Apollo Career Center will host approximately 1,400 eighth grade students from its 11-member district for Career Samplers, Feb. 2, 3, and 4. Each student will visit three labs for 20 minutes each, and schools will be at Apollo from 9 - 10:25 a.m. or 12:30 - 1:55 p.m.

Samplers are the culmination of career education activities that take place throughout the year at Apollo's member schools. The students select their program tours based on career interest inventories, and then visit those labs for equipment demonstrations and when possible, hands on learning.

The tours are a way to explore careers by showing students all the options available to them in high school and beyond. Through the Samplers, students experience the work environment and learn about educational criteria necessary to hold those jobs.

In the fall students were given a career interest assessment. This is important because at the 8th grade level, young people develop their schedule for the next four years.

Selecting classes relevant to their career interests will help students plan for a successful future.Apollo's district includes, Ada, Allen East, Bath, Bluffton, Columbus Grove, Elida, Hardin Northern, Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Wapakoneta.