The career fair will take place on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 at the Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center (RACC) gym at 510 Pioneer Street from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m.
Union Ridge and South Ridge elementary schools are once again looking for community members who would be interested in participating in the fourth annual career fair for Ridgefield 4th graders.
The career fair will take place on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 at the Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center (RACC) gym at 510 Pioneer Street from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m.
District officials are looking for community members to give presentations about one of the career clusters listed below. Volunteers will be presenting six 15-minute sessions with approximately 10 students at each.
Here’s what is being asked of volunteers:
- A 7-minute presentation on their career covering:
- What “a day in the life” looks like
- Education or training needed
- Your favorite aspects/least favorite aspects
- What you use daily from your K-12 education
- A 6-minute interactive activity
- Activity that lets students explore some aspect of the career hands-on
- 2-minute closing remarks/time for questions and answers
The career clusters district officials are looking for volunteers in are:
- Agriculture, food and natural resources
- Architecture & construction
- Arts, audio/visual technology & communications
- Business management & administration
- Education and training
- Finance
- Government & public administration
- Health science
- Hospitality & tourism
- Human services
- Information technology
- Law, public safety, corrections & security
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)
- Transportation, distribution and logistics
If you have any questions or are interested in being a presenter, email Nick Maudlin at nick.maudlin@ridgefieldsd.org to sign up. District officials are really excited to provide this opportunity for students and are thrilled to include presenters from within the Ridgefield community.
Information provided by the Ridgefield School District.
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