And speaking of magnet school students at Southeast Career and Technical Academy recently met face to face with local employers.

Preparing students to graduate college or career ready is a priority for the superintendent.

And this student's showcase allowed students to show off their skills while also connecting them to internships, training and jobs.

So today we're at Southeast Career Technical Academy.

This is our advanced manufacturing program, and we're doing a student showcase today, When you think about showcasing our kids, showcasing the word not only what they're doing so they understand that this community has a clear understanding of the great things that are happening in Clark County School District, not just in this school.

And many schools, if as a recruiter I enjoy being able to talk to the youth.

Hopefully be able to inspire them and kind of see which direction they want to go and see if we can help them to get there.

today we have over 20 employers from around the community, Henderson, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas.

They're here to be able to see what our kids can do, understand their talent and understand why they're valuable to their workforce.

what excites you the most?

so in here I'm able to learn about manufacturing.

I'm able to, and not only am I getting college credits for it, I'm also able to become certified in every single thing I do.

Our goal here is not only to give the kids skill that they can use and whatever field that they want to go into, but to make sure that when they leave here, they have a job to walk into.

So we're trying to hire a thousand technicians and we figured the best time to go after them is right now when there's fresh coming out of school and the skills are still fresh and they're still learning.

so today we got companies here that are interviewing you guys.

What do you ultimately, when you graduate, what do you want to be?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

So.

Well, my ultimate goal is to kind of become a teacher and being able to teach robotics in some way, shape or form.

you got a job today.

Let me know.

Right.

so I kind of want to start off being able to hopefully get a job.

Actually, I don't know.

I'm not a mechanical engineering degree, but It's been great.

I just enjoy talking to them.

I just saw the eyes light up, knowing how much they've learned and how much they gain, and they're so excited to start working that it's like, Can you call me?

How long will it take me to start going?

There's a talent pool here.

I believe the Clark County School District is an economic driver of this community.

They need employees and we're ready to give those students to them.

good luck to all of the students.

So very cool.

Well, Mojave High School also had a similar event.

Thank you to Secta, the superintendent and all of the employers involved.