Clanton Elementary School Career Day (photo gallery)
Published 5:46 pm Friday, May 6, 2016
Hand down: Clanton Elementary School kindergarten student Layden Johnson jumps down from a backhoe with the help of Brian Smith, Chilton County management specialist with the Alabama Forestry Commission. Smith was one of several visitors to the school on Friday for Career Day who talked to students about their jobs and let them see equipment used in those jobs. (Photos by Stephen Dawkins)
Clanton Elementary School students had the opportunity Friday to learn about various careers at the school’s annual Career Day. Professionals including firefighters, a sheriff’s deputy and forestry representatives set up stations to teach the children about their careers.
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- Clanton firefighter Matt Griffin straps CES teachers into the bucket on the fire department’s ladder truck, in preparation to be lifted into the air.
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- Brian Smith, Chilton County management specialist with the Alabama Forestry Commission, helps Natalie Swindall try on some of the equipment typically used by employees.
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- Griffin and Clanton Fire Department Chief David Driver talk to students about firefighting.
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- George Fanning with the Chilton County Sheriff’s Department lets students try some of the equipment used by officers.
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- Clanton Elementary School teachers wave down to their students while being lifted into the air by the Clanton Fire Department ladder truck.
