Students headed into grades 7 through 9 from across Kent County are trying on careers in a handful of fields. Here, photojournalist Dianne Carroll Burdick documents the first of two sessions.
Summertime Journal is a School News Network series highlighting the summer jobs, volunteer work and adventures of area teachers and students.
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From left: Matt Kroll, ninth grade, Talmadge homeschooler; Dasani Rosser, ninth grade, Wyoming Junior High; Zev Deaner, seventh grade, EGR Middle; and Nate Gil, eighth grade, FH Eastern Middle; make frosting

Front to back: Avery Jones, seventh grade, Crestwood Middle; and Vivien Enrico, eighth grade, Forest HIlls Northern Middle; learn how to make, grill and flip pizza crust on a hot grill

From left: nurse and instructor Jen Gebhardt teaches Shreya Anil, eighth grade, Forest HIlls Northern Hills Middle; and Rhone Spink-Knight, seventh grade, EGR Middle; about the skeleton

From left: Koungo Diarrassouba, ninth grade, Aviation High School; Joshua Beuker, ninth grade, Grand Rapids homeschooler; Ty Dominic, seventh grade, Kenowa Hills Middle School; Steven Dang, ninth grade, Wyoming Junior High; and Harris Schumaker, ninth grade, Caledonia High School, built their mechanical race car and then built an electric race car later in the day

Front to back: DeKeith Dandridge, ninth grade, Valleywood; Xavier Butler, eighth grade, Pinewood Middle; Eli Luyckz, ninth grade, Forest Hills Central High, work on design ideas

L-R: Kevin Williams, eighth grade, Lee Middle; Allie Hoven, seventh grade, Wyoming homeschooler; and Isabella Marino, seventh grade, Grand Rapids homeschooler; work as a team to strain burrito sauce

From left: Kaden Hursey, ninth grade, Cedar Springs High; and Ethan Grove, eighth grade, East Kentwood middle-schooler; detail a car