Writer, plumber, mechanic, doctor?

Josh Warner learned the ins and outs of the theater with Plaza Productions in Lynbrook. Teachers Ginny Sievers, left and Russell Pajer are at rear.

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Kerrianne Vulpis apprenticed at Duffy & Duffy in Uniondale. She learned about malpractice law.

Nikki Roeill, who interned at the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald, learned about journalism, deadlines, and how a newspaper is put together.

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Teachers Russell Pajer and Ginny Sievers

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MacKenzie Hecht, Cindy Aguirre and Ron Perstin worked at Long Beach Medical Center in the rehabilitation, the emergency room and the ICU departments.

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Jimmy Mendez worked alongside teacher Don Poland in his 8th grade social studies class.

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East Rockaway High School held its annual Senior Seminar breakfast on June 1. Students in the program displayed their tri-boards and spoke of their experiences in the work force. They invited their workforce mentors and presented them with certificates of appreciation.

Under the guidance of teachers Russell Pajer and Ginny Sievers, the Senior Seminar program allows students to spend time in the work force for a few hours twice a week during the last semester of school in a field that they think they would be interested in pursuing.

This year, one student worked as a mechanic, another worked in the radiology department of a local hospitalm while another worked with the art teachers at the East Rockaway elementary school, and someone else worked as a make-up artist. The Herald takes part in this program every semester, and this year, among other assignments, senior Nikki Roeill wrote a column about her Rock Rivarly experiences, did research for stories, and told about her trip to Italy.

“We’re having a great year,” said Pajer. “There are more students in this program than every before. Where else can they get the experience that they do?”