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Saturday, May 7, 2011

Foxborough Middle School Students Participate in Exchange City Job Fair

Middle school students experience the real life job hunt.

Foxborough middle school students are finding out early what life is like in the "real world." Over 240 students are participating in this year's Exchange City. Students are given the opportunity to learn how an economy operates, explore their roles as citizens, discover their responsibilities as employees and tax payers, and learn how to manage their personal finances. This is done both in the classroom and on a field visit to Exchange City - a small, fully functional city that is completely run by students. As part of the preparation for the experience, students completed their resumes, explored the Exchange City 'classified' ads, and interviewed for jobs of their choice. The Exchange City Job Fair was held at the Ahern Middle School on …

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Foxborough High Expands College, Career Programs

Foxborough High offers students the chance to try out and explore careers. ‎

The Foxborough Public School System was recently labeled, "world class" by town selectmen and school committee members. On their way to becoming "world class," Foxborough schools have gathered a long list of impressive accomplishments including top notch music programs, championship sports teams and a top ranking in the state for college placement.  Ellen Pillsbury, career specialist at Foxborough High, confirmed at a recent school committee meeting that Foxborough's "Career Exploration Programs" can be added to that long list of achievements. Driven by Pillsbury, Foxborough's School to Career program has successfully placed 1,550 students in jobs throughout the country since 2001. In January, Foxborough High seniors Elana Dillion, Allie …

Juliette Weiss

4:43 pm on Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Mrs. Pillsbury is truly the greatest resource Foxborough High School! She has helped me so much for my career and college plans as she does for many others.   more ›

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