students in grades 3 through 12 to a wide variety of careers in the math, science and technology fields.

For more than a decade, “What in the World?” program volunteers from the local business community have gone into area schools, bringing with them job-related “mystery objects” designed to spark the students’ curiosity and inspire them to learn more about the skills and education necessary for success in these jobs.  Participation in “What in the World?” broadens students’ horizons by exposing them to unfamiliar occupations and motivates them to explore career options in a whole new way.

Representatives from the following business partners are among those who will be sharing their time and expertise with the students at Elbert-Palmer Elementary School:

• Christina School District

• University of Delaware Cooperative Extension

• Howard High School of Technology.

The Delaware BIE Alliance has served Delaware schools for more than three decades, creating and coordinating free educational programs utilizing volunteers from the business community. BIE is funded through the Delaware Department of Education, serving more than 28,000 Delaware students annually. BIE brings business people into the schools and educators into the business community, tapping into their common interests, investments and needs to build practical working relationships between the partners.  

Click here to learn more about BIE.