CAREER PARADE — A group of fourth-grade students poses for a photo in front of a CDL tractor trailer vehicle from John D. Rockefeller Career Center participating in Friday’s Allison Elementary School career day, as another class waits to progress through the career day parade route. — Stephanie Ujhelyi
CHESTER — Allison Elementary School officials had to slightly alter plans Friday morning, because of inclement weather, for their second annual Career Day Parade.
They elected to modify the event, which had been planned to conclude at Chester City Park, where students would have received an opportunity to meet the drivers and get a closer look at their jobs.
However, as Allison Principal Toni Hartung explained, due to space constraints, participating vehicles lined up by the school and teachers, armed with umbrellas, led students on a walk through the driveway, which was double lined with the vehicles, before heading back inside to prepare for the makeshift touch-a-truck event.
Community representatives and partners displayed their business, trade and career information inside the school cafeteria.
“This change will ensure that everyone stays dry, while still getting the chance to explore the amazing vehicles and learn about the different careers they represent,” Hartung added.
The Hancock County Family Support Center in Chester’s plastic bags containing a book and other communication came in handy as the children made their way around the reverse parade outside.
Equipment Scale, with its table full of company swag, as well as many of the other vehicles distributing keepsakes, could be content that the bags would keep their items dry for the event after being passed to the students.
Among the various vehicles present were a Chester fire truck, Chester city road supervisor, a representative from Hancock County Schools’ Storybook Cafe, a state park ranger, a plumber and a representative from the John D. Rockefeller Career Center’s CDL program.
Horns could be heard blaring in the background, as the children were disappointed to hear that a visit inside the Storybook Cafe, which is a community resource that encourages children and families to find the fun in reading, was not on the itinerary.