Friendswood ISD just concluded its 15th annual session of Vital Link, a summer job-shadowing program for 7th graders. 
           In this week-long experience, students chose areas of professional interest, and business hosts from the community invited small groups of students and teachers in to observe "real world" practices for several days.
           This year's hosts included professionals from: City of Friendswood City Manager's office, the Police Department, Armand Bayou, Memorial Hermann SE Hospital, ACC's Radio Broadcast program, Boeing, Creekwood Veterinary Hospital, Bay Area Pet Vet, Heritage Animal Hospital, Dr. Abel, and Friendswood Animal Clinic. 

           Students learned about city government and law enforcement, space exploration, medical practices, biological and ecological sciences, broadcasting technology, veterinary medicine practices.  FISD extends hearty appreciation for the fine work accomplished by these mentors on behalf of our students. 
           Student participants included: Benjamin Strope, Jackson Vail, Ethan Nuttall, Alexis Sherer, Meghan Gilbert, Sarah-Beth Diller, Beth Mendenhall, Mandy Garivey, Kristin Olansen, Felicity Yiu, Patricia Cotter, Sariah Fischer, Savannah Moffit, Lawerence Nguyen, Camille Hamilton, Katherine Hude, Katherine Jones, Lisa Nguyen, Elizatbeth Warwick, Natalie Pitts, Teitya Horbeck, Amy MacRill, Mayson Zimmerman, Hannah Schroeder, and Nadia Enriquez.
           Pictured above: Students from Friendswood ISD explored the career of Radio personality at Alvin Community College’s Radio Broadcast Program. The students were able to do their own show on the college radio station.