Memorial High School seniors Victoria Nguyen and Eduardo Ceja had a chance Tuesday to take a seat down and speak with professionals of their chosen profession fields.
Nguyen is wanting towards a profession as an engineer, whereas Ceja is being an architect. They have been paired up at a desk sponsored by Soutex Surveyors and Engineers through the Port Arthur Education Foundation Pathway to Success Luncheon on the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center.
Nguyen stated it was a pleasant alternative to satisfy individuals she wouldn’t usually get to for one-on-one conversations.
Ceja stated it’s reassuring for him to see somebody with the longer term he needs.
Fellow senior Jacob Garza was seated on the Valero-sponsored desk and was capable of get a number of resume and profession pointers to assist as he works towards a course of-operator diploma.
The Parker Center was stuffed with greater than 440 individuals who purchased tickets to the luncheon whereas supporting the education basis.
Keynote audio system Port Arthur Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Mark Porterie, State Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe) and Lamar State College Port Arthur President Dr. Betty Reynard famous the significance of education throughout their time on the podium.
Porterie instructed of the grim information from the struggle within the Ukraine and of how residents of the United States ought to be pleased about their freedoms.
But being educated is vital to being free, he stated.
“Unless you know how to read, unless you know how to write, unless you can comprehend, you will not remain a free country unless we start taking education seriously,” Porterie stated, including the information to learn and write is crucial to creating one’s personal choices.
“With an education you can move mountains, you can do whatever you want to do and that is what we need to tell our children every day.”
He stated a person is imprisoned with out an education.
“And it doesn’t matter what color you are, it doesn’t matter what ethnicity you are, if you’re male, female, you need to be educated and that is what we need to tell our children every day,” he stated.
Creighton spoke of the challenges the state confronted from final yr’s winter storm Uri, the stress on {the electrical} grid and the way Texans dealt with the problem.
He was lately referred to as to the Lt. Governor’s workplace, the place he was appointed to chair the Education Committee whereas staying chair of the Higher Education Committee.
The senator was introduced with an award through the luncheon for his management and help of upper education.
The mission of the education basis is to reinforce educational excellence in Port Arthur public faculties by supporting progressive academic initiatives, in accordance with data from the inspiration.