NEWS: Law Alumni Give Back At Assembly For Sophomores, Business Students

(Photo courtesy Mr. Beler)

By Morgan Taylor – Editor-in-Chief

Jonathan Law High School recently hosted five alumni to talk to sophomores and business students about how their experiences in high school prepared them for their jobs.

During the second annual Law Gives Back event, the five alumni talked about what students need to do to be successful in the real world. The event was sponsored by the Law business teacher Mr. Beler, Business Department, the College and Career Center, and the School Counseling Department.

“Law Gives Back’s purpose was to show our current students successful people who once sat in their chairs,” Beler said.

Since sophomores are at the age when they are deciding what to pursue in college, they were invited to sit down in the auditorium and listen to the five speakers.

The alumni were Hadir Elhelw (Class of 2014), who is a media planner at Havas Media Group; Tarah Kelly (Class of 2013), who is a group sales representative for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers; Anisha Manglani (Class of 2013), who is a support analyst for Indeed.com; Dan Thornberg (Class of 2008), who is the CEO and president of Aced My Interview and Total Lawn Care, LLC; and Amanda Trcka (Class of 2011), who works in public relations for Fleishman Hilliard.

“I like to call them my five ‘rockstars’,” Beler said.

The oldest of the five was 28 years old. This served the purpose of providing the students with speakers who are not much older than them.

The assembly was held for the sophomores and business students.

“The five people who came talked about what they do now and how they got to where they are,” junior attendee Brooke Nabors said.

Some students were chosen to have lunch and talk with the alumni after the assembly.

“I was sitting with a man who created Ace My Interview and a landscaping company,” Nabors said. “The biggest take-away I had was that I really have to start thinking about what can help me little by little to make my future in college more successful.”

Other students talked about what to do in college in order to be successful.

“It was very educational,” junior Skylar Sosa said. “I learned a lot and it changed my perspective on possibly going into the business field as a job. We talked about what you should major in and what steps you have to take to pursue a career in business or marketing.”