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Held in a voc-tech high school's shops, students rising 7th, 8th grades, and 9th grade "try on" three careers during activities that introduce them to some qualifications and activities necessary for the career. Parents and friends celebrate the students' achievements at end-of-camp festivities. This program may serve as a pipeline of female students for the voc-tech school and then into STEM-related, traditional, and nontraditional careers.</p> <p color="#731472" font="Gill Sans MT"><b>CAMKit Programs fulfill every school's needs for quality career education</b></p> <ul> <li class="li"><b>Be an innovator</b>  Provide the missing link to financially rewarding and personally satisfying careers for your female students with exciting programs that benefit their future and complement your curriculum.</li> <li class="li"><b>Students blossom</b>  Middle and high school women can mature as they explore new careers and gain confidence with creative, hands-on activities and our educators'positive reinforcement.</li> <li class="li"><b>Easy, affordable implementation</b>  After-school and other out-of-school-time programs require no internal staff or fancy equipment. Seasoned instructors come to your school, bringing all materials with them. The result is simple program administration with great results.</li> <li class="li"><b>Flexible schedules</b>  We offer out-of-school-time programs, vacation and summer camps, and 9th grade career exploratory programs to accommodate most schedules. Our activities encourage young women to consider careers that may be new to them.</li> <li class="li"><b>Supplemental introductory and wrap-up sessions</b>  encourage creativity and expand young women's exploration of personal interests, skills, and careers.</li> <hr style="background-color: rgb(115, 20, 114);" noshade="noshade" color="#E3007B" align="center" width="90%" size="2"></font></div> <table bordercolor="#660066" border="2" width="400" align="center"> <tr><td align="center"> <p><b>Note:</b> The CAMKit Program is a project of <A href="staff.html">Sandpiper Creative.</a> The Program is patent pending and copyright protected.</p></td></tr> </table> <hr align="center" width=90% color=#E3007B> <p class="copyright"> Copyright © 2010, 2011. <A href="staff.html">Barbara Passero.</a><br> All rights reserved worldwide.</p> <p class="copyright">Website Development by: <A href="http://www.webvortex.biz" target="new">Web Vortex</A></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td></tr></table> </BODY></HTML>