CAREER CENTER
The Career Center is open daily from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM in room 136. The Career Center's mission is to provide post high school planning information and School-to-Career resources. Information is available to students, staff, and parents on many different careers, colleges and other educational institutions. Connections with the community are available; both for students to gain experience in work-based learning opportunities, and for staff to invite local business people in for classroom presentations and assistance in planning contextual learning activities.
Sprague High School has Career development projects for all freshman, sophomores, and juniors. Our goals include providing quility career planning for all Sprague students by helping them gather information about their intrests, skills aptitudes, and career options. To aid students with this process, we offer the CIS Program, (career/college search), job shadowing opportunities, and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).
Resource Books
College catalogs, viewbooks, videos, and applications, are available to both
parents and students and may be checked out.
Reference Material
The Career Center has books and pamphlets on testing, programs of study, financial aid,
scholarships, and occupations.
SAT I and II-study guides
ACT-study guides
AP Exam-study books
Index of Majors-find the colleges with the major you want
Competitive Scholarship Book-for the "B" student
Financial Aid-how to plan for college
Occupation Handbook-gives description of occupations
Education and Career Opportunities System CIS
CIS is a computerized system that allows users to explore occupations,
employment trends and outlooks, occupational descriptions, geographic
locations, educational requirements schools that offer programs of study,
wages/salaries, minimum qualifications, etc.
Parents and students are welcome to use and explore CIS.