SHOUT OUT: A symposium designed to keep kids in school and encourage them to set reachable goals will be held at Ramapo College tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Youth Symposium will be attended by students from Elmwood Park, Dwight Morrow, Hackensack, Leonia, New Milford, Paramus, Pascack Valley, Saddle Brook, and Teaneck high schools.
It is being hosted by the Bergen County Workforce Investment Board and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and will be held in Ramapo’s Student Center in the Friends Hall auditorium.
The program “is designed to help students have an increased understanding of the importance of staying in school and setting reachable career, personal, and educational goals,” organizers said. “Trained professionals from the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation will provide hands-on workshops.
“The program will also feature motivational speaker George Martin plus an Internet safety presentation from the Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit,” they said.
“This is a valuable opportunity to motivate, encourage and empower our young people to stay in school while planning realistic career goals,” said Tammy Molinelli, executive director of the Bergen County Workforce Investment Board.
Funding for the program is being provided by a grant from the NJ Department of Education and the State Employment and Training Commission.
