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Career Investigations 

The Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools or Standards of Accreditation (SOA), section 8VAC20-131-90, titled Instructional program in middle schools, states:

“Each middle school shall provide a course in career investigation in accordance with the provisions of 8VAC20-131-140. School divisions may seek alternate means of delivering the career investigation course content provided it is equivalent in content and rigor and provides the foundation for students to develop their academic and career plans.”

Virginia Department of Education

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Classroom Lessons

Each grade level will receive five career lessons during core classes that correlates to one of the 17 career clusters and ties in with the curriculum that the students are learning

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Career Cafes

Career Cafes are held at  middle and high schools and features employers within the community. 

HCPS Virtual Career Cafes


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Richmond region’s career exploration event for eighth graders. 

Mission Tomorrow’s goal is to expose students, all 12,000 eighth graders, to all different types of careers and local businesses in the area.