Lamar P-TECH’s Breakfast with the Boss
What do you get when you mix a room full of eager students, a delicious breakfast and top-notch industry leaders? P-TECH at Lamar High School鈥檚 Breakfast with the Boss, of course!听
Now in its third year, students had the opportunity to get a head start in networking with over 30 business and cybersecurity leaders at Lamar High School last week. 听
鈥淚t鈥檚 a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,鈥 said junior and P-TECH student marketing director Eunique Ramirez. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 get this every day.鈥 听
From mortgage professionals, banking professionals, Arlington mayor and more, the breakfast was all about exposure.听听
鈥淗aving people who are a part of different businesses that these kids might not even know exist is so important,鈥 said assistant principal of P-TECH at Lamar Teri Williams. 鈥淭his provides the kids with exposure that they may not otherwise have access to. That鈥檚 what makes this event so special.鈥听
As leaders of the P-TECH program themselves, Ramirez and student body president Fred Threats Jr. both shared their thoughts.听
鈥淭his opportunity re-enforces the nature of this program,鈥 Threats听said. 鈥淚鈥檓 so grateful to have this opportunity and I鈥檓 grateful that generations to come will have this opportunity, too.鈥听
For Ramirez, the best听part of Breakfast with the Boss was听getting to know leaders on a more personal level. 听
鈥淚t鈥檚 scary, but having the opportunity to sit down and talk with them makes you realize that they are people, too,鈥 she said. 鈥淟earning from them truly feels so inspiring. You can walk away from this and think wow I really did that.鈥 听
Welcoming incoming freshmen to the program also made the breakfast a perfect way for students to build connections with their class.听听
鈥淚t鈥檚 been so awesome,鈥 said first-year student Brody Reynolds.听鈥淓veryone here is so welcoming. It feels like a family.鈥听
Teachers and staff prepared incoming students by providing听questions to help them learn to engage with leadership professionally.听
Building confidence in the professional world is one of the main goals of the Breakfast with the Boss as well as the P-TECH program at Lamar. 听
鈥淭he biggest takeaway is the feeling that you can do it,鈥 Threats said. 鈥淭his shows each student that anything is possible, that they can sit down with CEOs and work towards that same spot. This builds so much confidence in what we can accomplish in the future. It gives us the motivation to strive for excellence.鈥 听听
View all the photos from Breakfast with the Boss . 听听听