Pictured (back row):  Shanti Taylor, Akeylah Johnson, Miracle Childs, Lamonquez Vaughn, and Gerald Meyer.  Pictured (front row):  Kymoni Dilworth, Tyshay Fraction, Rose Pruitt, and Tanara Williams.

 

Students selected a career and given a monthly allowance based on their career to survive in the real world through a variety of  stations including housing, transportation, insurance, and others to provide students with a simulated experience of the real world.

 

Pictured above Cairo Jr. High School 8th graders Lamonquez Vaughn and Tyshay Fraction participate in one of the stations in Welcome to the Real World hosted by the University of Illinois Extension Center at Shawnee Community College on March 7th and 8th.