Windham County Sophomore Summit
Every year, hundreds of high school sophomores from across Windham County participate in the Sophomore Summit, the largest career awareness, exploration, and planning event of the year. With over 30 different employers and organizations represented, students see the variety of opportunity in their own backyards and the pathways to get there.
The day-long Summit is designed to help students better understand career options and the pathways to reach them. Students attend hour-long workshops from a list of different career and industry pathways based on their interests, aptitudes, and professional aspirations.
![Students Gather In The International Center, Where The Day Kicks Off.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BigGroup_Keynote-1024x1024.jpg)
![Workforce AndEducation Program Manager Alex Beck Welcomes Students](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Alex_Keynote1-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Listen To The Keynote As BCTV And WRCC Staff Film.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Students_Brian_Keynote-1024x1024.jpg)
![Paul Gambill Of Community Engagement Lab Starts The Keynote](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Paul_Keynote3-1024x1024.jpg)
![Dan Ridlehoover, Of Leonard Farm, Is Introduced.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DanEmily_Keynote-1024x1024.jpg)
![Keynote "game Show Guests" Lined Up In Front Of The Group.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Keynote_Panels-1024x1024.jpg)
![Paul Gambill Of Community Engagement Lab Starts The Keynote](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PaulDan_Keynote-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Were Encouraged To Guess Which Career Each Panelist Had- Most Were Surprised!](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Panelists_Keynote-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Were Encouraged To Guess Which Career Each Panelist Had- Most Were Surprised!](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Keynote_Good-1024x1024.jpg)
![John Pennington, A Software Designer From Jamaica, VT.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/John_Keynote-1024x1024.jpg)
![Emily Wagner From Let's Grow Kids, The "winner" Of The Keynote "Guess My Career" Game.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Keynote_Emily-1024x1024.jpg)
![Event Planning Students Take A Short Rest From Making Schedule Changes And Setting Up Rooms.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Alex_EventPlanning1-1024x1024.jpg)
![Jon Saccoccio From JA Saccoccio Workshop & Architecture Helps With The Think It, Draw It, Build It Workshop.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JonS_Drawit1-1024x1024.jpg)
![John Dimatteo From The Windham Regional Career Center Kicks Off The Activity.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Jons_DrawIt-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Test Their Towers!](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Students_Drawit4-1024x1024.jpg)
![Think It, Draw It, Build It.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Equipment_Drawit-1024x1024.jpg)
![Think It, Draw It, Build It.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Student_DrawIt4-1024x1024.jpg)
![Think It, Draw It, Build It.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JonStudent_Drawit-1024x1024.jpg)
![Jillian Hobday From Five Maples Printing In Putney At The "No Shame In Gaming" Workshop.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Jillian_Gaming-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Tour The Solar Field At SIT Graduate Institute For The "Powering Up" Workshop.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Group_Powering1-1024x1024.jpg)
![Andy Laski Talks Utilities And Energy In The "Powering Up" Workshop.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Andy_Powering-1024x1024.jpg)
![Josh Hilsdon Of PV Squared Solar Leads The Tour Of The Solar Field.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Josh_powering1-1024x1024.jpg)
![Powering Up](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Spacepak3-1-1024x1024.jpg)
![Powering Up](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Group_Panels_Powering-1024x1024.jpg)
![Powering Up](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Badass_Solarkids-1024x1024.jpg)
![Frankling Chrisco Of True North Granola Talks Shares About Starting His Business In The Building (or Boosting!) A Business Workshop.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Franklin_Business-1024x1024.jpg)
![Eugene Uman Of The Vermont Jazz Center Is Back For The THIRD Year In A Row, Leading "The Show Must Go On", A Workshop About Fine And Performing Arts.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Eugene_Show3-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Gather For The "Helping And Healing" Workshop, About Healthcare And Social Service Careers.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Group_Healing-1024x1024.jpg)
![Daniel Lang, An Occupational Therapist From The Brattleboro Retreat, Shares His Career Path With Students.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Daniel_Healing-1024x1024.jpg)
![Cindy Twombley, A Former Nurse With The Agency Of Human Services, Addresses The "Helping And Healing" Workshop.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cindy_Healing-1024x1024.jpg)
![Event Planning Students Were Responsible With Ensuring Their Peers Arrived To Their Next Location Safely And On Time.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BusHelper3-1024x1024.jpg)
![Event Planning Students Were Responsible With Ensuring Their Peers Arrived To Their Next Location Safely And On Time.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BusHelper-1024x1024.jpg)
![Event Planning Is Fun!](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BusHelper_2-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Visited 4 Employers, Off-site.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Bus_SIT-1024x1024.jpg)
![Nikki Peruzzi Of Whetstone Station Ran The "Running A Restaurant, From Sous Chef To Supervisor" Workshop.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Nikki_Culinary-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Received A Tour Of A Commercial Kitchen As Well, And Heard All Of The Stories About What It's REALLY Like In A Busy Kitchen.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Nikki_Culinary4-1024x1024.jpg)
![Throughout The Day, Our In The "Lights, Camera, ACTION" Workshop Captured The Action On Video.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Student_Camera-1024x1024.jpg)
![Throughout The Day, Our In The "Lights, Camera, ACTION" Workshop Captured The Action On Video.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Student_Camera3-1024x1024.jpg)
![Students Ended Their Day With Lunch, Reflection, And Hopefully, New And Clearer Aspirations For Their Future.](https://brattleborodevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Lunch_Hanging-1024x1024.jpg)
Sophomore Summit Panelists: 2019
Tim Dulcos | Merck Forest | Working in the Wild |
Dan Ridlehoover | Leonard Farm | Working in the Wild |
John DiMatteo | Windham Regional Career Center | Think it, Draw it, Build it |
Jon Saccoccio | JA Saccoccio Workshop & Architecture | Think it, Draw it, Build it |
Andrea Amenden | Stevens & Associates | Think it, Draw it, Build it |
Emily Wagner | Let’s Grow Kids | Caring for Kids with Let’s Grow Kids |
Melanie Zinn | Horizon Early Learning Center | Caring for Kids with Let’s Grow Kids |
Melissa Mroz-Gaskill | The Little Red Schoolhouse | Caring for Kids with Let’s Grow Kids |
Brenda Schramm | VTAEY | Caring for Kids with Let’s Grow Kids |
Eugene Uman | Vermont Jazz Center | The Show Must Go On: Fine & Performing Arts |
Jamie Hodgson | NECCA | The Show Must Go On: Fine & Performing Arts |
RT Brown | Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation | Building (or Boosting!) a Business |
Rory Dubbs | Entrepreneur | Building (or Boosting!) a Business |
Franklin Chrisco | True North Granola | Building (or Boosting!) a Business |
Cindy Twombley | Agency of Human Services | Healing & Helping: Social Services and Healthcare |
Daniel Lang | The Brattleboro Retreat | Healing & Helping: Social Services and Healthcare |
Nikki Peruzzi | Whetstone Station | Running a Restaurant, from Sous Chef to Supervisor |
Alex Cooley | Fulflex Manufacturing, Inc. | Made in So.VT: Machines & Manufacturing |
Chief Fitzgerald | Brattleboro Police Department | Nuts and Bolts of the Justice System |
Mel Motel | Brattleboro Community Justice Center | Nuts and Bolts of the Justice System |
David Gartenstein | Deputy State’s Attorney | Nuts and Bolts of the Justice System: |
Josh Hilsdon | PV Squared | Powering Up: Utilities & Solar Energy |
Andy Klaski | Dynamic Organics | Powering Up: Utilities & Solar Energy |
John Pennington | Atmospherium Games | No Shame in Gaming |
Jillian Hobday | Five Maples Printing | No Shame in Gaming |
Brian Bashaw | BCTV | Lights, Camera, ACTION: Video Production |
Josh Moyse | Windham Regional Career Center | Lights, Camera, ACTION: Video Production |
Alex Beck | Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation | Event Planning: Volunteering “Behind the Scenes” |
Christy Betit | Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation | Event Planning: Volunteering “Behind the Scenes” |
Holly Hammond | Vermont Student Assistance Corporation | Event Planning: Volunteering “Behind the Scenes” |
Krista Gaedje | C&S Wholesale Grocers | Touring C&S |