More than 550 students from Hillcrest, W.T. White, North Dallas, Sunset, Thomas Jefferson, Samuell, Molina, Wilson, Bryan Adams and Spruce high schools spent a day with area businesses last month as part of the Chamber's 2005 job shadowing program. 
 
Students were introduced to the many different careers available in a single company and encouraged to study hard and continue their education. The program reaches out to today's students and tomorrow's workforce, bridging the gap between education and the business community. 

DISD has over 15,000 ninth-grade students--but less than 7,000 will stay in school and graduate, and less than 4,500 will continue on to college.  Increased dropout rates reduce the number of well-educated workers and slow DFW's economic development.

To learn how you can get involved with job shadowing in the future, please contact Shannon McCullough at 214-746-6788 or smccullough@dallaschamber.org.

These Chamber members made the 2005 project a success:
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Children's Medical Center
Earth Tech
Medical Center of Plano
Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP
HKS, Inc.
DRS-Infrared
BeautiControl
DFW International Airport
Presbyterian Healthcare Foundation
Baylor College of Dentistry
DART
ACS Inc.
American Cancer Society
Prostaff
SMU
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital
The Adolphus
Susquehanna Radio Corp., Dallas
UT Southwestern
The Beck Group
American Language Technologies
Hitachi Consulting
Methodist Hospitals
VA North Texas Health Care System
El Centro Community College